What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

Previous 2 owners did near 0 maintenance on the cooling system of my M54A2. I replaced the waterpump, had the radiator rodded, replaced every hose, replaced the thermostat, replaced the headgaskets, had the heads resurfaces 7 thousandths, changed the oil, filled with new sca global coolant, replaced the in tank fuel pump, replaced the fuel filters, rewired the fuel pump circuit. And now Im chasing down and repairing all the air leaks.

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My rig came with a 3/4 inch draincock installed in the air intake pipe. I'm assuming it was a modification for squirting starter fluid directly into the air supply as it made no sense as a drain being mounted on the upper part of the air pipe. If there was that much "condensation" in my pipe I'd be in deep cah, cah.
It was difficult to secure and would pop out if brushed against. Replaced it with a 3/4 inch bait tank plug. It's easy to remove for starting while being flush with the pipe when secured.

Interesting fix! Will your engine suck in any rubber shavings?

Wreckclues said:

My rig came with a 3/4 inch draincock installed in the air intake pipe. I'm assuming it was a modification for squirting starter fluid directly into the air supply as it made no sense as a drain being mounted on the upper part of the air pipe. If there was that much "condensation" in my pipe I'd be in deep cah, cah.
It was difficult to secure and would pop out if brushed against. Replaced it with a 3/4 inch bait tank plug. It's easy to remove for starting while being flush with the pipe when secured.

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Like @US6x4 suggested, be careful with the little "giblets" of rubber inside the intake tube. Might even be worth removing the elbow and dumping it out. Yeah, it isn't metal but it sure won't help make your engine run any better or faster if it ingests a bunch of rubber shavings.

The bait plug though is a great idea!

I fired up the old girl in a hurry and got her out of the path of this brushfire we had last Friday. It came right up to our fenceline, luckily I had enough time to get some water on that area so it didn't cross.

All told, it burned almost a hundred acres of nearby desert, but no structures were damaged.

G744 said:

I fired up the old girl in a hurry and got her out of the path of this brushfire we had last Friday. It came right up to our fenceline, luckily I had enough time to get some water on that area so it didn't cross.

All told, it burned almost a hundred acres of nearby desert, but no structures were damaged.

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Darn lucky that it didn't cross your fence!
What did you do to pump enough water to stop it there?

Happy to hear that you and your truck survived the mess.
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There was dried-out Foxtail grass everywhere, and I got most of it soaked on the leeward side of the fence so it wouldn't burn thru before the VFD arrived.

US6x4 said:

Interesting fix! Will your engine suck in any rubber shavings?

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Hope not, I removed the elbow and vacuumed them out...after I saw your post
Now I'm thinking about installing a drain cock for any future condensate.