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The hand primer pump does nothing more than piss a stream of diesel into the intake while your cranking, To many pumps and continuous use for a long time and you will wash the intake manifold and the valve galley with raw fuel... I eleminated mine when I turbo'd it and used the Civy...

Well I know its been a while since I updated the project. School house got moved with no problems. Truck ran great, had more usable power from the turbo, but was still chugga luggin up the hills at 15-20mph with the trailer and dozer. Once on the top it picked up speed and rolled on. Temps...

dont look at it up close........ There is alot of "cat Paws" (hammer prints) from the back side.. need to put a skim coat of dough and completely repaint... but my goal was acheived by keeping the stock appearance with the "Hmm that dont look quite right" factor....

Ahab, What I was refering to is the park I work for, Devils Tower National Monument, my day job is a Ranger. Thus the park is 1300 acres with 100 parking places with an annual visitation rate of ^450,000 tourist, thus everyone leaves their brain at home when they go on vacation. SO,,, those...

welcome to the Crack habit... Roaded my 816 from Marble CO (south of glenwood springs) to Northeast Wyo.. (Devils Tower) earplugs are a must... If your wife is talking about a second green lawn ornament then it sounds like she's a keeper,,,,, I got one too [thumbzup] Good luck/Welcome...

adding the turbo will help your engines responsiveness and give you a better momentum up the hills. the fuel line mod will help give cyl #6,7,8, the fuel that is usually starved in those cyl. the civy versions of the 855 Cummins have had the dual fuel for years..... by giving all cyl the...

Ok,, had to use the truck for a job this past week thus I had to get the hood back on ASAP.. tossed some fiberglass at it and some OD paint. I still need to finish the body filler work but these pics will give yall a taste of what the final result is, or will be...... Working it with the...

Thanks... I have no idea what the NAPA 60-1157 wiper blades fit, as in OEM(Original Equip Manufacture) application but they look alot like the mid 60s GM Trico wipers.. They had the same arm size so I went with it and it turned out to work fine.

I will try sometime soon... took the wife on the test ride the other nite..... she told me later that she always wanted to find a husband with a big truck,,,,, she just never thought she would have a 19ton military truck in her driveway.... "everyone has Petes and Macks,,, but we've got an M816...

So,,, Ive been avoiding ordering stock wiper blades for some time now, as the originals are 1960s tech. mainly I was searching for a local replacement so as to not have any downtime due to a lost or damaged blade. Off to NAPA and match up the 12" blade to whatever I can retrofit. NAPA...

Wired up a 24-12v converter to run the jakes, and some 12v ports in the cab, Got the jakes wired up to the stock switches, (they are SWWWWEEEETTTTT!!!!!!) (side note... I wired the jakes temporarily to be on/off... I have the Inj pump switch but due to needing the truck for a job next week...

Been plugging away but life gets in the way. well the photo upload isnt working,,, I will try to edit this later and insert more pics (6-13-15 16:30hrs, photo upload is still acting up.....) marked out where the underhood components were in relatation to the hood. Clearance is tight, but...

Yes, Im well aware of this from working on and fabricating vehicle modifications over the past 20 years. Good way to learn what does and doesnt work is to spend some time in the salvage yard poking around.

Well worth it, got great milage, 3:73 gears granny 4 spd with a ranger overdrive. PM me or call me i'll walk ya through what i know. Soon as i get back to my actual computor i will edit this with a short how and what to look out for, typing onmy dumb phone is a pain. Joe S. (307)-282-0773...

Currently the spicer 5. really would like to stuff a 10spd Fuller/eaton in there but with the front winch being a driveshaft on one side and the front axle drive shaft on the other, Im kinda stuck for now... Hope to make the front winch hydraulic sometime soon,(Ive seen a few threads on that)...

mounted the coolant tank, after re-routing the horns and moved the blow off valve over inbourd some. Fabbed up a bracket for the tank. I may run a support from the tank over to the engine, but we will see for now how it does, as the 1 1/4 line from the lower tank to the engine is acting as a...

Got some more done the other day.. Cummins got me the correct gaskets for the intake and thus the aftercooler intake was able to go on, ended up turning the rear after cooler port upside down for eas of getting to it to plug it off. my donor NTC 350 has the plumbing on the back of the block...

Im thinkin this is STICKY WORTHY when he gets this all finished up. Who agrees?????? GREAT JOB [thumbzup][thumbzup][thumbzup]

totally understand with the whole Jackson Hole area.... would like to see it someday but cant stand tourons much outside of what I deal with on a daily basis... we see ^450,000 per year, and Im only 1300 acres with 100 parking places..... its literally herding cats on crack especially around...

The jake push rods were not an option, if you look at the pic of the jake pre cleanup,,,, you can see that they look like they were on the bottom of the ocean. the rods had fur growing on them. The solenoids are the 12v solenoids, I am wiring up a seperate block for 12v off a single...