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The first order of business was taking an inventory, then washing/ degreasing everything, and wire wheeling any rusty threads. Second step was getting the front head milled to clear the radiator support bracket. The machinist at work took off .188" in the CNC mill to get the bracket just a...

I looked high and low for 425A jake brakes purely for the benefit of running a divided entry turbo with pulse manifold and the closest I found was one set of heads only (no installation hardware or crossheads) for $1000. That's a better price than new but still pretty steep. I checked in with...

Well, since I modified a spare valve cover I still have my original that I will have to do something with. I'll think about that and see if my welder is up to it. If I did another one I would experiment with cutting out the triangle sliver but leaving the short side without any relief cuts or...

Thanks, lonnie! Hopefully there is little enough variation in these trucks that yours might also have a similar clearance.

With the new low-profile valve cover now finished with its surgery I mounted it onto a jake head to see if it would clear the internal parts that sit proud of the upper gasket surface. My plan was to dimple the valve cover in places that needed more clearance if there was a crash. The socket...

I can't take credit for the welding as I had a coworker who does that for a living stitch the valve cover back together again. His TIG welds turned out pretty nice but my cutoff wheel action left almost 3/16" gaps to fill and that was a challenge. And now with the welds ground down and...

I did not completely sever the top lid on the short side of the valve cover - I left the straight parts connected but I did cut through the indentation areas of the short side with a dremel tool cutoff wheel since the metal would have to go somewhere when bending the top down flat. Now it's...

Today I had my first trial fit with a front jake head installed under a stock hood and it was a success! Woohoo! ...Okay, i had to trim the middle hood support channel, but other than that no cutting, spacing, clearancing, denting or hood scoop done to the hood. I've been poking away on my...

Thanks for the doodle. I could make one of those easy enough.

More 809s on XLs. I just can't help myself

I see. So the outer pin inserts into the pulley bolt or something and the inner pin grabs a pulley spoke?

Here's an M813 on 16.00s just for fun.

Good to know, thanks. I might have to send my wife out for a second job...

Interesting...do they also do that for 16.00s? How does the cost compare to new or 90% tread xzl?

I wish they still made these Michelin XLs because I like their military only style. Sure, NDTs are mainly a military only tire but for larger tires the XZLs look like an oversized civilian mud tire that you see on cranes, large fire trucks, airport snowplows, etc. Don't get me wrong, I like...

Good idea. You sure like your tanks (air, fuel, whatever). Someday you may have to add a propane tank to inject for that little extra boost up the hills... :)

I got my front jake brake head milled out to clearance the radiator support bracket. The machinist removed .188" of material in the CNC so now the bracket sits just a hair below flush. Just another small step in my quest to add jakes to my M813A1. *note: the jake heads are upside down in...

Dang. Looks like your jack has been commandeered and you may not get it back for awhile. I've got one 5-ton single piece HubHelper waiting to get formed up that's not spoken for...

If the seal is frozen I would let it thaw before putting the hub back on the spindle so that the rubber will be more pliable.

This sounds exciting - my brother and I will definitely be looking forward to the release of this book!