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Installed some custom-built wheels on my M103A3 trailer and they've got quite a bit less backspacing than the stock wheels, so the wheels/tires stick out further. As I'm designing an enclosure for this trailer (turning it into a mobile workshop), I'm thinking about how much space I could gain by...

Have spent the last few years building this monstrosity of a motorhome, and now that it's almost finished, it's time to start putting together a little Jeep to go with it. Have a fresh Buick 225 V6 and an SM465 and Dana 18 transfercase with a Warn overdrive (25%). But I just put a brand new...

Are there any other mounting brackets that will work with the same size shackles that are used up front? Maybe off a 5-ton truck or something?

That's what this is, right? How much does a drop-side bed like this weigh? 1000lbs? Also wondering how much height it would add if I were to put the M109 box on top of it. Planning on adding something like camper jacks to the M109 box, and would like to have some kind of flatbed sandwiched...

Anybody know anything about these units? Looks like they use a HATZ 2G40 two-cylinder diesel engine, have a 300 Amp 28V alternator and a Bosch hydraulic pump of some sort. Would love to know more about these things, as I just struck a deal on one but haven't even seen it yet.

Putting mah deuce back together and I was pretty good about bagging and labeling hardware and everything, but there are a few things I can't remember and it's a new A3 cab and a bunch of other new parts, so it's not going together exactly like it came apart. Mostly just little things, like the...

Fitting a NOS composite A3 hood to my A2, and remember seeing some scans or screen-shots of a manual that documented the A2 -> A3 conversion, but cannot seem to find them now. Can anybody point me in the right direction? Going to make a custom grill, keeping the A2 headlights, so won't be I'm...

Got my cab back, all painted and pretty. Time to start putting it all back together. But went to hang the doors today and got hung-up instead. What's the best way to adjust the fit? Would be easy if I needed to shim them backwards, but the doors on both sides need to go forwards. Can bend the...

A number of people have contacted me, asking about hubsteps for the 5-ton trucks. Welder Sam shipped me an extra drive flange off an 809, so I started working on this a few days ago. This CAD model is still pretty rough, but have a few questions: Are the drive flanges the same for the front and...

Swapping an LDS in my M109, and right now I'm working on getting the transmission and bellhousing. Put about 4,000 miles on mah deuce and never had any transmission-related problems, but noticed that there's a significant amount of play in the input shaft. Maybe close to 1/8" at the tip! Is that...

Need to swap the 2.5-ton bellhousing and everything over onto the new LDS engine, and am wondering how I'm supposed to remove the 5-ton pressure-plate. Removed all the bolts around the perimeter and then noticed the three bolts further in towards the center. One of them has a tag (had been...

Designing some winch mounts for mah deuce right now, and figured I might as well incorporate the lower grill mounting tabs into the winch mounts. But I'm switching over to an A3 hood, and so will need to make a custom grill. Just wondering if the A2's and A3's use the same lower grill mounting...

Anybody else notice that suddenly there are a lot of 'key words' showing up as hyperlinks in posts? Finding it to be a little bit distracting, as those links are usually posted by members about something related to the topic. Would it be possible to distinguish advertising-type hyperlinks from...

Now that I've got my chassis back, it's time to mount the pair of winches that I picked up a while ago. Planning on installing one up front, but I don't have any of the stock winch extensions and I'm building a custom grill to work with the A3 hood and intercooler, so I'm hoping that I'll be...

My motorhome is finally getting close to being finished and I would like to give away a pair of hubsteps to say thanks for all the help I've received from members here on the steelsoldiers forum. Thanks again everyone. Post-up to enter. Limit one entry per person. No other requirements, but...

Take a look at this. Might be a little bit of a pain to modify the column to work with something like that because of the way that it's all enclosed, but probably easier than replacing the steering box.

Ever seen or heard of anything like this? Realize that it would have to be strong enough to withstand the suction force of the fan trying to pull it through the radiator. Was thinking that I could make a few vertical ribs to support it. Already have an arctic cover for the front-end, but would...

Have heard that there was some kind of under-hood blanket that was included as part of the arctic kit, and most of the pictures of A3's that I've seen show some kind of insulation under the hood. Got a fiberglass A3 hood that I'm planning on adapting to my A2 and would like to add some more...

I'm cutting down a 900-series hardtop to fit on mah deuce, and I'm wondering about the hardware that secures the hardtop to the windshield frame. I've read this thread and downloaded the PDF, and it looks like the hardtop is bolted right through the windshield frame? But this 900-series hardtop...

Just uploaded some CAD files to theCAD Library for a removable three-point receiver-hitch mount for a deuce and a half. Started designing this a while ago, after seeing some of the receiver hitches that other member had posted pictures of on here. Decided to build a different type of hitch for...