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  1. serpico760

    Huge mistake. I won a GP auction…. Cali FMTV Project “ ‘Merica”

    Yeah and it only takes about 6 months to fill each tire!
  2. serpico760

    Huge mistake. I won a GP auction…. Cali FMTV Project “ ‘Merica”

    Where are you getting this thing transported to? Few years ago it was six grand to move one 2200 miles.
  3. serpico760

    FMTV 1078 A1 Cargo area Canvas Install

    I assume you're referring to my post but no, that company has been long out of business.
  4. serpico760

    So the MTVR adventure begins

    Check out the YouTube videos for 5 tons of discovery. They built a similar system onto their fmtv with rollout sides.
  5. serpico760

    So the MTVR adventure begins

    That's basically a standard component called a slip ring. We use them in the automation world a lot connecting electrical devices on the ends of rotating elements.
  6. serpico760

    FMTV 1078 A1 Cargo area Canvas Install

    On my cover which was a brand new one I got from army trucks Inc, the people at the factory who made it did a terrible job of getting the right pieces in the right places. On the inside where the straps are short straps for strapping it to the pipes and long straps for when you roll it up, half...
  7. serpico760

    What have you done WITH your FMTV ( trips, Rescues etc) NOT: fixes, updates etc

    Secure a chain to the tail light holder and around the biggest tree you can find, and give it a few nudges of the gas pedal?!
  8. serpico760

    M934 motorhome conversion

    thats really nice! i have reverese engineered and made in SolidWorks in 3D Cad the entire structure, if you would like a copy. i know you have already made many modifications but you may still find it useful
  9. serpico760

    Reverse engineered, 3D printed expansible van body

    The model is the Trumpeter M1083 model, I just 3D printed my modified expansible van body in 1:35 scale to fit it. Eventually I'll finish the real thing
  10. serpico760

    So the MTVR adventure begins

    For an even more ridiculously Overkill camper look at this. At least it has room for six people! https://bangshift.com/bangshiftxl/the-ultimate-camper-this-1994-oshkosh-m1070-het-expandable-van-just-might-be-it/ If you want to slap an expansible van body on it and you can find one in good...
  11. serpico760

    1/10 scale FMTV bows

    Made the bows from 1/8" steel wire, 3d printed the connectors, JB welded them. Cross RC FC6 (FMTV ) model
  12. serpico760

    Is this vehicle dependable? I need advise

    Got to be Eco hubs!
  13. serpico760

    Is this vehicle dependable? I need advise

    When you get to 88 mph, you get to go back to the time that somebody at Stewart and Stevenson decided not to include locking differentials, and you get to knock some sense into him!
  14. serpico760

    M1078A0 Wedge Brake Parts and Availability

    And to clarify one of the technical manuals has detailed drawings of many specialty tools that you can make yourself. I've converted all of those into SolidWorks and these particular tools probably would work fine as 3D printed but of course they could be machined. The flat plate tool can...
  15. serpico760

    M1078A0 Wedge Brake Parts and Availability

    The flat adjusting tool works by bolting it onto one of the bolts in there and the slot guides your adjusting tool. The driver works by guiding the seal into position. I haven't used either tool yet I just built them out of my best material based upon the drawings provided so that each support...
  16. serpico760

    M1078A0 Wedge Brake Parts and Availability

    i dont have a seal, but i made a 3d printed seal install tool with carbon fiber petg per the TM for unit maintenance. tm me if you would like on, ill print another. also the break adjust tool
  17. serpico760

    Is this vehicle dependable? I need advise

    It's that the listed gvw it came as, or as modified now if you modified it?
  18. serpico760

    Is this vehicle dependable? I need advise

    So you can just register the truck at a lower gross vehicle weight than it actually has? An M1078 only has a gross vehicle weight of about 23,000 anyways from what I remember.
  19. serpico760

    Is this vehicle dependable? I need advise

    Also since yellow and some other big freight companies went out of business there's lots and lots of box trucks and cargo vans at the auction houses
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