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It’s a lot different underneath an FMTV than what your video shows. Otherwise I’d do that.

Stream of oil seems to spray everywhere but straight down. Hence, need some mechanism to direct the oil flow

Tie rod, exhaust and leaf spring seems to be in the way. I didn’t try bucket though. thx for input.

Dreaded oil-change time for Goliath, my M1081. I’ve avoided these because of the mess when the oil drains over everything except for the strategically placed pan. Trying to figure a way to direct the geyser of hot, black oil to the pan, I spotted a couple of old RV sewer hose pieces and had an...

DId you accidentally switch your lights to Blackout mode? That would kill those displays for certain, especially the transmission control panel.

Hotel room in Melbourne through Memorial Day, then back to Reno, NV where I live. New job, am here for orientation and training at company site. When are you headed through? that picture sure doesnt look like Florida…

Saw this today outside a window tint shop near Port Canaveral, FL. Best I could do for photo. Any claimants?

1: Welcome to the forum, nice rig! 2: I'm just a couple of hours east of you, off Hwy 50, there's things to do in the area! 3: Who's MME - I WANT some wheel covers!

I had that specific problem on my M1081: colder weather I'd have venting from behind the grille. There's another thread that describes how to test which chamber is leaking if it is truly the treadle leaking and not a park/trailer valve. The back-most section of the treadle is serviceable in the...

No further on this thread - I hired professionals to move my fifth wheel when changing job locations. It's cheaper and easier for the once-every-two-to-three-years I change jobs and location. Though every now and then I look at the dollies (jeeps) that are used for attaching second/third...

Ether cylinder is available from NAPA, it's a pretty generic unit. Block heater is much better assuming you've got 110v within reach. Also pretty generic for Cat 3116. DIesels with no glow plugs, block heaters, or grid warmers are ignorant about starting in extreme cold...

"If it's stupid but it works, it's not stupid". Old Army saying. Now that you've shown me how to "remove" a rarely-needed spring leaf, I'll probably do the same to my M1081 that I rarely haul loads with. If need, I'll look at air bags to supplement the missing spring. Slightly different topic...

Somewhere there's a video of a female who'd propped her feet on the dash. Quick brake application popped her off the seat into the passenger floorboards, feet around her ears, and totally unable to extricate herself. That was only a minor brake application. An accident would have much worse, and...

Yes, they are violent, but require an electrical signal to ignite. Unless you have Takata airbags.

My Zombie Emergency Response Vehicle (the green truck in my pic) is a 1984 Suburban chassis with a Jurassic Truck T-Rex kit (defunct as of 2002). I put a set of similar seats in this vehicle as well. I'm familiar with racing seats, but wanted recline option without spending $$$. Used I think I...

Yes, that would be me, with the Civic SI seats in my M1081. I had to grind off the loops that bolted to the floor of the donor car and fab up some brackets from UniStrut, then bolt it on to the base where the original seat was. They look nice and are very comfortable. However, beware of in-seat...

I hear what you're saying about using a liquid for balancing. I've done a lot of reading and haven't seen anyone complaining about losing balancing fluid through the CTIS. There would have to be a lot of liquid for some to come out of the valve with the valve at the bottom of the wheel. When...

Just replaced two U-joints on Goliath (M1081). Was pretty easy job. Reason for pulling the joints: I upgraded to the 3.07 diffs and started having an intermittent vibration around 55mph. FYI, I'm using a GPS speedometer for now. I put 18oz of antifreeze/water in each tire and that didn't seem...

I have pix but need to get them from iPhone (Apple's strange photo format) to my Linux or Windows box. Soon...

I can now close out two major projects on my M1081! About three weeks ago, I finally installed 3.07 diffs, with an Eaton locker in the rear. Installing the Eaton into the rear diff was simple other than running out of Lock-Tite! Rear diff notes: In replacing the rear drive shafts, I had to jack...