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Anyone have some ideas or know of products that would allow us to use our winches at up to 90 degrees of the truck while being parallel to the road?
Think wrecker trucks sidepuller etc.
I found this, it's a start...
Putting this out here a I found everything but this via search.
Has anyone put bearing buddies on an M101A2?
What part number and successful or not.
Thanks
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Well after three years took out my 68 in the first winter storm.
I have the fuel fired heater inside and it's toasty but the defrost is simply routed up a hose near the windshield but there is not a plenum or duct to force it to blow on the windshield to actually defrost etc.
Was there ever a...
As some of you know I'm doing a resto mod turbo diesel repower of my 68.
I'm not cutting or torching any body parts what so ever.
I wanted a modern way to cool both the engine and the charge air off the turbo.
Long story short I have made a custom setup from a well known company that will...
Is there any surplus mil trailers that have a bigger bed than an m101a2 that are the correct cucv lug pattern? Or were the only cucv lug pattern trailers the m101a2?
Toying with the idea of building or finding a dual axle camp type trailer.
I think someone took an two m105 and put them...
Has anyone ever taken the the 208 3 phase plug and made a job power distribution box that takes the 208 3 phase and converts it to a more useable single phase?
Like this
http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/SectionDisplay.jsp?section=40481
has anyone out there ever taken the d198/d298 series engines and swapped them into a vehicle?
These engines are out there brand new or complete reman for cheap.
Anyone ever messed with adding turbos and more fuel etc?
do they have variable throttle injection pumps to make this even possible...
hey guys figured you would be the one to ask here.
I know that the Optimizers have different intake bolt angles vs the non optimizer/NA engines.
these look to be correct hats.
question is what goes after those? this?
trying to get this figured out as I'm wanting to run a marine engine...
so discussion has come up amongst some friends. and here is what i think the differences are. please set me straight.
A0 or the original early 90's to the A1's introductions were all powered by mechanically injected 3116 cats that are almost identical to the m35a3 motors? non abs allison 7...
so i found an out of state bobbed truck in that is titled etc that has M923A and its cutoff because of the spacing leaves only room for those 5 letters so all it says is M923A
he has it at 26k gvwr.
am i going to have issues getting it titled here?
will i need a CDL>?
i thought we could do...
So as most of you by now know that my vehicle fleet runs on waste vegetable oil and I have some fun engineering that’s actually useful I thought you would get a kick out of.
As I close in on completing my next daily driver the Grease Beast (1985 CUCV M1009 K5 military blazer) I have been...
so this may sound crazy but its fact so please take it seriously.
When i was a kid the local public station (KCTS Seattle) had one of these science for kids/teens shows on and i cannot recall what the heck it was called but anyways they took brand new veggie oil of the store shelf and made "an...
so i have a really nice old burban. It is fully loaded except it never came with a third seat(kinda crazy because it has front and rear A/C.... i want a third seat. Anyone have knowledge if the third rear seat can be easily added or?
and i know this isn't technically a cucv but its as close...
look what i found. seem to be really nice and best of all it comes in Tan and Black too!
Anyone have one?
http://www.softopper.com/chevy-blazer-gen3-soft-top-truck-cap-details.aspx#prettyPhoto
So I know I'm going to get flack for this and yes I know I can register it historic so please help me figure this out for info purposes.
so assuming that I've been told you loose 33% for the bob job and 20% for the super singles and a gvwr originally of 23500 for the winch trucks.
simple math...
So as I'm rebuilding the injection pump etc etc I'm wondering..... is there a real reason to have the mechanical clutch on in mild pacific northwest weather? Don't these things have huge radiators anyways?
Long story short considering leaving it off. Anyone done the same? Any reason why i...
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