From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Dec 11 2004 - 22:30:22 PST
Flat tire on the rear duals? unless you have a real load on the truck it's
not a problem I've driven M35s up to a hundred miles with no load and a
flat on the rear. If you are a cautious type drive it a few miles and feel
the tire, no heat, no problem. If you think it was just a nail, try a 4.99
can of Pennzoil Fix-A-Flat yeah I know you have tubes I didn't believe it
either till I tried it. All four of my jeep tires has some in them and one
on the wrecker. None of this might apply if you are working the truck but
until you do it's a cheap fix. If you do decide to fix it by all means take
it to a pro, last one I had fixed was 50.00 up from 35.00 the year before.
New tube, new flap and breakdown. Wayne
>From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] Fun with my new 5 ton.
>Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 20:28:28 -0500
>
>This morning I took the time to double check all the air pressures on the 5
>ton. I went for 50 rear and 70 front for now. It seems as if the right
>rear air line has a bit of drop in it's pressure. I couldn't get anything
>more than about 70 PSI. I'll play with this later.
>
>One of the things I noticed was a bit of Gear oil on the right rear wheel's
>meaning my seal back there needs to be replaced and the bearings
>repacked...Fudge.
>
>Anyhow, I took the 5 ton to a nearby lumber yard to get some rail ties.
>Picking up such things were of course easy. Drop the sides, the yard man
>loads the ties with a forklift and I'm set. Nice. Very nice.
>
>On the way home however, I appear to have picked up a nail. Enough of a
>nail that the left side rear, inside tire went flat just as I got home. It
>doesn't look flat because there's not enough weight to distort it, so I was
>able to get it parked safely.
>
>So, here's a question, how with the little jib for getting tires in and
>out, do the operators lift and replace the spare? Is there a mounting point
>for a winch of some sort? I have one, but short of mounting it with U bolts
>on the Jib or on the front part of the bed, I'm not certain how to attach
>it. Anyone have any ideas?
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>Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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