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I have searched for a solution to my steering problem and I just can't find any answers. Here's what I have found. When driving my truck at speed (at least as much speed as they have) it is all over the road. The only play I can find in the steering is in the box. When the truck is running...

Thanks for all the ideas. I actually got the truck crank a little bit ago. Here's what happened. It would fire off with ether with no trouble. But would still not attempt to fire off on its own. I put air pressure back on the fuel tank but this time much higher then the other day. Probably 5 to...

I thought about that but with air on the tank it pushes fuel out of the line at the pump. No air in the line, just fuel. I tried to crank it with air pressure on the tank too and still no go.

Should have mentioned I removed one of the tanks and piped the other tank directly into the fuel filter a couple years ago. I forgot to mention the modification.

Ok, here we go. I have searched and can't find the problem. So here's what happened: truck has been hard to get cranked for a while. The last time I had it cranked it ran for about 30 seconds and died. It is not uncommon for it to do that. Tried to fire it back up and no fire at all. Have...

Is there a thread on radio communications yet? I am not a radio expert but I have a 2 meter/440 radio and I would like to know if it would be advantageous to mount it in the 5 ton.

I made a new reservation Saturday night. I just called and my old one was not cancelled but the new one was on the books. I am in a different place so I hope I didn't kick anyone out. I didn't see my old room Saturday night but the web site is different now so I probably missed it. I was...

These rims are rated for some serious weight. Lots of the big cement trucks run these.

Shiny is here to stay. Aluminum is just too sporty. Here's the thread on the unimount swap. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?136337-I-regret-changing-my-M818-to-hub-piloted-unimount-wheels I would not have swapped them over to unimount if I had known I could find bud wheels in...

Hello all, I have my bobbed 818 in the most presentable shape it has been in, in a while, so I thought I would post a few pictures. I cut a deuce bed down to 9' feet, more or less and put it on a set of rails that are mounted on a dump hoist. In one of the pictures I have the bed off. It can...

I couldn't stand the 11.00's on the front so I broke down and bought new 12.25" wheels for the front. LOOKS MUCH BETTER. Drove it for the first time yesterday and it rode fine. Not happy with the used tires on the front and I am considering buying two new 385/65's. Bad part is they are at...

One more question on this subject. If the sprag is engaged while moving the truck around, when will it disengage? Another question: Does the sprag stay engaged in all forward gears? I often spin my rear tires going up my driveway with a light rear ended truck like a bobbed deuce or 5 ton...

I got the truck sat down on the new wheels today. Here's a few pictures of the almost finished project. Still looking for some 12.25" or 13" front wheels. I don't like the 11r22.5 tires on the front. I want 385/65r22.5 on the front or 445/65R22.5 all the way around. I have 455/55r22.5...

That's a interesting concept. I will look into them. Thanks. I wonder if they come in OD :smile:

That is probably correct. The studs I removed from my 5 ton hubs came out of holes that the common and standard unimount studs go into. Since the hub is a little smaller then the you should have no problem there I would think. I figured the stud holes in the hub would have been smaller...

Two reasons: First, I can't put bud wheels back on with out changing the hubs. Second, I could have gotten by fine with out changing them. I would have to change to longer studs to use aluminum wheels but even with that change I could still put the buds back on. As for the hubs holding the...

First off, I searched for hours on here to see if anyone had done this and found nothing. Found lots of threads with words like "hub, 5 ton, and stud" in them and wasted a lot of time reading through them. A lot of threads jump track. Anyway I have switch my hubs over to hub pilot or unimount...

OK, I spent several hours reading up on other threads about how this works. Did not find a thread with pictures and so forth, but I have drawn some conclusions, correct me if I am wrong. First off, it appears if you have smaller tires on the front, it will not be a problem anyway. If the...

Oh man, that would suck if I got in some mud on the job site. That's the last option gimp.

I have looked and can't find the info I need. First off, I am broke. If I could afford to buy nice new tires for my truck I wouldn't be worried about this. I have old tires and can't find tires that are not 20 years old in surplus tires. At least not enough for all the axles. So here's the...