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I've also taken steel wool and scratched up the surface some and had the paint stick.

It sounds to me like your fuel solenoid is working. I would suspect the oil pressure switch may be faulty.

Something is not right if your engine temperature climbed like that, especially with minimal load and cool ambient temperature. Two thoughts: 1. Perhaps the burning smell was the belt slipping causing the water pump to not move coolant through the radiator like it should. 2. Plugged up...

The transfer case on my A3 is hard to shift as well. I found it shifts the easiest if you are stopped on a slight incline. I put the transmissiion in neutral and let the truck roll back a few inches while I shift the transfer case. It works much easier that way. I tried shifting it while...

Definitely fiberglass.

You're memory serves you well, WM. I have a 2000 M149A2 and it has a stainless steel tank. I understand the fiberglass tanks didn't hold up well. I don't know what the downside of the aluminum tanks was, most likely corrosion. You can't beat stainless steel.

You need to have someone measure their A3 for you and then add a safety margin. I'd measure mine for you, but I'm working in Minnesota this week.

:ditto:

Good video, but those tracks will flip very easily.

You are correct, most A3s are listed as 93 regardless of actual year of manufacture. As Carnac stated above, find out the real year of manufacture. When the SF97 is requested, list the truck with the correct year of manufacture and the SF97 they send you will reflect the correct year. That's...

Your work looks very good. Excellent write-up.

You really know how to stick one! I hope the wrecker didn't tear anything up when he pulled you out.

The owner is correct. The CAT 3116 engine is not supposed to be run for extended periods over 2500 RPM. I never run my A3 over 45.

I run John Deere. Plus 50 in my MEP-003A. This is 100% synthetic 0W -40W oil.

I'm assuming you did the drain and refill procedure? How many times did you drain and refill? Did you drive the truck between drains? Mine still clunks when downshifting, but it is not nearly so loud and clunky as with the MO.

You can also get a good idea on the state of the batteries by turning the headlights on and check for brightness. However, you should start with the troubleshooting guide in the TM. They really do work.

I've been negligent. I've had my A3 for three months now and have not tried the winch out. The wire rope looks new and the way it is coiled, I don't think the winch has ever been used. I'll check it out - thanks for the push.

Fortunately, not many are being parted out since they are rare. I have seen some ads however about A3s being parted out. It appears they were very rusty corroded trucks. I understand that not many of the A3s are being sent to allies overseas. Although they didn't make that many A3s, as more...

If Speddmon's utility company is anything like the EMC i'm saddled with, the point of the outage will not be to improve reliability.

That possum does not look happy! Looks like a very good setup to me. My only suggestion would be to plumb the discharge side of the popoff valve a good way away from the firebox. You probably already did so.