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0 to 1/8" toe-in (0 to slightly pigeon-toed). Army has a tool for the job but I measured from inside of each tire at 23" up from ground, front and rear. I marked the spot on the inside of each tire then measured using an old carpenter's rule, then checked with a regular tape measure. TM...

My M1081 has the SRW and has helped me twice for certain! Once to move an empty 40' shipping container across the yard about 400'. Double pull using single snatch block on the container, the container weighs nearly 10,000 lbs empty. Second time was following weeks of rain and M1081 stuck itself...

Ok, I'm jealous. If I can get ahead on other projects, this one will be next. Do they have remote control and heat, both, none?

I'll really be curious to see how and if flipping the mirrors works! While the Cascadia mirrors look good, I've got a M1081 and would like to keep the folding upper door capability, and make my mirrors more like the War Pig versions. Buying two drivers mirrors and flipping appropriately, mounted...

Hope medical issues sort out. Shame that War Pig is getting cancelled, but priorities must. Good luck!

Pray tell, where did you source those mirrors?

The TM for pulling the steering knuckles, which includes the king pins and re-shimming, is the -365-34-2, Task 9-6, page 9-22 or so. You shouldn’t need to re-shim yours. I had to do it because the shimming wasn’t done correctly from the factory or something was WAY off on my truck. I needed...

BTW, the white sail-looking thing in the bed is a cover over my davit crane. Universal bolt-in crane that is attached to a custom T-shaped post that I can move to any of the in-bed corner pockets. Poor mans LMHC. 1000lbs at 48”. Handy for loading and unloading tires and other heavy stuff.

Work over the last few weeks Coworker and I built wooden trays to fit the under bed storage compartments. I don’t have rails or seats, so these will be used for long cargo that won’t fit in the cab but don’t want exposed in the bed. Need to put pulls on the trays and hasps for padlocks on the...

Well, now that’s an interesting thought. Based on my time shimming my LMTV king pins and looking at the TM’s, it should work. It seems that the front axle shaft is a floater like the rear, only with a knuckle in the middle. So, the four king pin bolts are tough, lots of torque. Even with the...

Also check your power and ground leads for the transmission and keypad. I spent two months fussing with my RV, Cummins 8.3 turbo with a WTEC-II Allison transmission, same code, same symptoms. I used 14ga twisted shielded pair wiring to replace all three sensor wires from sensor to the back of...

Wah. You’ve got a garage to work in and store your tools. I’m in an RV Park. Tools are in a utility trailer, no garage, can’t turn wrenches in the Park. But I have my LMTV in the storage area in the Park, and that helps scratch the itch! I’ve got a few buddies who have farms, and I can wrench...

Yup, found them. Just wish I’d found them two weeks ago, I live less than five miles from the El Paso County Fairground. Would have been a great opportunity at the Fair several weeks ago. But there’s events coming up...

Wandering Neurons. Arrived and set up home just east of Colorado Springs a couple of months ago. Had my M1081 LMTV transported out, and drove out my kit truck, clone of HMMWV, after 4th of July. I see there’s a few other Colorado Springs residents on various forums here. Lots of stuff to do!

So my M1081 from Ft. Bragg has the dovetail plate and an antenna wire sticking out, on the passenger side behind the door. Was wondering what this was for and if I could use it for anything. Though I pulled the passenger side radio rack out, it was empty, and put another storage bin in its...

Talk to Joey Magee at United States of Freight - 561-617-0120. He arranged shipping for my M1081 from Southern Maryland to Colorado Springs for a good price, and it was done quicker than expected.

Understood, neither my Zombie Truck nor my M1081 have OBD. I bought a plug that allows me to feed the OBD plug that services the HUD. So I go from +12v to the OBD cable that feeds the HUD. Not elegant but works. And keeps my phone off the dash.

I've used several of the cheap heads-up displays from the "big-A" site. My Zombie Emergency Response Vehicle (kit HUMMER) has a goofy speedometer, so the HUD is the replacement. The HUDs rely on GPS for speed and time, and you'll need a VIN plug to power the HUD. My HUD has a mini-USB cord that...

Ok, that makes sense. The picture looked funny, thought it had been a 6x6 minus the rear axle initially. Matt really had to do something different and makes sense based on the owner’s need and your parts availability. In the interest of expenses and trouble, I’ll pull my drive shafts and have...

But is it truly worth the trouble? If it’s not a simple bolt-in I’m outa luck. I use a torch to turn metal pieces into expensive scrap.