Recent content by Al Capone

Hi I searched around and found people making these themselves . I could do it but my spare time is limited . Someone years back I had found was making a bolt on kit but I have lost that info . And on this site I read about the one wire alternators always pull a draw on batteries ? Is this true ...

When I got this one the bed hinge had rotted off and ripped apart . Seller said it was up and when it came down the top hat came into cab and hit him in head . Almost killed him . Check the condition of metal of these dumps ! I had to fabricate and weld in lots of stuff . Changed out back c...

I have sourced best prices for parts and stuff for these trucks. Mine was a mess when I got it . Bought brand new fuel tank out of Texas cheap ! Hit me up if need to know where to find some specialty items for these dumps .

I would go with the 5 ton over the 2.5 . Main reason - 5 ton has power steering ! And it’s much stronger truck . Be ready to go thru the entire brake system in these old trucks if it had not been done recently . My old m51a2 brakes were terrible . For what your wanting to do you might hunt for...

Did you find your info ? I found oreilly auto parts filters . Crazy thing is I found a shelf full of them at a salvage store . I heard the orings are not correct that come either them though . I’ve side them on my m51a2 dump truck the frake Mounted primary filter was hard to figure out on my...

My old m51 dump truck has normal 22.5 truck wheels and tires and the wide floatation rims and tires on front off a concrete truck . It’s only used on my land off-road . My cousin and I had to change one front tire that blew out last weekend . This weekend I had to change transfer case air...

hi . Mine is leaking fuel or oil out the cover that is below the fuel cutoff lever cover . Is this something that can be resealed by removing cover or does it get into way more work that just that by removing that cover ?

hi since you did this conversion in 2017 im Wondering if you had any problems ? I’m seeing the alternator puts out around 27.7 bolts and Humvee used 28.5

I ended up just Buying a same switch as the one I have . Reallt Don’t know why I even did cause it’s never gonna leave the property lol

Hi I have a very old m51a1 dump . Brake light switch is on the hydraulic side and not working . I just went thru brakes . New master , all new brake lines and new wheel cylinders . No brake lights . What’s your suggestion? Convert to air side ? I see big mike had conversion kit .

we fought the state omv few years ago and I got my senator involved and baron rouge then played ball and we got a bill passed by my senator to allow humvees to be road titled ajd all ex wheeled military vehicles . Most all the senators did n know what the omv was doing with their blanket policy...

man you went thru a lot of crazy work with that . For future endeavors ,depending on what vehicle your doing la has a way to get a title on antique vehicles with just a bill of sale . They just don’t tell you . And now they don’t want to do ex military vehicles on this policy . But a old m37...

I titled a m51a1 dump just few months prior without any issues . Bought a m35a3 from sale guy and the state wanted a vin inspection on clean la title from same guy . Think cause if the year maybe being a 1996. At the time sheriffs office was only doing it on Thursday’s . And state wanted ya to...

Local dmv won’t have the plate in stock . Not sure how far you are from baron rouge but might be worth the trip to go there . I was guy who finally got my senator involved to fix the problem of the not titleing humvees . And she did the bill and sent to me and friends and we rejected it and...

They will not let you farm plate it . Unless someone slips it thru . But the short vins throw the flag in their computers