From: Recovry4x4@aol.com
Date: Tue May 25 2004 - 04:20:39 PDT
I hear the pump shafts were a sore spot on these. I bought an M54A1C once
from GSA. It sat at the Div of Forestry for years. I tracked down the FD that
had it and that is why they scrapped it.
In a message dated 5/25/04 2:01:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, W7LS@blarg.net
writes:
> Working on an old (1953) M51 dump truck. Power steering doesn't. You can
> turn the wheel if you had a full bowl of Wheaties and swear loud enough,
> and with authority. There is lots of fluid in the reservoir. There is
> fluid at various fittings I cracked open. No pressure, though. Could be
> a bad pump, or a clog in the intake, maybe? Any typical problems with
> these? The vehicle sat for probably the last 20 years. What about bugs
> growing in the hydraulic oil and clogging something? Thanks. Jim
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