Recent content by MaiNiaK

Probably a good call then. I've been married for 18yrs and with my wife for 21yrs. I'm very fortunate to have her. I jumped around a bit but I believe I've finnaly read this entire thread. You've done an excellent job documenting everything you've done to your truck. It's very informative...

I would have eaten at Hooters... (In in one hand) Bunch of older gentleman.... (In the other hand) A bunch of hot younger ladies you'd need both hands for. Sounds like a no brainer to me...!! :driver: :jumpin:

I haven't been in deep snow with mine yet. My excavator needs a water pump so I'd have nothing to pull it out if I got stuck. I have driven it down my driveway (35deg slope) in the winter and I'll never do it again without chains. When I did go down I manually shifted down to first. As soon as I...

I got the lift stood today and the top cross plate attached. Thanks to some friends helping. I still have to level and shim my posts some before I drill my holes though. I plan to use concrete apoxy along with the expansion bolts that came with the lift, for added bite, before fully tightening...

I built this 28x40 garage 5 yrs ago. It's a 3 bay garage, one bay is 14w x 14h x 28d (built to house a lift). The other 2 bays are 13w x 10h x 28d. The garage has attic trusses, so I have a 14 x 14 room above my lift bay and a 14 x 26 room above my other bays, both have 8' ceilings...

Thanks Superman. You're a wealth of knowledge as always. Your knowledge and ability to help members source parts is a great asset to the community. I ended up renting a U-haul and went and picked up my Atlas 15k lift the other day. Also bought a bunch of new tools. I can't wait to get my...

I plan to separate my subframe from the main frame. Slightly bend (or cut and weld) the attachment plates, to help align the subframe back in place when it comes down. Add heavy duty hinges to the backend and a 15k lb hydrolic cylinder. Making it a dump bed. We (myself and my heavy equipment...

So ether lift should work then. Thanks Im finally getting my garage set up. Lots of tools on my need to buy list, but at least I'll have my own place. I need to change my rear pinion seal and altinator belt. When my altinator belt went I lost my speedo at the same time, I hope they are related.

I was curious if anyone has tried lifting just the frontend of a M1078 with a 2 post vehicle lift? (I know an M1078 weighs 17,000+) I'm looking to put an Atlas 2 post lift in my garage. I was originally going to get the 12,000 lb lift knowing this will lift my 1 ton work truck. But for $400...

Nice pic.. What I wouldn't do to have 1 day in Arizona to ride my scoot... This Maine winter is getting to me.!!

These are the pages I found in TM 9-2320-365-24P (#'s 21 and 22) This is what I found looking up A1205F2502 and A1205U2257 on ISO Group. This is is all I could find on FinditParts.

Thanks for documenting your repair so thoroughly. I have a rear pinion seal that's gone on my 1995 M1078. After reading the parts tm I've discovered the rearend uses the same 2 seals as the front. (I also noticed the replaced by part #) That puller you built with the bottle jack, looks slick. I...

Yes. My truck is fine now. The rpm's must have been to high for it to shift into gear. The truck is fine now that my hand throttle is all the way down and not up at the low throttle level.

I had the hand throttle on a little bit, so the tires would air up faster. Transmission works fine with the hand throttle off.

The other day I put my M1078 in a ditch trying to back up around some other vehicles on my property. The ditch was about 4 feet deep and I left my truck there overnight, till I could get my other truck with ice chains there to help pull it out. The truck started a little hard because it was cold...