srodocker's "little" project

[Olywadan]

I need you to set up a work party for my truck too while your at it.

Parts are in!

so now...friday mike aka amram is heading over and dale is a maybe and dwayne after 5 or 6 to check up on us. lets see how far we get!

 

[srodocker]

hahahah we can arrange that as well. anyone wanting to come down friday just let me know

 

[Olywadan]

Get your truck squared away?

 

[srodocker]

nope...long day...came down to a single nut as i bought 24 of the coarse thread...needed fine. dwayne dale and mike were here to help out and we did some cleaning of the hub and worked on mikes truck. and ate a lot of pizza!

 

[Olywadan]

Lame... Nuts for what?

 

[srodocker]

Its a little like washer thing that goes over the spindle. and this was only on the damaged hub. we didnt even get to the driver side yet.

but dwayne did tell me how to pack bearings and put the seals down and such. which was sweet.

i also learned sailors do swear a lot hahahha @amram

 

[Amer-team]

Hang in there grasshopper, this too will pass and it will be way better when it is done.
P

 

[Varyag]

Hey Scott, when you get done with the old girl, maybe you should come over to the dry side and help me replace a couple wheel seals.

 

[srodocker]

Yup cant wait till its done. and ha ha ha matt bring it over here and we'll do it...

 

[srodocker]

seats and headache rack stained. seats also modified...

 

[jets1959]

Looking good Scott!!!!

 

[Amer-team]

Looks very good Scott. Now that you have put them together all purdy, do they still fit? When I rebuilt the racks on the M715, I very meticulously measured and drilled and when I set the rack, it didn't go in. It appears that they are not necessarily symetrical. So I decided that at the factory, they just put the verticals in and drilled the wood wherever it fit. Did that with the second side and it worked out great.

 

[wsucougarx]

Scott, what size tubes did you use and how much were they?

 

[srodocker]

i would maybe go with bigger tubes after hearing the les shawb guy tell mike that the tube needs to be inflated up to 50psi? to hold tight. maybe go with a 1400 tube? but that doesnt seem right...i've never had a problem with mine...

 

[Amram]

The MVT's are a taller tire than the michis. The inside of the tread wall is probably different as well. I have been told to maintain my tube pressure in the front tires up around 60psi and the backs around 55.

 

[srodocker]

wow havent posted in awhile. well heres one update air ride seats. I guess i will go take pics of what i've done since then.



I called the company Seats Inc. to figure out what psi to run seats at and they said they just hook up a 24v compressor and it puts out the psi it needs. So I still have no idea what to run these seats at. right now its set at 25psi. they are military seats and i've seen them in a PLS before at a show. anyone know?

 

[srodocker]

So forgot to add my backup camera that dan wired in. pretty freaking awesome....



Added a pivot crane to the back of the truck I can remove the arm and store it in the front of bed or underneath not to sure yet. Buddy and I tested it by pulling up the nose of a the 105 camper even with the rear support leg down hahahah. still need to shorten in by maybe 5 in and maybe add some more support.

also added another jerry can mount next to the previous one and toolbox. added a strap to the spare tire carrier for better support as well

 

[Cruceno]

Nice looking upgrades! Did you buy the base AND the seats from seats.com? Or just the bases? What did those set you back? I think that's my next project

 

[srodocker]

I didnt buy them off of seats.com. Got them off of Craigslist for not to much. I dont these seats can be separated from these bases but not sure

 

[srodocker]

new 2in hitch with 10" drop and 2" ball.

also a front bumper step added