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It's looking great, Eric. I'm glad to see you are using it so much.

We recently removed all the lights from our LMTV (head lights, stop lights, marker lights, all of them) and fixed whatever needed fixed. Some of the lights had water in them, some of the wires were crushed and grounded out, and some of the bulb contact were so corroded, that they weren't...

I'm thinking we will have to replace the wheel. The outer wheel half looks fine, but the inboard half is really rusty. We are going to try powder coating all the rims. They'll get abrasive blasted down to clean mental and then get a nice smooth coat of gloss powder coat. We'll see how it...

Generally speaking, our wheel rims have popped right out of our tires pretty easily with a little persuasion from a tire iron. Four of our wheels were clean and dry inside when we disassembled them. There is minimal corrosion on the wheels and bead locks. Basically, it all went well and the...

Continuing to make good progress.

I’m also curious how well balancing beads work on these trucks. For a number of reasons, we are considering disconnecting and capping-off our CTIS and just using Schrader valves, so I’m not necessarily concerned about contaminating the CTIS. Other than the CTIS topic, is anyone happily...

Update: We have been making a lot of progress and working on the truck almost every day. Our main focus has been on getting the roof rack ready (so we can start body working the cab) and pulling off parts and refurbishing them. The roof rack is about finished and we have started sending parts...

Ours leaks too. I haven't messed with it yet, but I'll probably just replace it. Thanks Will. Michael

Little update on the project... we've been making a ton of progress, but in little bits. We've been trying to put in some time on the project every day. Progress has been in 2 basic fronts: fixing the truck and starting expedition truck related retrofit. We're still stripping parts off the truck...

No such problems here. My wife is pretty much a badass. She's an engineer and as practical as any guy I've ever met. We actually see eye to eye on practical design vs. comfort. We're gonna have a pretty capable rig with a nice comfortable interior. We both enjoy tent camping, but who doesn't...

Actually, I think mount fittings are pretty relevant to an expedition build, so I don't mind if you post them here. I'd like to see what you have. Michael

I struggle with the topic of how old is "too old" for these tires. I know there are a lot of factors, but many of these tires we are using have unknown history. Is a visual inspection enough? I would sure like to avoid a rollover. Michael

https://youtu.be/nTiWCwqxduI I'm not saying this is how you should do it, but it shows how they come apart. I made my own pry-bar with a nice smooth end, so I can work the rim out without pounding on it or scratching everything up. You can get a real tire hammer, but they are brutal clumsy...

In mechanical engineering, that general family of fasteners is often refereed to as "quarter turn fasteners". In the electrical world, I have seen them referred to as "quick-access panel fasteners". On aircraft they are often called Dzus fasteners, but I believe Dzus is a brand and not...

Very helpful! Thanks for posting. My air springs aren't acting right, so I'll be looking into this soon.

It's just regular MIL-PRF-5606 hydraulic fluid. Very common on aircraft. It's not expensive or hard to get. I believe others on the forum have used jack fluid, power steering fluid, industrial hydraulic fluid.... It's a simple system, so I don't think it is very sensitive. I'm using 5606...

On the topic of removing things, we got new marker lights all around. Some of the old ones are in pretty rough shape, but many have good parts. If anyone wants these for spare parts, let me know. Free to a good home if you pay for shipping.

My wife and I are making good progress on getting our truck ready to be painted. The truck was pretty much covered in a thin layer of dried mud when we received it. It had also been painted multiple times. The last time it was painted, they over sprayed tan CARC on many of the hoses and wires...

If I remember right, the cab system runs off the tire circuit and not the brake circuit…. So, it seems that a likely relation between the action of disengaging the parking brake and losing inflation would be the hydro cut-off like Suprman said. I think Suprman might be right that the two air...

Thanks of posting photos. It's interesting to see the xzl side-by-side with the good year. Is anyone out their running xzl on there LMTV? I have a 20 ton jack, and I like it a lot. I know the 8 ton is enough, but the larger jack makes me feel better somehow. On the topic of the jack not...