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I don't see how its even possible to reinstall the OEM shims in an inverted fashion, at least not on this particular truck (I tried!). This one had alignment pins for the springs installed in a "staggered" formation, with the pin on the axle fitting into the offset hole, and the pin on the...

Can someone give me the torque value on the U-Bolts for when I go to put it all back together (yes, I'll admit to being too lazy to go rifling through the TMs to find it myself.:oops:)

MikeON's post above, as well as your thread on 'that other forum' convinced me that that is the right thing to do. Planning on working on it today.

More crazy caster, thanks to G177s Just got ten of 'em put on today. The steering in this truck was nice and tight with the 9.00x20 NDTs. Now it feels like it is all worn out and sloppy. The wheel turns back to center in a very slow and lazy fashion, that is IF you can even get it to do it at...

The engine looks like a knockoff copy of either an Isuzu 6bd1t or 6bg1t. Wonder if it is? Agreed, and I think they should have stuck with these as opposed to the LMTVs, of which I have yet to hear one good thing about.

Beginning to wonder if I'm going to be the only one there! :shock:

Bummer! Got an MT passengers seat headed down that way from the Triangle Area if ya want it. Just sayin'...

If you can get a flight into RDU you can hitch a ride down the rest of the way with me. I was hoping to leave on the 9th, but that's not "set in stone" either. Just thought I'd throw the option out there.

Kinda sounds like the same thing Cabell told me about gensets @ Fort Bragg. If there's only one or two listed in a certain event, they'll go for a good price. But if there's several, a certain NC surplus vendor who shall remain nameless will bid them all up to stupid money and then put them in...

Ten (10) Titan T-Hawk 9.00x20.00 NDTs, still have plenty of life left in them. They'll be coming off my truck this week in favor of a set of G177s. $35 will get you one tire, tube, and flap, or $300 for all ten. Probably WON'T bring them all unless I get a commitment to purchase beforehand.

Welcome to the group! I had an M38a1 project a few years ago and am now kicking myself for getting rid of it, :( but that's another story.

This engine and associated equipment is already sold, but it's something that I really would have loved to have had, IF my wallet was fat enough, because I may have ridden behind it when I was a kid: For Sale

And let's not forget about the ladies who stepped up to the plate and did their part to keep the trains rollin' C&NW women workers | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I read a story about a gentleman who signed on @ the Rock Island as a wiper when he was 13!

Supposedly, railroad workers were exempt from the draft, but many of them enlisted anyway. *Disclaimer: This is another one of those "I read somewhere" kinda things, so feel free to take it for what its worth.

Knowing how to work a non self-lapping brake stand is no doubt becoming a bit of a lost art.

Couldn't find any good interior shots of the one @ NCTM. I can say that it's nowhere's near as fancy inside as the one that juanprado posted.

Hospital car @ NCTM: NC Transportation Museum - Hospital Car

If he lives in ND it's probably cold enough there to make ice strong enough to support a shanty made out of an M109 box (Watch "Grumpy Old Men" and check out THOSE ice fishing shantys! ;))

I have seen ex-military motorcars that had adjustable guage capability as well.