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This write up by @TechnoWeenie on LED lights is very enlightening, check it out.
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/technoweenie-educational-series-vehicle-lighting.201328/
Really sorry to hear about the damage that happened to your truck!. :(
I got mine last year in PA. They went back with a very large fork lift and I watched them drag it out from the back yard. They were driving the fork lift backwards with chains wrapped around the front of the forks and the...
Was just having a conversation with @INFChief about a stiffener he had found. This is three years late, but I just found this...by now you probably know...but here it is.
https://www.easternsurplus.net/PartDetails/247/FM-164-FMTV-Cab-Lift-Cylinder-Kit
Not sure how far you want to travel or transport one but here is one in PA.
https://www.govplanet.com/jsp/s/item/5911141?h=6-22
Was at the Chambersburg PA yard picking up a couple items this past Thursday and this was in the front area. So I was interested in it. I took a lot of photographs of...
Yeah they're nice. Wish I had the b@ll$ to drop that kind of money for it, it would have worked well for me. :razz:
In reference to the weigh, after you gut the inside, from all the equipment, I'm sure that will take the weight down a good bit. But, then you'll be adding weight when you make it...
Hey, not trying to hijack you here. I feel your pain. I've been looking for a good, shelter, van shop, equipment shop for my M1083A1 for 8-9 months now. Every time I find one that is in decent shape they go for big bucks, more then I want to pay. The last one I found was in NC, and it was a shop...
Although I had all three drive shafts balanced, I had to have the front and intermediate drive shafts completely rebuilt. These shafts had flat spots on them and it appeared that at sometime the truck was moved with a large forklift and bent the shafts.
When I went back to Fleet Pride to pickup...
Not sure if they’re in your area but Fleet Pride did all three of my drive shafts. They did a great job.!
The guy who did them said that there were never balanced.
He said that they are like tires, if you don’t see a weight on them somewhere, they’re not balanced. He said all drive shafts have...
I see what your saying, but then why does the Allison website show other recommended fluids for their transmissions?
https://www.allisontransmission.com/parts-service/approved-fluids