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So I'll try the combination of lowering tire pressure to XCountry + ditch the giant rear sway bar. Will report results.

One is not picking up a 17,770 lb truck vertically. You just have to have enough oompf to overcome static friction. That's how a "strongman" can pull a semi truck with a rope: he is not lifting the truck. Its true that weight is in the equation of static, then rolling friction. It helps the...

Registered the truck today.

Okeydokey. I'll check all that stuff, thank you. I think its Proverbs 19:20 that says to listen to advice in order to be counted among the wise, I'm good with that :)

Why? I have read the stories of the plastic fan spitting blades--> taking out the radiator. It is not clear to me that there is a design defect, did CAT author a recall for this condition? Maybe the military wrote up a service bulletin? Probably in the threads somewhere, I will read them again...

Swapped the spare for another with the same tread pattern as the ones on the ground, repaired the door handle actuator inside driver door, straightened a bent bumperette with the handy forklift, vehicle emissions test. Removing the comms box mount to make room for the 3rd seat that can go there...

After seeing that it takes 41 pages to figure this out (and looks like we are not done), I'm pretty discouraged about taking on this project.

izzug, I'd like one please, mine is tweaked.

Plugged the hole.

Science made Scary: Nitrogen, a major component of air, is also soluble in oil. "Laboratory results also indicate that N 2 is more soluble than CO2, 0.34- % mole-percent of N 2 compared to 0.17-% mole-percent of CO2 when pure components are used as injected fluids."

I have a fixed 115 psi regulator at the moment, but carry an adjustable one. As it is stored as liquid, like you say, I get alot of gas from the bottle. Enough to fill about 20-25 tires. Don't know how far that would get me down the road, I'll have to experiment. Oh, temperature is no issue...

It seems obvious, but since am new to this truck maybe not. I have a 20 lb CO2 cylinder that I use to inflate the CUCV Blazer tires and to run air tools on the trail. In the event of an LMTV air compressor failure (not unheard of) I could simply plumb that tank into the front emergency brake...

I don't understand ???

Oh, it got right past me that a Detroit is available. That will be my first mod: before seat upgrade, paint, solar panels, radios. KG6QNS

No, there is more than one way: Ask someone who has done it.

I'm sure there is plenty of opinion on the interweb about welding the rear diff closed. Do any of you have personal or anecdotal experience actually doing it? Consequences? I understand the tires will chirp, my Detroit locked Blazer does that and I kinda like it :)

No, I don't do snow.

I agree, Supr, it looks like the first two items in the LMTV tool kit will be locktite and torquewrench.

This thread freaked me out when I read it, so I asked Jack to make sure the alternator bolts are tight and should I get the drive lines balanced? His reply: "The factory fixed the vibration problem years ago, they put all new drive lines on and changed the flywheel housing on the first batch...

I agree, coach, that there is a technique to driving with the front locked. A little blip of the throttle lines everything up on the Blazer ok. I'll have to learn more about the LMTV drive system.