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Original caps sandblasted and ready for paint. De-splined caps installed and painted. Now the wheel looks better than the rest of the truck, it'll soon be time to sandblast the truck so I can get it looking as good..

I had an opportunity to purchase "Proud American". I had to pass due to lack of funds but I had found a place to store it. I would have hated to scratch the paint anymore than I already had but I use my trucks to do work. The moment that I felt I had made the right decision came on January...

Finally got my desplined front caps installed. Taking the take-offs to be sandblasted before I paint them. Considering painting them red in order to identify which ones are on the truck with a quick glance.

I'd start with the basics that WillWagner has taught many of us. I'd take an infrared heat gun and determine for sure which cylinder was cold in relation to the others by checking the exhaust manifold. Since it's an 8.3 and it's easy enough to do, I would try moving the injector from the cold...

I say negotiate a deal that can make both of you happy. There is a market for these trucks but it's somewhat limited. I had a generous offer for mine in this same thread but it got deleted. It is what it is. It's a 30 year old chevy with the best running gear that they had when built. I've...

I'll still have my splined caps for adverse conditions on board along with a socket wrench to swap around. My de-splines will be painted black to indicate normal use and my splined caps will be painted yellow to indicate emergency use. Might even add a ball valve for the air supply to the dash...

Got a set of front axle flange drive caps, my friend Welder1 is de-splining them. Looking forward to reducing some drag in the near future. I've heard as good as a 1 mpg difference so I'll see if I get that lucky. Simp said they're good for 5 horsepower!!!

Will do. Look underneath for an oil drip or puddle on the ground. Pull the engine oil dipstick and confirm it it within operational range. Check coolant level, confirm it's good and run it!

Got my cabin reservations booked! Might not get to come this go around but I've made plans to make sure my trucks get there! New tires and injectors for the CUCV, fuel card for the 5 ton. If I'm not able to go, Lee and the boy's will be there so show them some love!!! I may be overseas, my...

The two things I love about my National Guard M984A4 wrecker are the absence of the 8V92 and the A4 has air conditioning. The Detroit sounds great for a short ride bit I'll just thank the taxpayers for giving me a Cat C15 in my new wrecker along with a/c. One thing the Detroit did well was...

I agree with DogHead, I can't even give this one away! It does have some desirable axles under it. For what it's worth to everyone else, I'll keep it.

I know people bash the multi for being weak power wise but in my experience, it makes up for it in reliability. I no longer have a multi powered anything out here on my 2 acres. I probably put 10,000 miles on my M35A2 while I had it. The truck always fired on perhaps the second rotation of...

I'll post some pictures tomorrow evening of the factory set-up from my M984A4 that's sitting in the motorpool at work. I'll even lay tape on the framerails. Please let me know if you need a close-up picture of any particular part of the mounting arrangement.

How much free play do you have in the brake pedal? With the truck running or just air pressure built up, remove the master cylinder cap and apply and release the brakes. You should be able to see fluid drop slightly when applying and rising upon releasing. What I found on a friends truck is...

Dot 5, search online to find a vendor if you're taking on a project like you stated and need a gallon or more of fluid. Quick top off levels of Dot 5 can be found at you're local Harley Davidson shop as they use it as well but it's expensive if you break it down to dollars for ounce.

I've read around on here for a few years. I'm still trying to figure out how adding a turbo will melt the engine with stock fuel settings. I'm sure the additional air will make the mixture burn more completely (hotter) but I see no real downside. Install a turbo, install a pyro and let it eat!

I guess my alternator will be much happier. I had to get "jumped off" to make it to the GA Rally in the 3rd week of October. The alternator charged the batteries up sufficiently that it didn't have to be jumped off again that weekend. After that, I installed a 24V solargizer panel from...

Might need to get a pre-luber system for the oiling system. I think the starter spun the engine above idle speed when I started it up! It's only 50 out but it settled into a "cold" 500 rpm idle in neutral. Drove it around the block to warm everything up and it idled at it's normal 650 rpm...

I don't own a HMMWV but I do know that my contact maintenance HMMWV's equipped with 6.5 turbo, 4 speed o/d can go around 80 mph. That's just a guess as the speedo runs out of numbers at 60 but the needle still travels down towards almost straight down. The engine doesn't sound happy when doing...

Put a pair of Exide 6TAGM batteries in mine. Should be comparable to a Hawker, got them from a local recycling company that gets take outs from the base. One has a shipped date Dec 2014 and the other Feb 2017. Both passed a load test and had an open circuit voltage of 12.6 volts. I went...