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And a quote back to you along those lines: Euripides: 'Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.' Which leads up to the fix for my starting/fuel quantity problem: P43 under the dash is the same shape as another Pxx (can't remember which) but more pins used. The other connector only...

Actually, in deciphering the electrical schematics, both the fuel quantity wire from the sender to the gauge as well as the below wire from K1 to the Aux Starter Relay run through P43 under the main dash panel. I'm going to start there and do continuity checks both directions from there. Stupid...

Update on the LMTV cab swap: the cab is bolted down properly. Back-of-cab hooks are adjusted but I’ve got work to do on the cab latch. Good news and bad news, good first: after a week of troubleshooting I got Goliath to start and run, only the fuel gauge inop so far, probably connector. Bad...

IIRC, that used to be your trailer… How have you been doing?

Everyone loves a parade, so Goliath was part of the Northern Nevada Veterans Coalition section of the Fourth of July parade in Fernley, NV. Second year in a row, so pics of this year, and last year (towing the trailer)

Thanks much for the complements! Working on the cab didn’t need a slot of big tools, just a lot of patience. And a 1-ton crane… Love northern Nevada but the last three days have been overcast and rainy. Bummer for working on the truck. This weekend is an off-road race that I’m helping some teams...

Well, I’ll be dipped in shellack. I didn’t realize they were bolted on. I may have to elongate the bolt slots and a little relief grinding To get the hook placed right. I think that the cab is square, it may be something else that‘s a little tweaked on the chassis following the roll. But I’ll...

Just have one major problem to solve: where the hooks on the back of the cab should ride on the pins on the big hoop, one fits right, the other hook won’t fit. Will get pics another day and post as a new thread.

Long story made short. The cab of my M1081, Goliath, was bent, mostly the upper half, from a partial roll-over. Had rolled onto driver’s side, started onto the roof but cargo stopped that. I’d been using the truck recently in parades with the upper half removed a la “War Pig” or “Animal Mother”...

Spring brakes are great as a fail-safe, but they are not 100% perfect. When I got my M1081, all the springs in my spring brakes were broken (rust never sleeps), and had punctured the diaphragms. I could hear air leaking in the cans when the brake valve was pressed and could move the vehicle a...

Regarding M939 with the Tatra suspension: I may have NDA issues here, so this will be a little generic. At a recently-previous job I held, I saw two Tatra 813 three-axle variants missing their suspensions. Said M939 with Tatra underpinnings but US powertrain was at said job location. This...

After fighting the CTIS for several years, I finally broke down and made my inflation system electric-over-pneumatic. Before the mod, I was getting: Two steady lights during deflate cycle, the ECU would stop. I’d restart and after repeated cycles, would finally get one light on the desired...

I got two flooded (no -AGM) batteries from O’Reilly for $230 each. Already filled with acid, dropped in and fired up. I set up for two batteries only and installed a disconnect that kills parasitic 12v load when shut down.

I put a double-pole battery disconnect in the connections between my two (not four) batteries. It splits the wiring between the batteries and isolates them from each other. So I now have a 12v dual-output charger, one output to each battery, to keep them charged as if they are two independent...

Actually, I’m more looking for stakes and cargo side panels, but …could… use everything. My M1081 came with a slick bed, nothing in it. PM me…

Side questions relating to your removing your troop seats: Are you getting rid of the uprights? Also, I'm missing one of the plates in the bed of my M1081, that covers one of the parachute attachment fittings.

Well shoot, you should have sent a message. I could have brought Goliath and helped recover. Goliath has the Self Recovery Winch and I’ve got lots of extra toys that I’ve added to the inventory for recoveries. Good on you for self extricating!

Lake Lahontan, east of Reno and Carson City, has become so full that the beaches have disappeared. Which forces people to try to skirt the lake in deep soft powder-like sand. My M1081, “Goliath”, has no problems with those conditions, and so yesterday did my first recovery of the year. An “4wd”...

Thx to fly fish trailer, my girlfriend and I had a great drive through western Nevada, including a stop for lunch in Genoa, and the new trailer pulled like a dream. Finding parking was tricky…