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m818 transfer case engagement switches
Florida, I see what you mean and that was a situation I had not considered. Even worse would be if a flat towed 5ton were aired up as designed for brakes, the forward sprague would be engaged. And when backed up.....not good, unless the front driveshaft were removed. Any help on my air leaking...- augiedoggy
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- Forum: 5-ton Mods and Hot Rodding
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m818 transfer case engagement switches
Florida, you have far more experience than I do, and I totally agree about the piston seals being the problem. After reading about the field modification to the 5tons (was it the Marines?), I did the mod and verified that the front drive was indeed in neutral. By the way, I tried to change the...- augiedoggy
- Post #8
- Forum: 5-ton Mods and Hot Rodding
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m818 transfer case engagement switches
Ok, the 809 series transfer case spragues are air actuated by the poppet valves on the transmission. Reverse is one valve and Neutral and all forward gears are the other valve. As designed it is one or the other. A field modification was to add a deuce front axle switch to cut the air supply to...- augiedoggy
- Post #4
- Forum: 5-ton Mods and Hot Rodding