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I talked to an Army Sergeant a few years ago who said that he preferred the M880's to the Humvees. He said the Humvees were way complex mechanically (over 100 parts in just the hubs? Maybe he was exagerating a little.)and always breaking down. He thought the M880's were much more reliable...

Oops, you caught me. I put the "R" there out of habit. So I went out there and read exactly (more or less) what they read on the sidewalls: 36.0X12.50-16.5LT No "R" in the listing as you pointed out. I'm still puzzled as to why they don't read "bias ply" somewhere on the tires. Oh well...

Hi Larry, These are 36.0X12.50R16.5 Goodyear Wrangler R/T II tires with a load range "C" and the words "MILITARY OZ" molded into the sidewall. I figure that goodyear made them just for the military, specifically the humvee. I've heard that these were supposed to be bias ply tires, and that...

Hello George, I think if I recall correctly, the stock compression on the 440 is 8.2:1 pretty mild really. Camshaft will be just the stock passenger car cam that is in it, at least for now. Yes, the 4.10's will help a lot for handling those big tires. I'm not sure what you mean by turning...

Hello all, About five years ago, I snagged three humvee tires with 16.5" wheels out of the wrecking yard for $35.00. One is only good as a spare, but the other two have a decent amount of tread left. however, I never mounted them on the truck since I never came across another two for a good...

If you "clearance" the yokes correctly, It shouldn't affect the strength at all, or at least very minimally. Basically what you do is grind off the sharp corners in the thick sections until you have a nice uniform thickness all the way around the hole where the U-joint cup presses into the...

Hello Larry, you shouldn't have any problem running a 4" lift with your M880. I've been running mine with 4" of lift for over three years now with out any problems at all. I did, like you suggested, put 4 degree(?) shims in to compensate for the angle. Acually I ony put them in the front...

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Hello Lee, Is your Cummins a four cylinder Diesel? Have you ever thought of putting a 5.9 liter 6 cylinder turbo charged Cummins in the M715 instead? You'll get at least twice the horsepower and almost double the torque. In any case, this is still a real slick looking conversion. Kudos to...

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Thanks Dilvoy, So you were talking about a full time conversion to part time on a Jeep Cherokee? I thought you were talking about a conversion you did on a FT4WD M880 or W200 Dodge truck. I also thought you meant you swapped the 440 into a CJ5 or 7, thus my astonishment. :) Yeah, I'm kind of...

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P.S. Dilvoy, do you have any thoughts on putting a high volume/high pressure pump on an old engine with out rebuilding it? I had some concerns about running it with a stock oil pan, but I called up Performance Automotive Warehouse and asked them about it and they said that the pump did not...

Interesting. When you converted to part time 4WD, did you convert the hubs to locking hubs as well? I would think you would need to do this as well to reduce "rotational mass" like you mentioned. I'm starting to get impatient with this 440 project. I'm really close right now, only have a few...

Hi Larry, these lights are permanenlty sealed and I believe they use LEDs that are not replaceable anyway. These B/O lights regularly come up for auction on Ebay and you can also buy them new as well at Saturn Surplus. They're usually reasonably priced. That's great to hear that the truck...

Very straight clean body Larry. Looks like you got a good truck. Did the fire department take the antenna mounts off of the sides of the bed? I don't see them in these pictures. Looks like you still have the blackout lights. Are they functional? If you need any help on troubleshooting...

Hello Dilvoy, Yes, I have the 727 with the big block bell housing. I rebuilt the transmission last winter. Started out as a 2WD version of the tranny with the long tail shaft and housing. I found a donor transmission out of the wrecking yard for parts to convert over to the transfer case...

You can just upload them and attach them to your post. Probably ought to keep them under 50 KBytes

You could do also do like I've done: print out and mark up (if needed) the pages that you're using at the time.

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