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What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

Superthermal

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Getting my transmission swapped while getting a bad throw out bearing and pressure plate out as well.
Made a couple of short videos about how to pull the transmission solo. More also on my build thread here on SS:


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Superthermal

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M813 the BOT...
Little more work toward getting the clutch done and adding my breather lines to the axles,t-case. The transmission breather will come later. Will need to resurface the flywheel but at least there isn't any heat cracks or anything bad looking just the regular wavy look.


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I bet there are a ton of people who would be interested in those.
I got pricing figured out and have these battery hold downs listed in the classifieds. I'm hoping to finish up some projects and parts that have been in the works for too long. One such project is the 4 low-profile valve covers for jake break installs that I need to complete and make available...

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Took the injector pump off my M813 to replace the front cover gasket. truck had not run in 10 years and when I fired it up it ran great but was spraying fuel everywhere
hi . Mine is leaking fuel or oil out the cover that is below the fuel cutoff lever cover . Is this something that can be resealed by removing cover or does it get into way more work that just that by removing that cover ?
 

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My old m51 dump truck has normal 22.5 truck wheels and tires and the wide floatation rims and tires on front off a concrete truck . It’s only used on my land off-road . My cousin and I had to change one front tire that blew out last weekend . This weekend I had to change transfer case air piston assy ( Erik’s $95 complete assy) and also changed the dual valve assy on side transmission but there was nothing wrong with this part . The one on transfer case was destroyed . Had to remove starter and clean contacts in solenoid .
 

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My old m51 dump truck has normal 22.5 truck wheels and tires and the wide floatation rims and tires on front off a concrete truck . It’s only used on my land off-road . My cousin and I had to change one front tire that blew out last weekend .
Hey, Al Capone, it's nice to see those old Work-Horses really working.

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Al Capone

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Al Capone

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Hey, Al Capone, it's nice to see those old Work-Horses really working.

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When I got this one the bed hinge had rotted off and ripped apart . Seller said it was up and when it came down the top hat came into cab and hit him in head . Almost killed him
. Check the condition of metal of these dumps ! I had to fabricate and weld in lots of stuff . Changed out back c Channel section that failed with heavy wall box tubing .
 

Another Ahab

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When I got this one the bed hinge had rotted off and ripped apart . Seller said it was up and when it came down the top hat came into cab and hit him in head . Almost killed him
. Check the condition of metal of these dumps ! I had to fabricate and weld in lots of stuff . Changed out back c Channel section that failed with heavy wall box tubing .
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Once upon a time in a previous life, my truck's fan got hungry and ate the middle of its recirc baffle so I get to replace them today.

That bolt at the bottom is quite tricky, but not impossible. With a string tied on in case it drops and dangling from that string, you can maneuver the bolt in place with a pick, push the bolt head forward with a screw driver, and start the threads with needle nose pliers. I got one side done before my tools started burning my hands so the other side will wait for shade.

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