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  1. atvcat33

    replacd new inj. pump, now truck runs terrible, need help guys....

    had a crack in the old pump, and i replaced with a military depo rebuild pump. upon installation me and kenny checked the timing mark on the pump under the 4 bolt plate and the mark was 1/4 above the the timing pointer, but so was the old pump still on the motor with the timing mark on the 3rd...
  2. atvcat33

    818 w/ turbo & jakes haulin logs

    after updatin to a turbo and jake brakes i really havnt used the truck, but hauling 50,000 gross i sure could feel a lag of power, the turbo is a holset ht3b, but the fuel pump doesnt pump fast enough, i only build 10 psi of boost, my pyro barely hit over 800*, but the jakes work the best, that...
  3. atvcat33

    Eliminating air srag on 5 ton!!!!

    I have a idea..... Couldnt you block the air lines going to the sprag, eliminate the sprag, and plumb new lines to the transfer case, with a air toggle simular to a duece, i was thinking this might work, knowing there is no electrical engagement just air. Some people say you would half to...
  4. atvcat33

    installing turbo on 818 with jakes

    story of the truck.... regular XM818, 25B jake brakes, now installing ntc-420 turbo. the real issues are hood clearance, with the jakes installed the radiator cap, blow by tube, and front valve cover hits my hood already, but iam able to close it, now i have had a few designs of intakes to pick...
  5. atvcat33

    jake brake installed today, on 818

    ok here goes the story, the truck has a straight 5" right off the manifold and barks like no other truck, so figured jakes would be insane, after digging around found some the models to look for are a 25A, 25B and a 425A, all are for the 855 block of this time period, n14 are different. also not...
  6. atvcat33

    straight pipe cummins with pics

    ok i had my "nelson" muffler break at both flanges on a trip. got it back home and found some 5" couplers and a stack off a mack truck i have, and made some straght 5" right from the manifold. was pretty easy, took the flange from the muffler and welded a 4 1/2 to 5" coupler to it and ran...
  7. atvcat33

    818 with new 35 ton lowboy

    just picked up a 1968 strick 35 ton manual detach. this trailer is 13000lbs and did i ever feel all that weight going up hills. i will fix all the rust, blast, prime and paint in army colors and i will be at iola in fall. it is 40 ft long, and a 22' well. so the duece will fit right on. i ran my...
  8. atvcat33

    m818 brake problems "HELP!!??"

    afternoon to my fellow mv owners. took the semi down to the race track and while in line for tickets starting and stoping and clucthing all the time my brakes faded out to the point i had it to the floor and i was using my handbrake to stop from hiting the truck in front of me. whats going on...
  9. atvcat33

    M818 Making ODD noise while driving

    ok the truck is a 818 cummins the truck when starting out 1st gear it seems like the brakes ar applied and there not and the parking brake is released. then goes away when moving and makes like a rumble noise when driving then goes away and when stoped at a light does the same thing again...
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