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Plans for the truck:
Paint lusterless marine corps Forrest green
Led lights all around
Lockout hubs
G177 tires
Axle, transmission and transfer case breather relocations
Coolant filter install
Backup camera
Axles, transmission, transfer case fluid changes
Truck all ready has a new hardtop...
John went through the truck and made sure everything was good to go. Today, my Dad and I went and picked up the truck. We brought all of the typical parts you might bring in case of a break down and headed to John's. We arrived and went over the rest of the details and parted ways. The...
I have made the plunge and purchased a m109a3 to restore and turn into an RV. Last fall at the Gilbert Military vehicle show, I spoke with John Tennis and he mentioned he had some vehicles for sale. I have spent alot of money at Johns tent at shows for the last two trucks and when he said he...
I just finished replacing all new rear axle seals, repacking the bearings, and cleaning up all the old grease. I replaced the cork piece which was not present when disassembling. I retorque to proper specs. After test driving the truck for about 45 mins, when stopping at the house that hub is...
Thank you for the information. I wonder why the government would put two generators on the same trailer. I can't imagine they would require that much constant maintenance would they?
I have a friend that just bought a Joint Electronics MEP-803a trailer with two MEP-803a generators mounted to the trailer. He doesn't know alot about the setup so I am trying to get some info on it. On the trailer, there are two large cables that go into a box that says synchronizing transfer...
They aren't too hard to find. Price will vary depending on condition. I see them online or on auctions but you might have to drive or ship one into NV. Alot of them have massive gashes in the side from a forklift so you have to look around a bit to find a nice one.
First photo is the truck ready to go for Memorial day before they cancelled due to possible thunderstorms. aua The other photo is the LED taillights installed. Hoping this week if we have alot of rain to continue working on the inside of the Shelter getting the windows installed and circuit...
Well now that the weather has gotten better, I have started working on the shelter and have made a bunch of progress. My father and I made steel tie down cables to hold the shelter in place. We went with the criss cross pattern to make sure it doesn't move. I have been deciding on whether to...
I was able to finally also get the first coat of CARC Tan on the inside. It definitely made the inside a little brighter with the door open. One more coat and I'll be set. I am looking into linoleum for the floor. It should be pretty cost effective and will stop any moisture. I plan on...
Thank you very much, so far so good. I was able to get the inside sanded and then cleaned the surface with xylene. What a pain. My arms were so tired from trying to sand the ceiling. I almost decided to give up and just paint but I wanted to make sure it had a nice surface for the fresh...
Once the outside was painted, I started stripping the inside wiring. What a pain but it's all stripped. Now I'm getting ready to sand and prep the surface for paint. I'm going with tan carc paint to brighten the inside up. I'm adding a couple windows for light and the brighter color will help.
After finishing the trailer I started working on the shelter. I Sanded and primed the surface and then applied Rapco 383 carc green to the surface. After two coats the shelter looks better than it did from the factory.
This spring I got the shelter and trailer out and started working on it. The trailer was in such good shape I just needed to lightly sand the outside and then paint over top of the current paint. I applied two coats and the trailer looks even better than when I brought it home. After painting...