Recent content by littlesfmtv

Do any of our zerks feed a bearing?

I need to look into that grease. I just have so much of this really expensive high-moly aviation grease around I figure I needed to use it before it goes bad, I just didn't want to damage anything. The only thing bad so far is the smell of it and it flings pretty hard from the u joints.

I have 3 gallons of leftover aeroshell 64 I have been using on all my zerks, but what have you found that works best?

Awesome info. Another thing on list! I have only driven my A1r truck which weighs 30k empty, and I thought some of my braking effort was just due to this load. I always thought my breaks were stiff, but the exhaust brake is unbelievably good, so I thought maybe they were trying to conserve pads.

I'm in tn other wise I'd come and beer it up with you. They really aren't bad if you have the tools, and learning to do them yourself is a good thing to learn for basic mx. Just remember the hardware on the beadlock goes 180 degrees away from your CTIS valve. Hand impact is your friend. I've...

A fellow Nigerian institute of technology alum I see. What was the pucker factor on that first cut?

I rebuilt and recorded my locks. I had to build up were the spring attaches to the casting, as the castings are really soft and have worn down giving me the ole flappy paddle. Tightened up great and now with the new cores I have locking doors!

Looks good! Is that the dynacore product? I just installed the 1" thick dynacore and it's almost unreal how much it knocked down the noise. Now I can hear everything else that makes noise.

I've got a c7 that I want to put the highest factory tune on, so for me if I had a spare hole it would be an EGT gauge. XMission temp would be the other I would run. I plan on running an aux fuel tank, but am just going to run an xfer pump to the factory tank so it's level will pretty much...

Now I have something to think about when I get to the house. I Haven't really paid attention to the amount of shift my cab has when closing...... I just stare at the pin on the latch to make sure it locks. I had not heard that A1R trucks have this issue.

I put a zero start block heater in. This thing takes forever to drain coolant out of the radiator. I got impatient and figured enough coolant had come out that it would surely be below the freeze plug. Turns out it drains super fast out of the freeze plug hole.

It's hard to see in that pic, but there is an 18k pound tow chain running from the lift point on the branch that goes up and around the trunk. The trunk is ~20" at that height. There is no way I would trust that branch by itself. The branch is around 9" in diameter that far out and is used...

Swapped out the front engine mounts today. Used a tree and a tow chain for support to hookup the chain hoist. Pucker factor never hit 5k, but it was a solid 2.5k. blocked the engine off the top of the front axle in case the tree decided to untree. Some things to note if you ever swap yours...

Y'all must have the harbor freight version if it still smells like curing rubber.

I've got a guy here in Memphis that does a ton of aluminum fabrication that is going to make some for me. I may get half a dozen made. And I may redesign the top for the ibis base searchlight mount and wiring on several of them.