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What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today
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They look to be a Freightliner Cascadia mirror.
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well since we are on Mirror topic.... has arrived in my mail. Bus mirrors. About $1500+ worth of mirrors for less than $350 so far
Passenger mirror and mount arms will now NOT stick out any further than a few inches from body..... (it is viewed thru windshield) mount arm can be set on front of cab instead of side (plan thus far).
Driver mirror- no bigger than previous.... (appears that it can be flipped and mounted on door)
3. Both Heated and with remote tilt/aim
pipe dream (pardon the pun..... looking at mounts)
5. Remotely possible to mount an electric actuator on at least passenger side to fold it nearly completely out of harms way from the passenger seat.
Passenger mirror and mount arms will now NOT stick out any further than a few inches from body..... (it is viewed thru windshield) mount arm can be set on front of cab instead of side (plan thus far).
Driver mirror- no bigger than previous.... (appears that it can be flipped and mounted on door)
3. Both Heated and with remote tilt/aim
pipe dream (pardon the pun..... looking at mounts)
5. Remotely possible to mount an electric actuator on at least passenger side to fold it nearly completely out of harms way from the passenger seat.
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Most of my summer has gone to dealing with my medical issues. I acquired a few War Pig items and M2HB parts along the way. Some things I had expected didn't come thru in time, but I think I've come to the conclusion the LMTV is just too much truck for me to handle, auto trans, floating cab just doesn't make it easy enough. So looks like I am going to have to get rid of the M1081 in favor of something smaller that I can fit into my garage.
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Hope medical issues sort out. Shame that War Pig is getting cancelled, but priorities must. Good luck!
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I'll really be curious to see how and if flipping the mirrors works! While the Cascadia mirrors look good, I've got a M1081 and would like to keep the folding upper door capability, and make my mirrors more like the War Pig versions. Buying two drivers mirrors and flipping appropriately, mounted to the front of the cab rather than door would be ideal if the flip works.
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Looks like great minds think alike. We started working on installing some electric heated mirrors off a MRAP. Also had to insert an EZ LOK into the transmission pan since one of the test ports was stripped out and it was steadily dripping out oil. This week we will be doing one of a few oil changes on the transmission as we convert it to automatic transmission and to make sure that no metal flakes made it into the oil in the drilling and tapping process.
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Did you reinforce the door for that mirror mount?
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No not yet but I have plans to reinforce it soon. Just going to be a simple metal backing plate with nuts welded onto it. This was just a test fit to check for height.
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I got a 22ft box installed!!! It's HUGE! I'm like an inch or two shy of 13.5ft...
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Im thinking of moving the whole spare tire unloading mechanism behind the truck, and build a pass trough behind the passenger seat.
Shouldn't be too hard...
Shouldn't be too hard...
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Im with Ohiobenz and honestly I assumed you were moving your spare etc. No way I would keep it like that.. Move your spare and air cleaner and tuck that baby up closer.
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I would have liked to have a pass through, but I didn't want to deal with moving all that junk and re-plumbing all the hydraulics. There won't be much weight behind the wheels so CG shouldn't be an issue. It drives surprisingly nicely! I honestly like the ride with the box on better than the bed.
I'm planning on building a fold down carrier on the back to hold an unmounted spare and my paramotor.
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I look at that and regardless of cost, I'd have stretched the rear axle back. It just looks unbalanced.
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guess with that set up one could consider going with adding a tag axle? One of those whose wheels don't actually touch ground until forced down by air or when going up a bank that otherwise would drag your arse end.