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That's going to be a really hard bolt to find. M12x1.5 (fine thread) x 200mm, Class 12.9. Fastenal doesn't have longer than 170mm. McMaster has one that's the right diameter and length, but is coarse pitch (1.75) and only class 8.8 (about 60% weaker)...

Wow, mine took like 10 bursts of cranking at 30 seconds each to start at 7°F the other day. And then it puttered and clunked for like a minute before it smoothed out.

I don't think so. I can't remember what that's out of, but I drove a truck with one of those once. A deuce?

Ok, I thought there was something to it (e.g. aerodynamic streamlining, holding a certain piece of gear, etc.).

How did you decide to make the roof rack basket so tall?

I replaced mine recently. I drained one 5 gallon bucket of coolant and it was plenty. I used Permatex High Temp Thread Sealant, and it worked great (awesome stuff). https://www.amazon.com/Permatex-59235-Temperature-Thread-Sealant/dp/B000AAJTYS A quick note about the connector. It didn't seem...

I picked it up from someone on here, but they are on eBay too. I don't have a picture, because it's installed on the truck at the moment (you can't really take a picture of it either, when installed).

Mine leaked when I first got it. The problem is that the gasket shrinks over time, and most likely we all have the same 20+ year old ones that were installed at the factory. I designed a new one, and laser-cut it out of 1/8" Buna-n rubber gasket sheet. Now it seals well, and the sending unit...

Nah, it should essentially last forever unless you physically break it. It's essentially just a brass "sponge", so if fluid gets in it it will just drain back out over time.

The over-the-radiator cover is in the TM somewhere. You take out two bolts on the sides of the radiator, and reinstall them through the grommets of the cover (with the cover on the front). Then on the bottom you do the same thing (two bolts, grommets, reinstall bolts), except the bottom also...

This isn't entirely correct. That o-ring "works", but is not the correct o-ring, and the correct one is a different material to withstand the red military hydraulic fluid. There is also a smaller o-ring around the nose of the piston that is non-standard. I've also thoroughly read that entire...

I'm not seeing them.

Maybe, maybe not. If you compare to a similar 4x4 medium duty truck from the '90s, the LMTV does have CTIS, but it doesn't have emissions controls, air bags, etc. The LMTV is still probably simpler than a comparable civilian vehicle.

Yeah, that's why I like them too. Although, the further back in time you go, the less true it becomes (the less difference there is between military and civilian). By the time you're back to the CUCV's of the '80s, they're practically the same thing.

Do you need a military truck at all then? Those trucks are just very old pickups essentially, and a bit of collector's items at that. For $2500 you can get an a decent old civilian pickup, that parts and upgrades will be cheaper and readily available for. An LMTV is still WAY more capable.

To me, the cost of the truck itself was the least important. Yes, the difference between an M35 and an LMTV may be several grand, but when the operation and maintenance is roughly 10x that of a big pickup truck (e.g. $100+ oil changes, $300 tires, $150 tanks of gas, etc.), not a big deal. Then...

One step at a time. You started this topic about the pro's and con's of a couple truck models, now you've really jumped in the deep end of the pool. Regardless of which truck you pick, they are money pits and blackholes for wrenching time. You might consider just getting the truck, then...

This is the mistake in understanding. The electronics are significantly more reliable, however, they introduce more deadlining points of failure. So you can have a sensor/wire/computer go bad, and absolutely nothing works. In contrast, with a mechanical engine you will have more failures, but...

You gain ABS brakes (on A1 and up models). I don't really care about the electronic engine, it has pro's and con's (I'm not really worried about reliability but it is designed to be serviced with the diagnostic computer tools, so I would want to get those). But I would very much prefer to have...

I edited my previous post before you replied, but my guess is that it doesn't. Those people are mistaken / unrealistic. Physics just doesn't support that big a difference.