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awesome to hear a "good" story from an auction... only heads up I can give you is check your battery connections from the batteries through the Polarity Box to the alternator... scrub/wire wheel until your fingers bleed !.. also depending on your climate, 86 2 of the 4 batteries and run a 2...

once I saw Ronmar find a solution then followed by CMC shortly there after.. I did the same aftermarket install... 1 years ago a zillions of cycles... zero issues... I think Sean Filner was the last human on the planet to have purchasesd an OEM (Burkhart?) from overseas !

1500 miles later after a TPS adjustment all is well and the Transynd made a huge positive difference in the shifting smoothness ...both up and down.. and should you go the retran route here in the POC at MTP https://mtpdrivetrain.com/ D'Mara Hansen... dhansen@mtpdrivetrain.com and now...

there's the rub..I did not wait until the tranny left me on the side of the road... I looked at all alternatives.. to remove the C6 Clutch cover is a huge ordeal.. either remover the tranny from the top..after removing the bed.. or remove the tranny from the bottom of you have a tranny jack that...

thats true... it's my understanding that those who own A1s are SOL when it comes to TMs...

The TMs have a lot of info and are located at: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/m1078-tms.118919/

pull the drain plug from the transfer case...I had the same noise I thought was gear lash as well... it wasn't it was the C6 Clutch Pack thrust bearing that grenaded ... $11k worth of retran and all is well

join the LMTV/FMTV FB pages.... YouTube channels will help also: EndlessAdventures , HelicoolsHelipad, Fastidious Restomods, Broke Overland, Ronmar, Call Me Colt great guys and incredibly informative...

..and the most important and depressing fact... these trucks are absolute money pits ... 4-5 digits in your first year of ownership ( ask me how I know)... get the truck as close to "reliable".. before throwing wheel barrows full of cash at ..chuckle ..chuckle.." Overland Expedition Vehicle"...

and this is the aftermarket steering wheel..

this is what I used .. .. since I was careful and sis not strip out the threads on the steering wheel.. took 1 gentle minute to remove the OEM wheel... the only caveat was installing the new after market wheel required 1 inch longer bolts than was included with the kit in order to reposition the...

what would smart money have done ?.. mainland shipping costs are @$20k on a $4200 truck?.. + "get it running costs" + transport costs to Nevada + another @ 4-5 digits to get the truck running "reliably"... plus I have seen the Guam trucks and they are total rust buckets and a never ending...

the easiest and leaat damaging way to remove the knobs .

I used the HF Blue o ring kit …. Rebuilt all 4 valves… zero issues

I tried the same approach at Orlando Allison.. $550 low boy transport (each way @50 miles) .. after the service manager said * if it's got an Allison , we can fix it".. 2 weeks later those sh*tbags did not do anything... the truck just sat there. $1100 down the toilet .. needless to say...

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