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Hello all We have had our eye on Acela trucks for sometime now, we contacted them and begged them to let us have a truck for a few days. Before handing us the keys and filling the gas tank they familiarized us with the build process and what really goes into producing a truck like this...

Hello all I call out to all of you for some help, we have driven our M1079 from Flagstaff to Montana then over to CA, our 1994 M1079 has been great so far. But yesterday we lost the airline from the fan clutch and it went into the radiator. Now we are leaking fluid, overnight we lost about 2...

Where does one purchase the LED orange marker lights in the top right of this photo? Cheers Seth

So who wants drop in ARB air lockers for your LMTV? We need them for our M1079 thats for sure. So I talked with my contact at ARB and he said that if we get 50 units sold (deposits taken) they will make them for us. ARB said we need to work through a dealer that can take the orders and...

Thought I would create a thread containing all our photos and videos of our M1079. I hope you all enjoy. Seth Jacobsen Here is a fun video of our first dinner camping out of our M1079 https://youtu.be/6M9xxDUvDTk

From our experience the cooler the compressed air post turbo the better. So we wrapped the intercooler pipes with the same heat protection wrap we used on our dirt bike exhaust pipes. Took it out for a spin and the motor defiantly likes it. During a test drive I could tell a bit more power and...

We have been wrenching for weeks now getting stuff done to our new to us Adventure Driven LMTV M1079. Took it out tonight for a little off road action. Brutus our M1079 did not disappoint. It rocked !!! Seth

All work on Brutus our M1079 has come to a stop. A big snow storm came in overnight and covered us up. We are replacing the cab air ride system with new parts and had to have the cab up. Now we need some warm weather so we can get this done. https://youtu.be/6q7k9IBcxCk

Hello all Do any of you know if these steel plates are structural or not? They sure look like guides that were used to slide in the massive communication computer control center or something. I looked down into holes after I removed the bug phillips screws and they look like huge riv nuts...

Hey Guys, Got a easy one for you I hope, what is the Lug nut torque for the lug nuts and what torque wrench are you all using? A wrench that big is also big dollars, is there a cheaper one that would work? Thanks Seth

Hello All So I have been working on my M1079 non stop for weeks doing a ton of maintenance to it. Coolant, thermostat, engine oil, both fuel filters, water separator, front and rear diffs, ATF conversion, fan belts, fan belt idlers, air filter, grease chassis, etc. When I went to drain the...

Been working on my truck allot and never noticed the front blue service glad hand leaking air only when I push the brakes, I don't recall this happening before, Is this normal? Seth

Unloaded the mighty M1079 today, we look so forward to building this for our new adventure truck Seth https://youtu.be/he5MC76BQXs

Hello All I just want to say hi and a huge thanks to all of you here. I just bought my first military truck, a 1994 M1079 from Ken a member here. I have been reading through this site till my eyelids cracked off, LOL . So much to learn and I am very happy that so many of you are so...