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long time member some time poster . nice to see the site still going strong .
i got a m1102 trailer that was just a frame with a plate on the deck and fenders . i was planning to pop a pickup dump insert on it for a home made dump trailer on the cheep . it is a 8lug on 37" h1 rims / tires unit...
i dont hang here much but a member over on ck5.com just found this out on his m-1008 pickup . . .
please post for all to see if it has NOT already been done so .
edit : someone showed me this here . . . . aua...
looking for idea's on how to do a clean install of the lic plate on the back of the m1009 blazer but with all the stock pintal hitch and other stuff .
thanks for any pics or help you can provide . [thumbzup]
got a ex m-1009 blazer here i am building up . its had a long service life as a m-1009 then painted white and half converted to 12 volt on some as a police blazer can see old sticker glue down the sides . then she was a dpw vehicle and now in private hands .
lets just say the wiring is all...
long time since i posted up . . how you guys doing these days ?
i am fabbing up a set of bumpers for a friends blazer and he wanted painted bumpers over chrome so i scored a set of military take off's and he wants some led lights in place of the black out lights . any one do this mod and find...
so the other week we were playing with the wrecker and she overheated a bit . 2 gal lost from boil over . . let cool down and she seems fine . no loss of coolant since .
well before shut down I popped the hood and the fan was not spinning . we were using the rear pto for the crane / drag winch...
looking to remove the ctis system on the m936A2 truck . for what we use the truck for and few times we use it we just want reg old tire fill system and check .
looking at the delete kit offered and had a few questions .
truck has 14.00x20 goodyear at-2A tires on it now .
whats a good psi...
was going along in our m936A2 wrecker today to help fish out a backhoe up to its doors in mud . . . he couldn't open them he was in so deep .
40ish mph down the highway and BOOM Left front rear tire shreaded . it was a older mich XL 14.00x20 super single that was its original spare that...
looking to replace old led acid us 6tmf batterys that are mad in 2010 and been left dead a few times . there the lead acid with the 6 vent caps .
looking to go simple and free up space in cab . read up some guys in the past have moved them down to the pass side tool box area .
is there any...
I have a project truck that needs tires but there crazy expensive and hard to find.
the bolt pattern is a unique one to the trucks . gm c-60 med duty 5/10lug .
I was thinking re-center 5 ton rims like they do in the off road world with the hummer rims. plus 5ton rim/tire combos are cheeper...
lots of brazil / british / usa . . . . but whats up with the conection rods and pins that have japan cast in them ?
was this oem or some cheep reman engine ?
I got one here I just tore down to bare block and I found this stuff ......... fyi #2 rod let go and tossed the whole engine ( prev...
need to figure out the mounting point of the trans dip stick tube.
someone unbolted it and I am not sure of the correct spot .
this is a 936A2
thanks :D
anyone in the upstate ny / pa boarder area . near horseheads . zip code 14845 .
might need to change out the I/p on the 8.3 and not sure how to set final timing spec .
I have read up on bar over the motor for tdc#1 and plastic pin in cover goes in .
but from there it gets real dead on info...
anyone ever figure out how to do free wheel on one ?
or swap it for another winch with this option ?
seems kind of stupid there was no free spool option . :shrugs:
or am I missing something so stupid simple :?:
having trouble and trying to pin point if its just the trucks normal or a problem with lack of power from normal.
I know the 936a2 is in the 38k lbs range so its a heavy old girl .
whats your average 0-30 or 0-40 mph time frame fairly flat ground ?
new to these big old trucks and trying to...
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the down pipe direct from the turbo outlet .
is it direct fit or small adaptor in the middle between turbo and / adaptor / down pipe ?
mine has one ( non original engine ) and it is missing the flare for...
redoing the upper gasket/springs / unloader valve section on a 8.3 in a 936a2 .
anyone got the tsm # off hand for the torque specs for the hardware ?
thanks .
found this inline fuse under the dash left side almost to the left kick panel . 1 wire goes over to middle or so area of dash . other goes few inches then behind firewall pad/panel what ever stuff.
is got a 15 amp mini fuse . I got a few extra and installed 1 . as soon as it even touched it...
working on the 936a2 with the 8.3 cummins and need to swap the compressor out .
the used engine we had installed had a comp on it . but the unit was never checked and now its installed it has a bad head gasket . huge amount of air out of it .
so by the looks of it its pull the comp off the...