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I have never seen that either, I would just clean it up and use a thin coat of JB Weld to hold it. Is that an expandable plug? The dish that you drive in from the center and as it flattens, it seals?

I want a 5 ton, that is no secret and eventually it will happen. I wanted a bobbed truck until I saw that M817 on 16.00s.... I am thinking a conversion to singles would do me just fine! A M818 on singles with a shortened Deuce bed would be super..... As far as using a nice truck to build a...

That is a sweet looking rig! I like it, both of them, good job guys and welcome to the forums. Glen

Good information, I was not aware of the bearing cap issue. One thing about it, pulling the cover is cheap enough to do and you can get a good look at it. If you turn the pinion a complete turn and set the tires down again, is it the same? I am betting it is just the Detroit. ALFA2 is correct...

I agree to check the U joints, but he said he had the shaft out, the U joints have nothing to do with what he is describing. Is there another truck around, would you like me to shoot a short video of my M1008? I can neutral the transfer case and roll the shaft for you, that would be simple...

Is the pinion nut tight? I had the same concerns with my first Detroit locker, I am betting it is not the ring and pinion at all, but the locker reversing. Glen

Thanks for the link, should I ever get down that way, I will be sure to take it in. I see that the distance in the photos of the Buffalo Corral had erroded the impressive size of it. That wall in the hill is all hand laid stone and about 30 feet tall in spot, just an incredible feat. I am...

In my quest to find historic Kansas Springs, I stumbled onto this very unusual place and I cannot find any reference to it at all. The only history I can find is with the owner of the property. He said the Buffalo Soldiers out of Ft Riley built this huge stone corral to store horses along the...

Tom "Bear River" Smith, the famous Town Marshall or Abilene Police Chief. Abilene's Tom Smith His tombstone took me a long time to find. The description I had of it was far different from reality. It can be found in the southern third of the Abilene cemetery off of Old US 40 and in about the...

Gunner01, if you ever find yourself coming my way, let me know. I would gladly make that run again, I love those places. 4x4 Forever, I would love to see one of those work, I have read of them, but never seen one. I am pretty sure Kansas does not have one! I skipped the District 34 1896...

We visited the Florence Spring, the 99.97% pure spring water... I posted photos of the water tower in the past and will include one here. The spring is unadvertised and on private property, leased to the city. I am betting in a couple of years when the lease is up, the dollar value will go up...

You would be correct, the filling vent goes back to the filler neck.

Well.... It is bedtime for this Kansas Traveler, I will post some more photos tomorrow if anybody would like me to continue. One never knows if you guys enjoy these photo tour or not. We visited the Florence Spring, the Buffalo Corrals and Tom Smith's grave among other locations I have shared...

The next stop is another spring, I know it only as the artesian well. You will find people here from over 100 miles away filling up water jugs. It is tested frequently and is pretty close to pure water. When I first saw this about 35 years ago, it was a bare pipe sticking out over the grader...

I took him south to US 50 then west to the ghost town of Clements. There are still some nice homes in the area, but the old city of Clements is done. The bridge is just south of Clements. Since I was here last they have ripped off some of the cap stones and used them to block the south end of...

We took the Diamond Creek Road south to the last intersection before US 50 and turned west. The reason for this west bound trip is the beautiful Diamond Creek Stone Arch Bridge. Rated at 3 tons, it is in danger of going down. Incredible floods have badly damaged the north side. It still stands...

I love that stuff! That one appeared to be designed to pull behind a wagon or flatbed and elevate bales to the truck bed, using the tire as drive for the elevator. They had also rigged up a hydraulic pump to raise and lower the elevator. I took him to Diamond Springs, this is a very historic...

We stumbled across this huge barn nearby, I had been here before, but yesterday, I stopped for a photo. The equipment drive caught my attention, pretty unusual. Obviously built off of a truck axle with the left drive tube stetched out and the right tube sectioned.

The place has several interesting outbuildings on it. The two larger barns are a testament to the quality of the original builds. These barns are designed to drive the feed wagons in the second story and to gravity feed the livestock below. Obviously they are still strong enough to support a...

I had been telling him about the Prospect Park Ranch, a beautiful stone house and barns out in the middle of nothing... I would love to call this place home! If you get in the area and want to visit, it is south of Chapman, then east on 2000 road. The short dude there is my locker partner from...