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The Tankgrad M809 book features US Army and USMC 5-tons stationed in Europe in the '94-'95 time frame and about half of the trucks show baffles out with the other half showing baffles in. AM General corporate photos show baffles out. I think I'm going to bend my baffles out and paint them to...

Dang, that's a knarly gash! What a mess. I can fit my fingers between the baffles and headlight sheet metal so baffles out would keep sand out better than baffles in. I'm gonna find my David Doyle AM General book and Tankgrad 809 book to see what the vintage pictures show. Here's another...

I was staring at a picture I took years ago of @quarkz M813 at a car show since his truck is such a big brute and I noticed the recirc baffles on both sides of the radiator were flexed outward toward the headlights. This struck me as odd since I've never seen baffles on the outside like that...

If the fuel filler neck on the tank is angled then it's an A2. If the filler neck is horizontal then it's an M923/A1

Dang, that's a mess!

In case this helps, this is how my M813 winch cable starts out. It appears that the wire rope exits the spool from the top and then goes under the large roller.

Yep! They would say "not an engineering problem...sounds more like a maintenance problem" And then send the problem on down the line Lol

Once upon a time in a previous life, my truck's fan got hungry and ate the middle of its recirc baffle so I get to replace them today. That bolt at the bottom is quite tricky, but not impossible. With a string tied on in case it drops and dangling from that string, you can maneuver the bolt...

They didn't know either but they made a video of the work: Maybe further in the video they reveal the size?

I got pricing figured out and have these battery hold downs listed in the classifieds. I'm hoping to finish up some projects and parts that have been in the works for too long. One such project is the 4 low-profile valve covers for jake break installs that I need to complete and make available...

It would be like a short wheelbase cargo truck with a dump bed

I would definitely try to add a troop seat & tarpaulin kit to any dump truck that wasn't being worked just to make it a more versatile truck

Yes, it would work. I can't remember...does it require cutting out existing baffles and such?

No, they're still stock. I need to address the air restriction of the factory air cleaner first to make the turbo happy. Someday I'll think about upping the injectors but for now it's not a priority.

Sorry to hear about Sgt. Tibbs - a good cat can be hard to find.

Your efforts have paid off and your truck has got its 15 seconds of fame! Sgt. Tibbs might be a bit jealous and may need some consolation pets or maybe a cat video compilation to watch...

I've heard it said that when split shifting with these that you make the low to high shift first like if you're going from 5-low to 4-high, you would shift the transfer case first (low to high) and then shift the transmission (higher to lower). All in the same shifting maneuver but whichever...

Does Lucas have any oil that's good for brass or was it just the ones you were looking at?

Yeah, that post is well into TLDR territory (too long, didn't read) but i made it to the end... The M809 series comes with an NHC-250 which is a non-turbo'd 855 cummins so it can be replaced with higher horse engines from that family like the 350 or 400 Big Cam. The 814 is a long wheelbase...

The petite soccer moms in their huge suburbans with ski rack & cargo box only go up to my hood. Over time, the 5-ton doesn't look or feel that big, but I get the size perspective refreshed when it's mingling with normal cars in traffic or parking lots.