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. Progress! The rotation manifold down in the belly of the crane finally passes electricity up to the Work Lights. Rewired from the switch in the cab back to manifold, then cleaned the contacts and the power flows! When I got the truck, there was one missing incandescent light. The...

. I have found a set of bows and a tarp. Plan is to help protect the rubber hoses - as well as hiding it from above. Don't know that my truck (dang sure hope not!) will need to be camouflaged but it will be a neat add-on.

. Agreed. My truck does not have any sort of level winder on the front or the back of the truck. There is a steel plate and very heavy springs on the boom winch.

. Being at either end of a convoy would definitely be "bad mojo" for sure. I think the article that I saw from you mentioned the cover protecting the rubber hoses too. In my situation, that would be worth having for sure. Spent about a thousand bucks on rubber hoses and I still have more to...

. I saw that not long ago. I think that would be a heck of a good plan! Especially to save the wear and tear on those hydraulic hoses. I have amanaged to replace about half of them so far... All looking like they had a pretty bad case of "sun rot". I need to look around for a set of Bows.

. Managed to get a few things done last week when the weather was a little cooler... Posts for the Convoy Lights bolted to the back of the truck and the rotating beacons were powered up for the first time. Sadly, only 3 of 4 bulbs work. Guess that one got beat up in transit on the way here...

Okay. Well, thanks again. Especially for the technical info. And, glad you have a good memory! I knew that was something on the back axle that needed to be looked at. I just haven't gotten that far back on the truck yet... Slow going. I have fixed a lot, but still have quite a way to go...

Well, that makes the idea even more appealing... You had told me that when the emergency brake is set that it only engages the center axle. It would take less than an hour to tie in connections for the back axle. A little time invested for a lot of potential benefit. I need to crawl under...

So the BII would have had some sort of "Y" hose configuration to hook to those connections? That wouldn't be hard to make up. Getting the dirt out shouldn't be too difficult - and maybe I can find a rubber cap of some sort to cover them and keep out the grime and dirt. THANKS for the info Wes!

I found a new "feature" on the front brakes on my M936. I have what appears to be a quick connect feeding out of the pancake for the brakes on BOTH sides. Both point straight up. Both are filled with mud and both have a zip-tie as in the picture below. My -21 Technical Manual doesn't show...

Thanks Wes. I was going for obvious I guess. Thought since it was mounted to the hydraulic tank that maybe SOP was to carry an extra 5 gallons of hydraulic oil. 939 and 936 - Is the spare tire holder arm different on those two vehicles? I can't see where or how it would be used on my 936.

The Jerry Can Holder in the picture above... Is that used to carry extra hydraulic fluid? And, can anybody identify this thing (below)? It was the "metal on metal" sound I heard. Tossed it out on the ground for now. Almost looks like a part of a spare tire carrier or mount of some sort...

So, today I spent some time operating the PTO for the rear winch and boom on my M936. Everything I see says she is a rotator and that 360 degree rotation should be possible (TM 9-2320-272-10, Page 2-134, 2-24-d). Being that this was my first time around this particular machine - everything...

It has a home-made (flat steel plate and two big springs) on the boom winch. No green paint. Almost makes me think that part was a civilian fix - but maybe not. Hard to see, but #6 above shows a little of what I am talking about.

I couldn't agree with you more! This is definitely a sickness like no other. I have been having a lot of fun with it. Not really accomplished anything outstanding but slowly but surely I am fixing little things and hunting down non-standard wires that go to nowhere. The three of four main...

Hi Wes! I really appreciate you moving my truck to Charlotte. Your hauler was definitely impressive! I was looking around here - and thought "That looks like my truck!". A little more looking, and sure enough it was. That is so cool to see my new toy posted here. I have managed to get...