• Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!

  • Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.

Search results

  1. US6x4

    Restoration parts for CVC helmets?

    Would the rubber be the same as the H-161 headsets? If so, I used to find NOS rubber ovals with foam inside that cup around the ears on ebay
  2. US6x4

    Vintage pics of M809s at Aberdeen Proving Ground

    I'm wondering if the stock fan is simply stiff enough to resist flexing into the radiator? I don't recall any TM steps calling for fan belts to be loosened but it's been awhile since I read through those.
  3. US6x4

    Show your 5 tons in the snow.

    I'm also loving that Iwo grille insert / stone guard!
  4. US6x4

    My first multifuel?

    Eastern Surplus bought out all of dataplates.net inventory so they have a good selection. TNJMURRAY also has a good selection of data plates.
  5. US6x4

    My M813 gets a turbo!

    Recently I've noticed that as the rpms get to around 1800 the red indicator of the filter minder starts to float up as the turbo is screaming for more air. The gauge does not max out and the filter is clean. I didn't see this behavior with the stock tires but with the 16.00s it's definitely a...
  6. US6x4

    Rear view mirror backup camera install

    I have enough parts left over to make 2 more of these 22mm socket mounts if anyone wants to do the same thing.
  7. US6x4

    Rear view mirror backup camera install

    Niceties are fun but I do love capabilities too like the detroits you mention. Heated seats would be a good one and I still need to do an air bag for the driver seat. lately I've been tossing around the idea of adding a RT-524 radio under the passenger seat to plug in to my intercom...
  8. US6x4

    Rear view mirror backup camera install

    It took a bit to figure out the way the ball & socket mechanism was constructed and it's actually really simple and strong. There are several fingers that are a molded part of the square plastic plate and then there is a circular metal spring wrapped around those fingers like the oem heater...
  9. US6x4

    Rear view mirror backup camera install

    After annealing: Time to drill some new holes in the post & cowl. The third hole is for the GPS antenna wire. Grommets installed and wires ran. The gauge cluster and defroster deflectors will hide the wires and the GPS puck. I found some of my wife's craft wire and put it to work...
  10. US6x4

    Rear view mirror backup camera install

    OK - one last project before the snow flys! 😁 For as sexy as an M813 with a cargo cover is, it has a massive blind spot behind it which could hide a Prius or a taco truck or even a short bus full of children. I installed a rear view mirror that is actually a backup camera to show me the...
  11. US6x4

    Blower motor resistor needed

    TNJMurray is on the east coast and they also have them in stock
  12. US6x4

    Post up those Point of View hood shots!

    Yeah...I had random drops of rain hitting me in the face. No clue where they came from.
  13. US6x4

    Bouncing like a ball.

    Just to put up some info... I just weighed my M813A1 on 16.00R20s with 1 passenger in the cab and a full size spare in the bed and my axle weights are: Front - 10,860 lbs Mid - 6,500 lbs Rear - 6,160 lbs I was surprised to see that the rears were not equally loaded being that they mount to the...
  14. US6x4

    Post up those Point of View hood shots!

    I was really enjoying the functional heater on this trip rolling through my home town.
  15. US6x4

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Washington state has almost all the different landscape types; forested coastal region, wet mountain ranges, dry desert, rocky scabland, dry forested mountains, rolling hill wheat lands... So the west side is green and then the Cascade mountain range makes a huge rain shadow region in the east...
  16. US6x4

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I finally brought my truck out to the farm to unload the old NDTs and I managed to get some pics next to my grandpa's old '45 US6x4 tractor! Two 5-tons side by side shows the difference 40 years can make:
  17. US6x4

    Superthermal's M813 Build, THE BOT

    This guy has a clever way of uprighting a tire when working alone:
  18. US6x4

    HEMTT Rim, Breaking loose the bead. No beadlock. Ideas to make this a smoother process.

    It's good fun helping the rich guys spend their money. Then you can ask to borrow it. 😉
  19. US6x4

    HEMTT Rim, Breaking loose the bead. No beadlock. Ideas to make this a smoother process.

    Even the army with their abundant supply of strong backs uses it...
  20. US6x4

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Going to 16.00R20s does make it feel more agricultural at slower speeds
Top