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I'm pretty sure Ames is the major supplier. might be others too. I also carry and recommend a Pulaski, an Indian Fire Pump and a good-sized bow saw. Especially if it's dry and brushy off road where you are.

Last batch I got were custom made. If you have a commercial rubber products company close to you they should be able to help. Not anything off-the-shelf that I know of. www.hutchinsoninc.com makes the parts; try giving them a call.

This is the data sheet for Sherwin Williams one-part CARC. The mixing instructions and paint prep will be different from the two-part; but the second page has application instructions that should give you a jumping off point for tip size, air pressure, etc. There should be similar notes on the...

Usually it's a dry cable. If you've greased it thoroughly then the cable may have a bad spot caused by chaffing when the cable was dried out. If that's the case then replace the cable. If it breaks inside the housing it can knot itself up to the point where you can't get the cable out and have...

Thanks Stuart. I got the idea from the 5 tonner; (TM9-2320-260-24P-1, fig. 211). It uses a similar cover (shield) over the sealing material; but on that set-up, the bend-over tabs soon break off. I figured a cover made of sheet metal with zip-ties would be re-usuable and still easy to maintain...

Here's why no project is "done in a week-end". Getting the steering assembled on the baby HEMTT and wanted to make sure the drag link ends kept the grease in and the dirt out. A simple desire but one close to my heart. Apparantly the trucking industry stopped making parts for the "Garrison" type...

It started out life as a duece rolling chassis. I think there are pictures of it in a thread called baby HEMTT for Leonard.

Here's a couple of pictures for you to enjoy.

Yeah, yeah... what Gimpy said. Only available as stickers but they're easy enough to apply to a piece of aluminum plate if you want to be able to move them from vehicle to vehicle.

Maybe this'll help.

Thanks Stuart. I ended up setting the adjusting plugs flush with the drag link ends then coming out a half turn. Not coil-bound but tight enough to move dry with a little effort. Once I get the dust covers made and in place, I'll grease everything, see what they feel like and make any final...

Yeah Bjorn, after all the gnashing of teeth and hair pulling, it's funny how simple the solution turned out to be. Every fastener on any frame mount is grade 8, fine thread, with type "C" locking nut-- no ny-locks. Any grade 5's in pictures are just there to temporarily locate a given bracket...

Thanks... I try to make everything mechanic-friendly (since I'm the mechanic) and to keep it looking "factory". As far as driveable-- heck, it's driveable now. It's just with work still to do on the brake system, it isn't stoppable. Once the law sees that insurance and registration are...

Steering is in and complete with the exception of dust boots for the ends of the drag links. Check one more task off the list. The box is a custom unit that has reverse orientation (shaft comes in at front); and the shaft turns the opposite direction (a conventional box, if flipped over, would...

Thanks guys... knew I could count on you to set me straight.

I know what you mean... saw this beauty headed south on I-5 just south of Sacramento a week or so ago.

No problems with ownership or use. Go with the one pin NATO type for sockets and cables. They're current issue, and relatively easy to find parts for. If you want to make your own custom length ones; Austin Aviation (beltfed34) on ebay has the ends. The older two-pin style has been phased...

Thanks Kenny. The same manuals that tell you in great detail which way to turn a light bulb in order to remove or install it, gets wonderfully vague at just the wrong moment. The mechanic at my local truck stop sent me away with this gem; 'aww, just keep tightening it 'til it don't feel sloppy...

Well, the baby HEMTT and I hit a little milestone. Got the correct rotation, correct orientation, correct valving for the pass. side steering assist ram, steering box mounted. I was able to reuse one mounting bracket, had to make up a new reinforcing bracket to get the box plastered to the side...

Baby HEMTT update. I'm assembling the steering on the baby HEMTT and have come up on a little detail I can't get o good answer for. Adjusting the drag link ends is controlled by tightening or loosening "adjusting plugs" that push the ball seats together and down against a coil spring. This...