Recent content by GCecchetto

Well, I'm going to do everything I can to avoid the fire wrench, but it may end up being what has to happen.

Okay.....guess I'm glad it's not just mine:cool:. Mine does the shift to the right though. I do want, and plan, to replace the front cab mounts and have the new bushing I bought from you back before picking the truck up in Maryland, and have had stainless steel washers and bushing made since...

Speaking of the A1R rear cab mount, mine literally has zero clearance to the spare tire hoist frame. Clunks like crazy and drives me nuts! Curious if any other A1R owners have this same condition?

Thanks GD!

All; Hoping someone can help me. I don't currently have access to my laptop that has the A1R TM's and need a part number for the rear propeller shaft for a high pinion M1078A1R. I'm finding conflicting info searching the web, some saying it's the same as a low pinion axle. I would think the...

I found them in CAT SIS without issue. My experience with my local CAT dealer is if they don't have the hose/line in stock, they make it while you wait. That said, a line with a section of shaped hardline would need to be ordered. I'm hoping the coolant line for the water cooled variant doesn't...

No issues with the stock turbo. The C7 in the stryker is crammed into a very tight armored compartment so cooling is more of an issue. It's also way heavier than our trucks and designed to operate in a climate where ambient temps north of 115+ degrees aren't uncommon. That said, high EGT's are...

Not what I have done to my 2008 M1078A1R, but will be doing now that I have finished my complete restoration of the C7. As all of us running the 370/931 tune know, the only difference between our C7's and the 370HP variant in the Stryker is the water cooled turbo, CAT part# 290-4044. Just picked...

I also have a high pinion rear diff, and I’m pretty sure if you have a 6x, your rear driveshaft is shorter than mine.

That's been my main search platform as well, but no love yet, and so many sellers are just flakes. Is your box fiberglass skinned, and can you post some photos here? Also, can you provide a link to the place selling them in WA? Thanks

There is a thread here on the forum about a 1079 van body CAD model. In that thread, someone linked another thread about a guy that was building out a 1079 body and he posted that the framing members in the box used a strip of wood on between the faces of the framing members and the interior and...

I've been looking for a suitable box to start my habitat for my M1078A1R. Just looked at a 1079 van body, would be easy since it will bolt right on, but it's smaller than I want, isn't very thermally efficient, and they unfortunately apparently use wood as the thermal break material, so that's a...

Interesting, I haven’t experienced that. This was definitely a rotational driveline issue. Felt just like all my other 4x4 vehicles when locked in four wheel drive on full lock turns. Like a fore and aft rocking motion, but with a nasty clunk mixed in. Hard to believe that’s an acceptable...

Okay, thanks for the info, guess I won't worry about it and stay out of Mode as much as I can. Interesting that I didn't feel it at all going up, only back down. I guess it's just another of the semi-sorted design elements of these trucks:-) I really need to read the operators manual as well, I...

Guys, this was a forward and back lurching, just like a 4x4 typically will with the center diff locked when in a full lock turn, which I wouldn't normally worry about. But in this case, there was a significant clunking noise with it that really sounded like binding u-joints. Didn't do it going...