Recent content by swinters

Son? I haven't heard that in a long, long time. I wonder whether we've crossed paths? I started wrenching on Army stuff as a civilian mechanic at the Ft. Lewis main shop in '77, and in '85 was picked up as a field representative for the Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command. I was assigned...

When you put the turbo on, make sure that, if your 250 is one with vents between the intake and the crankcase, you block them. When you pull the intake manifold you might see in each port that there's a hole drilled that ports bypassed combustion gasses from the crankcase into the intake. Most...

Nope, not the Goat's fault. Pretty sure I didn't even imply that. It was just some bonehead company's way to try to sell a less than brilliant idea to the military. My only problem with the Goat is working on them. You have to roll it to get to all of the zerks in the driveline and by the...

We tested an experimental parachute release system using a Gamma Goat and it didn't go real well. A lot of stuff that gets airdropped is damaged from getting drug around after it's on the ground so they developed these release bells that sensed that the load was on the ground by the slack in...

The pins were a problem on my truck too! Actually the TPA's on the engine harness Delphi plugs (the clips on the back side of the plugs that hold pressure on the backs of the pins so that they don't back out of the plugs). I was getting all kinds of random codes for cam sensor and stuff like...

Thanks for the ideas! It's been a couple of years since I went over the wires and looked for rubs and checked the grounds so it wouldn't hurt to do that again for sure. I have a Tech2 and set of factory manuals and have run every scan in the book and everything is within limits and no codes...

Nice job on the M816! I don't know how I never noticed this thread before. I always said that if I could choose any truck the Army had it would be an M816 or M936. I prefer the manual transmission option of the M816 personally but I'd really like to have more gears. A Cummins doesn't like...

I've been trying to figure out whether I need to change out all 7 of the same style relays in my fuse box but can't find any info on why GM has changed the part number - twice. Even the dealer hasn't been able to help. Does anyone here know anything about these relays? I don't want to blindly...

Poll said favorite and I like coffee (I perk it in an old fashioned percolator) but have to keep it to 2 cups a day. If the poll asked what I drink the most of it'd be good old water. We're on a well and my water is sweet and clean (and tested regularly, just to be safe) so none of that...

I completely understand that things happen and figured there was no reason I couldn't wait a bit for the dealer to work it out. The main lesson is to buy from a know, reputable dealer, like the site sponsors here. I've done so many installations over the years that this is not the first...

I really like the FASS product but their customer service is the worst I've ever dealt with. As long as you just want real basic info you're good to go but if one of their dealers screws up you're on your own. One of their dealers shipped me the wrong kit and kept promising me they'd send me...

I have to go with over. That's the way my mother did it and that's the way my wife does it, and I don't want to die over putting a roll of TP on wrong... Does anyone else remember when Dear Abby asked this? It got heated! She finally had to stop it and say she wouldn't respond to any more...

That's the first I've heard of putting the 1 ton cylinders on a 1/2 ton. I've heard of it being done on 3/4 ton trucks. Okie Dokie.

You don't want to change the hydraulics. Everything is matched and changing the cylinder size can have a drastic - and very unsafe - result. Better to stay stock or change everything from the master cylinder on.