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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: