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does any of the 5 ton mil. trucks have clutch pedels ? reason I,am asking is I,d consider installing a rto-9515 or rto-9513 trans fuller and ditch all the military trans stuff.
Guys i run small and big cam cummins engines for 22 yrs over the road. The best turbo for these if you want brute pulling power is 1 of these 2 turbos
cummins part numbers
3801919
or
3801918
and for you small can guys the best cpl for them is
industrial 420 hp
or magnum 400 hp
the...
I,am in the market for a nice m927, must have hard top and heater, 250 cummins and allison trans. dont need a bed as i,am going to install a civy dump bed. must be a good runner. dont need super singles as duals will be fine. have several m715,s could possibly work a deal. going to be my farm...
WELL since the only coils available are imports now for the stock 230 plus the import dont live but for short time i,ve decided to build up a new HEI 6 CYL dist. ( it must be modified for this conersion ) for this truck/engine. i,ve found a supplier where i can get the 100% new dist with a 65k...
A fella brought me this truck to look it over to get it operational, i was never informmed it was for my endorsement to use my name and my experience to make it sell for him. I have nothing to do and never gave him permission to use my name in any way. Its a red dual rear wheel m715. I was used...
Well broke another set of front lockout hubs. They just cant take a power lock posi much less a detroit locker (which i wont run in a front axle). So i,ve decided to go another route. Yes its a bit more trouble to make the front engauge but it wont give up on me when i need it for sure. I have...
i bought 2 gallong of galespi red primer from rapco and its called ZP RED PRIMER........ NOT RED OXIDE 111 LIKE I,VE GOT FOR YEARS. dont buy this paint !!!!!!!! its junk......... i shook it for 30 minutes while doing my final cleanning readying for shooting. i opened the can and took a paint...
Front spring over axle Modification
I,am about to start on another (stock) d60 M715 front axle referb and I need to do the spring over axle modification. I know the tie rod and drag link needs to be moved to top of hi-steer arms which my machineist is doing now but i have a question for the...
m715 axles rebuild & d70 'correct" power lock
THOUGHT you fellas might like to see a correct (.500 or 1/2" offset) m715 dana spicer 70 series power lock 23 spline ( 2 piece axle gears) . these things are extreamly rare. they havent been made in over 20 yrs and there is no parts left for them...
I wish you fellas could see my pals m37 build. he,s a machineist and it shows. heres a list of the modifications. i,ll try to get some pictures for you fellas
4bta cummins diesel/ 130 hp stock
dana spicer 3053a trans with .69 o.d. gear set & pto.
"married" np205 transfer case
4 wheel...
M715 ORIGINAL 230 TORNADO ENGINE !
Thought I had a stash of these parts but if I do I cant find them (figures) anyway I need a source for the coolant hose thats on the passenger side of the engine block that goes from engine block to rear of timming cover, it has about a 45 degree bend made in...
i just bought some rubber run flat - bead locks off gov liq. and there seems to be 2 different types here. I,ve seen the completely 1 piece design in 12 bolts but this batch looks like theres 2 more types !
1. tall run flat (very skinny) seems like it takes 2 side rubber parts for the bead lock...
Going to rebuild 6-12 stock m715,230 tornado water pumps very soon. i,ll be posting some pictures along the way . first will be of a completely broken down water pump so everybody can see what the guts look like. i have them already broken down now and the components being cleaned as i write...
I need the outside of leaf spring to outside of opposite leaf spring measurement also the width of stock cucv leafs. I,am going to swap a cucv d60 front in my m715 and i know my m715 is wider so i need to decide if i want to move my springs closer together or modify my axle. Its hard to measure...
I,ve had everything to build a N.O.S. m715,230 tornado engine now for quite a while now and my m715 now has 57k miles on it and starting to get weak in a couple cylinders so I figure now is the time to start assembly of my replacement engine. the truck is 99% all original and I,d like to keep it...
WELL on my way with another M 715 build. heres what been done so far
1. complete strip down to bare frame and axles, remove stock engine mounts, trans mounts and t-case mounts. remove all factory heat shield on bottom of cab and firewall as there no longer needed in factory locations.
2. new...
THOUGHT I,D BRING THIS TO EVERYONES ATTENTION regarding the m715 front end. out of the 30+ m715,s i,ve messed with almost all of them have bad spring eye bushings on the front. so if you folk are having front suspension woes check the front and rear spring along with the shackle bushings. the...