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Oh, you betcha. I haven't contributed much lately so it's about time to throw out another thread. It's reassuring having a way to offload the spare and I'm hoping I never have to change a tire.

The last detail besides grip tape on the ammo can. This piece with a strap locks the stowed mast to the lower mast to eliminate any wobbling fore and aft.

The pair of Beachwood Canvas chain covers arrived today so one went on the hold down chain over the tire and the second one I put on the lower chain since it wouldn't fit over the hook of the chain that lifts the tire. Here is a funny picture I should've added before. I've been having...

A good sized ammo can got bolted to the crane to store accessories and tools and stuff. I'm planning to add grip tape to the lid so it can double as a step stool to get up high enough to crank on the boat winch. I had to drill two new holes closer inboard on that plate to get the ammo can far...

Now it's time to peal back the cover, remove some bows, and assemble this beast to do a function test! Wow this thing is tall! With the 525 lb tire suspended by the crane at full reach the telescoping tube pulled down slightly and that was it. No scary squeaks, groans, or popping...

This is the first mockup attempt to see if reality matches the computer world and it came out pretty close...well, close enough. I was really hoping that the original spare tire anchor parts wouldn't interfere but I won't know until I get a tire loaded up. The boat winch sat a little...

The upper mast has some really fun mods done to it in order to facilitate both moving the spare out of the bed and also bringing it back in. @HanksDeuce added a come along to his crane to help with this so I found a nice boat winch with a strap instead of a cable and made a mount for it to...

Here are some of the parts I designed and had laser cut at work. The gussets are missing but you can see the stowed mast base mount, the boat winch mount, the end stop hoop, and the new top cap for the trolley. With the base frame done, next up is the lower mast which needs its diagonal...

My big project for this year was to build a davit crane to handle my 16.00R20 spare tire and since Jim's price for a used crane at army6x6parts was decent enough I chose to modify an existing A1/A2 crane instead of starting from scratch. This ISO bed davit crane was the inspiration for how to...

Well, thank you! We came out of the covid lockdowns with another kid in the family so I ordered up another NOS H-161E headset for the little guy and he's almost old enough now to keep them on during a drive. 😁

I have one of those after coolers sitting in my basement that I didn't use because I didn't want to chop my hood. If you run one of those without a huge body lift the cross over pipe will stick through the hood just like on the M813 that @bobbed_deuces_wild (Instagram handle?) put together:

*also, the HEMTT wheels have a thicker center and require either the longer 939 A2 lug studs or special offset lug nuts

Technically it's not too difficult, but man-handling those mounted tires takes some effort. At the minimum the consensus is HEMTT wheels in the front and A2 5-ton super-single wheels in the back. Some folks opt for HEMTT wheels on all 6 positions for consistency and spare tire considerations...

From the outside I see 1 pipe with 2 flanges and 6 weld-on bungs. If you can't find one this would be like day-one type work for a machine/fabrication shop and you could get one duplicated. That's IF there's no special magic stuff on the inside.

Nice pictures! - that truck is pretty epic. Probably the first M911 I've seen a post about. I especially like the data plate about the applied rust treatment that's fastened to the rusty sheet metal 😅 Sorry, I have no ideas on the pressure issues.

If the brake system is maintained in good condition I think the statement would be "if they fail" and not "when they fail". A few things that can be done preemptively would be: Changing out the rubber lines with new. Make sure all hard-line clamps have rubber isolators/pads on them Adding a...

Side note: I like how your taillights are recessed into the bed sheet metal like a 939 series truck. Looks much cleaner than how the stock ones just dangle from beneath the bed.

The stock M817 should just have the 1 canister style filter under the fender. There is a screen in the fuel pump meant to catch debris from failed injectors but it is not a true filter.

Where in the world are you? I didn't see any snow in your pictures during the winter so it must be somewhere mild