Recent content by jumpinford

FWIW The Walmart Fleet runs Delvac 15w40 in its fleet trucks, and we run it 45k miles before changing it. Seems to hold up pretty well.

That crooked ubolt will straighten itself. and when it does, it will be loose and will come apart. With ANY ubolt, after its tightened, you should use a hammer to hit the "u" end side to side, and then retorque to ensure it is as close to 90 degrees as possible. I saw that same thing when I...

Its an 80s GM, why didnt he just brake the column open like every thief with half a brain has known since those vehicles were new?

That kinda depends on the weather, but I've seen it gone by early march, mid march usually. I know there can be the occasional jeeper goin over, but honestly I never saw a lot of traffic on that road. Especially the north side of the pass. I will say be careful, I was on the pahrump side...

You might consider camping on wheeler pass. Goin in from the Pahrump side is accessible by anything from a big deuce to a guy on roller skates. There are a ton of side roads to explore, and the adventurous crowd could drive over the hill and into the cold creek area which at times is a pretty...

Need to find a way to hit em in the pocket book. Do any counsel members own businesses? Have some MV owning folks show up, park said MVs in front of the businesses, and get almost all the way to check out with a large purchase, then suddenly remember that its illegal for them to park the...

Almost makes me wish I still lived in Vegas...

This would fall under the general category of "Awesome"

I cant believe those folks in the video pulled that off. Climbing over the tensioned cable, one guy looked like he was gonna grab the cable if something was to fail, idiot driver spinning his wheels like that with his 2 buddies in front of the bumper, shock loading that cable, man it just...

Looks similar to my old M109. Mine had the standard shop van body, but also had the large bracketry on the front bumper. Mine had a 3 ton AC unit mounted over the cab as well to keep the electronics cool. I'm gonna see if I can use my digi camera to get the two poloroids I have of the white...

My buddy bought a mid 70s dodge pickup that didnt have a single fuse in it. Fusebox was full of screwdriver bits... That stuff scares me bad. I work on Fleet trucks, and I stress to my drivers the need to be prepared in case of a heater failure. It happens, stuff breaks. But bein a lil cold...

Im gonna do that to my bronco. It looks like it will have no slippage problem, still looks comfortable, and in a pinch, theres a nice chunk of 550 you could unravel.

Man I wish I was closer. The best part of offroading is a recovery operation IMHO. Lotsa BSin, MacGuyver style ingenuity, maybe a few beers, just always ends up being a good time. I've pulled two vehicles that size from similar situations with a 75 F-250 runnin twin 60s, 38's and 4.11...

Im a mechanic for the fleet :) As for pictures, I dont have any digi pics of my old m109, but I have some pics of the M37 my buddy just got, a pic of me and my kid in Jack Tomlins half track during the 4th of july parade, and some pics of my bronco on a publicly accessible track where the army...

Actually my 2nd post, but yeah... I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a gear head, have been my whole life. Even owned an old gasser REO M109 back in the day. Was looking for info and what not on the M37 as a buddy of mine just picked up a beautiful semi-original one for cheap. I say semi...