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My wife was kind enough to buy me 4 new Goodyear 14.00 R20 for the rear axles for father's day. Local tire shop installed one and said to come pick up the truck... they gave up. I brought it home and installed the other three by myself in the garage... without any of their fancy pneumatic...

I would have put money on DHSMV coming through today and my permanent license plate arriving in the mail. I would have lost money on that bet. Used the time working on my camo and bumper numbering. Really looked into and planned out what my bumper numbers would mean; since they were going to...

Still have some tan parts to paint underneath; not to mention a camo pattern to apply... but I'm really enjoying this truck. Tallahassee has cashed my check for my tag transfer but the last time I ran my VIN, it still doesn't show up with a tag number yet. Since I have the tag already, as soon...

Well, I can safely say that it is more green than tan now. Can't believe how hard it is to cover such a light color, I'm at 3 coats in some places and have used 5 gallons of slightly thinned paint. Forgot who said it earlier but he was right, it's not a sprint... more of a marathon (or...

I've broken one socket trying to loosen the rim half bolts. Cheap sockets to begin with; off to Sears for some impact sockets. Thanks for the info just the same.

Would someone please tell me what size socket I will need to remove the tire from the axle? Also, what size socket to remove the two halves of the rim so I can replace the O-ring?

Moving forward with the color change. 3" wire cup brush in the angle grinder is slow and back breaking but I know the paint will stick when I'm done. Got tired of the water always pooling on the canvas top and made some temporary bows out of PVC to tighten up the top.

Making progress, oil filters and oil changed, large air filter under cab replaced, pressure washing the entire vehicle for prep for color change to camo/woodland paint scheme, completely wire wheeled and de-greased the entire bed and have rolled on bed liner. Long way to go but I am in no hurry.

Looks like you guys were correct. The rim did fit over the hub, tight fit, but with a little back and forth, I managed to change the tire. Must have been my frustration level on the first try that got in my way.

Yes, the one part of the fitting is still there and I can shift the rim over that but not past the flare at the end of the hub. I'll try again tomorrow in the day light; ran out of enough work light.

See how it flares out at the outer most edge of the hub.

I'll take a picture in the morning.

CTIS GEAR was removed first just like the TM states, won't fit over the hub.

Ok, I missed something here. I thought I followed the instructions in the TM but after removing the 10 lug nuts from the rear tire to replace it (since it has a slow leak). The tire will not fit over the hub to remove it from the truck; what did I miss, do I have to disassemble the hub too?

Well, the low-boy left me the truck in the middle of a dark empty parking lot. Just got it home in the driveway... eventually. The turning radius is huge, you're shocked I know. For a 15 minute ride home in the dead of night, it was the most fun I've had with my pants on. Here's to many more...

Yep, my wife is already in the "whatever" mode of this and the trucks not even delivered yet. Suppose to be here by the weekend.

I couldn't get an answer on that question. Kinda talked around the subject, it will be removed prior to delivery though (for the best I'm sure). Thank you guys for the welcome and the advice. Off to study up on the TM's now.

After a little back and forth I have made my first purchase of a military vehicle. The truck runs excellent, it was rebuilt in 2010 at a cost of $67,135.00.This rebuild included a brand new engine. All of the lights work, as does the horn, hand-brake, ABS brakes, in short everything works as...