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February of last year I picked this truck up from a field in Iowa and drove her home 300 miles! I've done a ton of work to it since then. Here's some of my favorite photos of it in chronological order of the work done.
Michelin XZL's 16.00r20
They are the led Headlights from midwest military equipment. I don't necessarily like the look either but I can see very very far out in front of me. And I live in the boondocks so it's necessary for me and avoiding cows
I moved my personnel heater from the engine bay to the cab. I used some aluminum flat strap to make the brackets. Had to move the diverter box down towards the driver's side to make it all fit. Took about 4-5 hours. Doesn't look super pretty but I'm happy with it. I did try it out and the can...
Haven't done too much to the truck in the past few weeks other than replaced a few seals. I also discovered I have the rear pto attachment so that's a nice bonus. Not sure if I'll use it or not, been thinking about putting a hydraulic winch in the bed and running a hydraulic pump off of the rear...
I have a winch on my M813a1, the truck did not originally come with a winch. My understanding is there is a low and a high gear for the PTO. I only have two gears down towards the floor and two towards the seat. I got under the truck and adjusted the connector with the all thread to give me some...
Things I've done over the past month.
Painted the winch and got rid of the terrible red.
Painted all the axles with black rust inhibitor.
Painted the hood (turned out bad so no picture hahaha)
I attempted to adjust the doors by moving the hinges, however this turned out to be a nightmare. All...