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Started with a plain jane M998, thanks to @fuzzytoaster for the box and lunch, i dont know how yall deal with dfw traffic everyday, glad you drove
dropped secm on truck and she sure seemed to squat alot, more that I thought with just an empty box.
so we went shopping for a heavy, found...
Vehicle is new to me, never operated, engine had been swamped, not swapped, swamped, assuming hydrolocked,
sat for years and years, odometer showed 400 miles til towed home, now almost 700, everything looks brand new, foil tape still on all openings. Has data plate for Navy fire fighting foam...
Just curious, with all the R1's and new models out there now, I wonder how many of these tubs are being reused and if there was any correlation to tub numbers and any order when rebuilding or if they just pointed at yard with a wrecker and said go get me one. Might be fun to track just tub...
Converting a S250 carrier M1097A2 into a SECM, didnt have the half doors that are needed with the maint bed, so next best thing is to engi-nerd your own.
Only store bought items are the hinges and a 3/4" nut, the rest of the parts came off the truck.
Grind off the rivets that hold the support...
Purist read no further, and hateful commenter about inability to operate a 3 lever light switch keep your comments to yourself, i did read the other post
I consider these switches unreliable, they fail like this one did at the most inopportune times, flashers power, button C melted into plastic...
Picked up a new tool, need a wiring schematic or someone with one of these to explain where the power for the air compressor originates from.
The one I have has been stripped, I do know there is supposed to be a on/off relay and switch on the left rear door that operates the compressor, but...
Today we had the opportunity to play a little with some power, have a 125KW genny that had an IP replaced and 'needed' to load test it to verify the repair, *not really but its fun*
Largest load tester I have is Essex A698,
We ran the load tester wide open, pulled 225 amps per leg, guessing...
So does anyone have a guess where all these tankers are going out of Hooks?
I have bid some of the cleaner ones to over 5K, and some of the not so cleaner one over 3, and they all have cancer like they have been salty air sitting.
I just need 1.... or if being greedy, 2.
So I got a Essex A698 a couple years ago, I have never used it as I have my ol faithful UMC that i love using. So today was the test day for the Essex, so pre use, pop the top and blow out the dust, and to my surprise there is no fan in the box.
I ran 33KW for almost 1 hour and never noticed...
So to preface this whole ordeal, we normally drained this trailer if temps were below 20*F
We use a M970 as a water tender to feed grass rigs chasing fires. Normally have zero issues with 20's , unbeknown to us the belly valve failed, stuck, had a catastrophic failure of some sort. As normal...
I cant remember the model of the water distribution trailer that the engineers used.
trailer had a tall neck, 3.5” kingpin, pump and motor was on the rear of tank.
Usually got pulled with a m916,
I purchased/traded the M970 from M35A2-az and the M916 came from Ohio, specifically for water to fend off a fire until the real firemen can fight fire. Well today was the day she paid for herself.
Last Monday, 19 Aug 19, I walked out on the porch before supper, happened to look to the North...
Looked in all the TM's posted, used the search button, Reopened the ETM file and opened those files, still have not found any of the air schematic FO's in any digital form.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
OK, its freezing time so AMi got drained to keep from freeze busting valves. Now is the time to do maintenance.
Problem.
Trailer runs uphill due to AMi being a M916 and not a M915 or M931, to the tune of about 13in difference front high.
Attempted solution:
1600/20's, failed, tire is too...
So we went on another run earlier this week, only for a refill and just rough math in my head AMi gets about 4mpg at 55-58 mph. Also 55 is a bit slow going to a fire. She has no problems tanker yanking full to the top of water, so another .81 od behind an aux should get the top speed at 2100rpm...
I am working on an 831 that has a faulty battery charging regulator, has anyone used a NOCO g 7200 in place of a bad battery charging regulator?
Do you have to push the button everytime to select 24v when 120v is applied? All of the video's show that you have to push the button to select...
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