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Mark, I will be driving up early Saturday morning. Plan on being there around 7:30 am. I am waiting on parts for the truck. So I am just driving my car up there for the day.

Sure, if I ever get a chance to come over. Are you still going to the Overland Expo? I will drive up on Saturday for the day. On Sunday I will try and finish assembling my truck. I am going to put the ac brackets on while it is apart.

Yes, it usually cracks on the top portion, and then eventually cracks on the bottom. If you look closely at some of the auction pics, you will see the top area where the paint has come off, and if you enlarge the photos, you can usually see a hairline crack. The front axle usually is wet from...

Radiator/Inter-cooler lift assembly & Broken timing cover Here a few photos of the crane in use pulling out the radiator. Had to switch out the ends for a longer reach than shorter to clear the cab on this passengers side of the cab. And the reason for this whole project......the cracked timing...

Radiator/Inter-cooler lift assembly I started last week on getting the truck ready to change the broken timing cover. In order to do that the camshaft needs to be removed. This requires that the radiator/inter-cooler to be removed to allow you enough space to remove the camshaft. Since I do not...

I had the original small door handles. I ended up cutting out the metal and installing the larger handles. It is a very straight forward process with the template and instructions supplied from FMTVtrucks. The kit comes with all the new rods, and gaskets. If you break one of the original plastic...

M1078 Cab hinge - incorrect install Once I fabricate a bracket to use my crane off of the airlift supports, I need to fix another issue that was discovered during PM. This should have been caught by the Military before anyone became injured by a cab that went to far forward. If I can safely...

Mark, I may make it if all goes well. Otherwise I will plan on just driving up for day on Friday and stay overnight. Since the radiator and inter-cooler come out as a unit (160lbs) I am going to fabricate a bracket the will go into my drivers side airlift assembly to use the crane I built for...

Smike740 - I will be installing a used cover as well. I disassembled the front cover, and when I was removing the air pump bolts noticed that the housing is also cracked on the bottom. Only the bracket at the back of the power steering pump was holding the timing housing together enough. I was...

Well if the welding does not work, then I will have to go this route. Sounds like the truck will have to be down a few days to remove the timing cover, cam, to get this done. Thank you for your response. This is the only major item to repair on my truck.

I think taking the bracket off, and having another one out of a thicker steel may be the answer. You would have to use longer bolts. Should be easy to fabricate new ones.

M1078 Cab Air Ride I have one cab air ride bag leaking and getting ready to replace it. Based on the FMTV parts list spreadsheet it takes Firestone Airride Replacement spring - W02-356-7074. I did a google search and came up with SDTrucksprings.com selling this part for $41.06. Hopefully I...

FMTV Truck cab bishings price The bushings were $50 each. At this time I only changed the passenger side one since the others still looked ok. I noticed they did not have them posted for sale on the large auction site under seller FMTVtrucks. So you may want to contact them directly. They have...

I used ones from Amazon, and had to rotate the camera inside the housing 45 degrees. The ones I bought allow you to cut the wire for the grid lines. The brand is Chuanganzhou Model CAZBC07. They are alright, but I think I may look for some higher quality ones. I am using a 9" display that allows...

Front lower cab bushing As soon as I installed the new hydraulic manifold, and was able to lift the cab, and noticed that when it reached the full up position, there was an additional little bounce. I noticed that the lower cab bushing was completely disintegrated. Luckily this was a part that...

The door handle swap was very straight forward with the excellent instructions that FMTVtrucks.com provides for the installation. They include templates, and it is just a matter of cutting out the template, taping in to the door, and tracing out the cut lines. I would recommend taping up the...

I would locktite the bolts to keep them tight.

I was trying to get rid of the growl that comes from the front of the FMTVs. We were able to complete the replacement of bearings and perform the clearance check on the drivers side of the FMTV last April. Still need to finish the passengers side.The drivers side had one bearing that did not...

FMTV Upgrades A few upgrades I have done to my FMTV is install A1 door handle retrofit kit from FMTV trucks out of Montana. This was well worth it, and it is nice to finally be able to lock the doors. The handles are excellent quality, and you do not have to worry about breaking them trying to...

Thought I would start a post on my FMTV on some of the repairs and upgrades to keep track of things and provide insights to others that have FMTVs. I have had my M1078 for about two years now, and it seems like there is always something to rebuild to get it back to optimal running condition...