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Yes, they are violent, but require an electrical signal to ignite. Unless you have Takata airbags.

My Zombie Emergency Response Vehicle (the green truck in my pic) is a 1984 Suburban chassis with a Jurassic Truck T-Rex kit (defunct as of 2002). I put a set of similar seats in this vehicle as well. I'm familiar with racing seats, but wanted recline option without spending $$$. Used I think I...

Yes, that would be me, with the Civic SI seats in my M1081. I had to grind off the loops that bolted to the floor of the donor car and fab up some brackets from UniStrut, then bolt it on to the base where the original seat was. They look nice and are very comfortable. However, beware of in-seat...

I hear what you're saying about using a liquid for balancing. I've done a lot of reading and haven't seen anyone complaining about losing balancing fluid through the CTIS. There would have to be a lot of liquid for some to come out of the valve with the valve at the bottom of the wheel. When...

Just replaced two U-joints on Goliath (M1081). Was pretty easy job. Reason for pulling the joints: I upgraded to the 3.07 diffs and started having an intermittent vibration around 55mph. FYI, I'm using a GPS speedometer for now. I put 18oz of antifreeze/water in each tire and that didn't seem...

I have pix but need to get them from iPhone (Apple's strange photo format) to my Linux or Windows box. Soon...

I can now close out two major projects on my M1081! About three weeks ago, I finally installed 3.07 diffs, with an Eaton locker in the rear. Installing the Eaton into the rear diff was simple other than running out of Lock-Tite! Rear diff notes: In replacing the rear drive shafts, I had to jack...

Step 1 in my soon-to-be-done differential replacement is complete. I had obtained an Eaton locker earlier this year, and with the help of a Kobalt high-torque battery impact wrench and the hoist in the bed of my M1081, yanked the spider gears and dropped the locker in their place. My biggest two...

$150? That's cheap, you should see what is paid for "Turn and Slip" indicators for private aircraft!

I love that AZ still exempts AWD/4WD vehicles from the rollers. Many years ago (about 20), I got annual exemptions for my M35. They didn't like me at the inspection station on east 22nd near Pantano in Tucson. Living 35 miles outside Colorado Springs, and now Fallon, NV, have exempted my M1081...

Today I took a seven hour drive through mountains and desert of North-Central Nevada. Went through Carrol's Summit east of Fallon, then back south through Dixie Valley, part of the Navy weapons range out here. Lots of parked vehicles that pilots are supposed to find and identify. I know of at...

I'll second US of Freight - they arranged for my M1081 from Southern Maryland to Colorado Springs very quickly and painlessly.

Right - without the extra rear leaf, softer rear suspension especially without a normal load. And removing the shocks allows defining suspension travel limits. That can be done without driving - somewhere I've got an old book on setting up suspensions for race cars. Race trucks are the same...

If you want cheap, small and relatively powerful, just get a new Raspberry Pi and an external keyboard and monitor. You can do a lot with these and they're just as powerful as a 12 year old laptop. PM me if you want help

Apologies for delay i response. The seats were already removed from the donor car, were selected out of the junkyard warehouse so I don't know what year they are. Based on condition, maybe 10 years at most. Only indication is "SI" embroidered on the seat back. I think $100-150/seat but in...

OK, I'm seriously jealous of what you're doing. While I don't need the cage and such, I'd love to be able to move across the Nevada desert trails at more than a crawl. Please keep this thread up to date with your mods especially with suspension. And I love Tucson, lived there ten years -...

The crane is just like a engine puller crane - it has a hand-pump self-contained hydraulic cylinder. instead of the legs and casters on the ground of the engine puller, the post is on a bearing and can pivot 360 degrees. I glom'ed this photo from the seller's site (Northern Tool part number...

I agree with Green Mountain Boys - if you can, anchor the free end of the cable and move the truck to unspool. Otherwise, it will be a real fight. I know for certain, most of my time using the SRW has been in cold weather either recovering myself or other vehicles. Unspooling is a real PITA...

I had a steel plate welded to the top of a piece of 4" square tubing, about 12" long, that fits into the pockets in the bed of my M1081. There is a thick piece of rubber between the plate, and a hole drilled in the post for the pin in the pocket. On top of that, I bolted an Ultra-Tow hydraulic...

I spotted a red MTV fire truck in Fallon, NV about three weeks ago. Unfortunately I was rushing to the local hospital with injured girlfriend. Girlfriend burned her feet at Soda Lake spectating while I was in discussion with local Sheriff Officer on recovering a vehicle from the lake later that...