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From Winnemucca I have an m54a2 I picked up for 6500 last Thursday. Fun truck, every time I get in it it reminds me of the "fortunate son intensifies" meme. Don't know what direction the project is gonna take but the camo on it kinda sucks I think. Anyone have any experience tagging trucks as...

Still got the engine and trans sitting by the truck. I haven't forgotten it I look at it on my way out the door every morning. So here's a couple pics of the new project that's taking up my time.

Now I've gotta find a buyer for the engine and trans. No doubt I won't be able to sell it and it'll get scrapped or become one ugly a@@ yard ornament.

1. Engine on its way out. 2. Engine resting on bumper waiting for one more adjustment of the hoist. 3. It's out! 4. A new beautiful hole where there used to be 51 year old steel. Glad I pulled it all. When I pulled it the trans was leakin fluid and smelled very badly burnt.

I'll just switch the driverside with the less rusty passengers side for now. I'm gonna talk to my local glass shop and see if they can cut flat laminated safety glass. Both the windows in the k5 shell are intact and I believe they are laminated...hopefully.

I sitting in my truck looking at all the weatherstripping I'm going to replace when I noticed my drivers side windshield frame is rotting out. The only truly rotted thing that I can spot on the truck. Anyway I was wondering if the windshield frames out of an m35 would fit. If they would that...

My 6.2 waiting to be pulled and installed.

1. New seat installed on old seat frame. 2. Headlight mounts removed from grill guard for radiator clearance, don't know where I'm installing the new headlights yet. 3. Guard with headlight crap removed. 4. Interior with floor sweptish. You can spot the new weatherstripping I installed. 5...

Today's progress was moving right along this morning. At around 14:00 it hit 80f so I've been ducking inside to stay cool and relax between doing work. Got all the motor and trans mount bolts undone. Got the exhaust out of the way. Cut most of my wiring out of the way (I'm rewiring everything...

Quick update since I haven't done anything to it in so long. Yes I'm still going to be building the truck. No I'm not going to do the 318. One evening after I sold the 318 I was standing on my front porch looking at my m1009 and realized that the 6.2 and th400 with the t-case would be fantastic...

Multiple tire shops a physics teacher and master mechanic that's owned two tire shops and is now retired.

Also those front ends are not engineered specifically to support lift blocks. They're the exact same except for cast iron lift blocks that have holes in them for the ubolts to sit through they aren't complicated and they're not of genius design. As for lift blocks popping out yes that does...

Due to wear patterns on radial tires rotating them actually hurts tire life. It made sense with bias plys but now it's just useless.

It doesn't take a lot of test data to mold a cast iron block and drill 4 holes in it. If it wasn't safe the dot wouldn't keep approving them for over the road use.

If it's such a "bad idea" how come multiple heavy truck companies are selling trucks with lift blocks up front? I think this is one of those things like the rotating tires myth it may have been true a long time ago but not anymore.

That would make a serious difference...Cut and welded ubolts are a no-go. Also those blocks don't look like big truck blocks most lift blocks on big stuff are big ol' cast iron numbers, never seen a hollow one on anything past 8000lbs.

Lift blocks up front on heavy trucks is super common. I don't know why 4x4 magazines and sites tell you not to do it but there are alot of big truck companys that build em that way from the factory.

Are you referring to the lift blocks?

They're good batteries but If it were me I'd get the bolt type posts. Just a personal preference.

Now that I know that I'll keep my 24vs12 opinions to myself unless asked directly. Don't wanna step on anybody's toes.