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Tire chains av8oor, I'm looking for chains too. I'll be in Ft. Meyers the 2nd or 3rd week in November and can stop by to arrange a cash for chains transaction if they're still available. You can PM me with details or email me at wzimmerman1@wi.rr.com. Thanx. WZ

A bad ground or a bad hot lead (intermittent in both cases assumed) causes the headlamp to go on and off. Sometimes so quickly that it is not obvious to the eye. Tungsten filaments draw a lot of current when switching on from a cold or semi-cold state and this places a lot of stress on the...

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Thanks guys. Great help CatMan. Different than the one i remember seeing but I will take a closer look at this one. If I find the pics of the other one, I will post them. Mayme it's time to go bother some of the old heads at the Transportation Company Motor Pool. The one I remember was...

A couple of years ago I ran across an image of a hydraulic bead breaker for the Deuce in one to the tech manuals. It was a lousy picture so I couldn't tell exactly how it was made or how it worked. It appeared to be a four- legged affair that bolted to the center of the wheel and used a...

Alpha59 I have a copy of TM 9-2990-201-45 that I can burn a copy of. I will eventually post it in the archive but that requires more time than I have now. The copy that I have is dated September 1964 but may contain useful information suitable to your purpose. It covers,among others, the...

Some years ago I was in an Army Motor Pool and saw an hydraulic bead breaker being used on some Deuce wheels. Worked quite well. It was a four legged spider like thing that fastened to the wheel and used what looked like a hydraulic jack to force the feet of the thing under the bead lock ring...

Greetings, All I have a copy of TM 9-2990-201-45 that I did not see posted in the TM archive. It is titled: General Support and Depot Maintenance Manual for Turbocharger, Engine Assembly Schwitzer Model 4-456 (For LDS-465-1)...

Broken bolts and worse I have to deal with this sort of thing fairly frequently. Wax and penetrants can be a big help. Heat is also usually your friend, especially with steel bolts in aluminum parts. Left handed drills and taps and an assortment of left handed bolts can be very useful . The...

Will, I have a suggestion for the draincock on your radiator that may be helpful. Instead of using standard plumbing solder (50%Tin/50%lead) , try using the lead free solder made by Oatey and others. It is either 95% tin/ 5% silver or 95%tin/5% antimony. It has about three times the tensile...

Years ago we switched all of our bomb trailers from DOT 3 to DOT 5. A lot of them sat stacked in outside storage unless we had a surge to sopport. With the DOT 3 we had a high incidence of rust siezed wheel cylinders and damaged master cylinder and wheel cylinder seals. We replaced some of...

Very likely that the fuel pump fuse is blown. It is under a little plastic cover on top of the pump on top of the fuel tank. Cover held in place by a couple of screws or a couple of nuts depending upon the pump. Don't recall the exact amperage of the fuse but is stamped on the end of the...

I have all the tire tools including a good slide hammer. Lube like soap solution is a must. Even with a slide hammer, unseating a tire bead can be an awful lot of work. My motto, and one that has served me well is: Never do more work that you have to. One really useful tool that I bought is...

Loss of power or roll-off above 1700-1800 RPM is usually the result of fuel starvation. You have already checked filters,fuel lines etc. One gotcha that I missed and seems to be a fairly common problem is the fuel shut off cable at the injector pump. Because of misadjustment, binding...

Larry, I might have a 24 volt starter in storage. It was a takeoff from a dead 715. Don't know if it's good or not. I will stop tomorrow morning and see if I can find it. I'll give it a quick check if I can locate it and message you tomorrow night. Can arrange shipping then. Glad to find...

Comm Shelters There are a couple of places that have pictures posted of the S-280 and other shelters and related stuff. 1: Look at the WWW.Wenzlau.com site. They are manufacturers of a number of different types of this and related equipment. They have some pictures and data. 2. Google...

I agree with Kirk. The bead cheeta from Gemplers works well. A lot of wrench turning but not all that much work. A slide hammer is also generally useful but you can work up an awful sweat with one. The duckbill hammer and rim chisel are good tools too but you need infinite amounts of money...

Two suggestions for lug nuts. I must confess having missed the little "L" stamped on a wheel stud that someone pressed into the right hand side hub. Trying to loosen a left handed nut using the old bromide "Righty-tighty, lefty loosey" only gets you an appointment with your chiropractor...