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My original thought was that the spades would go there, but I saw no place the make sure things stayed in place at the back of the truck. It would make things easier to remove and put in place from these spots rather than over the bed rails.

How were they secured? Any pictures?

They don't look too bad. They are an add on.

That's what they most likely were for, but we have no idea what. They did make some staves that slip into the bow pockets to stow the long support bars. There are no anchor points on either side of the ring , from the cab to the rear of the frame, so that if something was stowed there, it...

I think it is a 1 inch bar. I used a lug wrench bar on the outrigger to level the truck. It is actually easy, but time consuming.

Today, I got the hydraulic tank cleaned out, the filter adapter installed and the filter installed. It was decided to use some pressure washer water to clean the goo from the tank and it was done last week. I let my feelings be known. Still happened. Yesterday when I went in and started the tank...

I forgot some other little tidbits! In one of the posts above, I showed a picture of some parts for the clutch release used by the rear winch operators area. Well, After 2 1/2 hours of my life trying to get the keyed arm back on the cross shaft, it looked as though that the arm was too...

OK, so it's been a bit since an update. Everything is going well, EXCEPT for finding a rear winch clevis. We are holding out to see if we can find a used one or a NOS from one of the vendors and I am hunting around in all of the parts scattered around to see if there might be one on hand. The...

CHP was funny! Wonder what the guy he pulled over thought??!! :ROFLMAO: :devilish::tank:

I am 61 this year, the BLK Hummer guy is the eldest of our clan now. His calling in life is an electrician, mine is a wrench bender. The other two are a self employed general contractor, although he has moved on from our neck o the woods to a state or 2 away, maybe 3 if you count the small part...

AND, a bit of a surprise! I was looking through the truck, in the glove box, looked there half a doozen times. Well, we were missing the clutch linkage for the rear winch air clutch at the trans...the pieces parts that dis engage/engage the clutch at the bellhousing, located on the drivers...

OK, so here are some images of what happened. First off, again, a giant shout out to @BLK HMMWV . I could have not got things done without the help of him, his smaller than mine stature and perseverance. He is truly a motivated motivator. This hasn't been the first go round of him gently...

That was most def NOT fun. Worse going in than coming out, on the bottom any way. Top went easy peasy. I think I remember MFRS somewhere in there too. Yes, glad I wasn't a quitter, you are a good threat....er, motivator! Yup, willingly chose to bend wrenches, glad none bent with the impacts...

I know. Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants to be having a convo and all of a sudden switch to German! We could really mess with them! Imagine, we say something, stop, look at them and just start bustin' up! :ROFLMAO: Then walk away.

Yeah, it was, and still is, messy under it. I used zip ties to mark the location, none thru 3 on both the lines and on the blocks where they go. For installation, I just prick punched 0 thru 3 dots on the fitting. Should go back fine, just getting them down the hole might be a bit of an...

To be honest, the hardest part(s) of this has been the unknown. The TM spells it out, has images, but they are TM images from the late 50's, not so clear and the instructions aren't either. And the way the not so smart people before me worked on it. I do not think whoever it was was a...

OK, here's another update. Tuesday I got all of the upper hoses from the hard lines to the boom spool, lift and crowd. The pipe/fitting was loose for the crowd out, so I removed it completely to re-seal the pipe. Good thing I did, it was cracked. Woulda made a mess if put into operation, not to...

Here's an update on the wrecker resurrection. The GFM is going OK, right around $1500 has been raised. That is a good thing! We have also sold a few pieces parts to help make up the difference so the price for the project doesn't come out of the operational account. PirTek came out and I went...

I might get in trouble for this, but here goes, We have set up a GoFundMe to try and help out with the hydraulics. https://gofund.me/e3241c6e If there are any issues with me putting this up, please contact me directly through conversations and I will personally remove the post

So, here's a bit of an update. It has been VERY wet out this way, so it has been a slow process, however, there is one full coat on the wrecker with the exception of the crane and inside the bed, the future hydraulic work is going to be a bit messy. All of the cab and bed panels have been...