Recent content by muthkw25

Ran 21 gallons of distilled water through radiator today. Boiled the water. Got a ton of stuff out. Plan is to pull radiator and replace the belts, coolant hoses and clamps and have radiator boiled and or cleaned out off the truck. I installed the block heater and working on installing the...

Drained the coolant to prepare for the new coolant gauge, coolant filter and block heater. Found oil in the coolant. No coolant in the oil. Looks like the oil cooler O-rings failed. I ordered a kit for new gaskets and O rings. Im going to be purchasing alot of distilled water to flush the...

Got a giant step bit to put the oil temp gauge in the dash. Decided to use a pre-existing plug and drill it out. I ran a 1/4" npt to -4an line for oil pressure gauge and ran into the cab. Wired the gauges and borrowed power from the dash lights so they light up when other dash lights are on...

Ive been acquiring quite the parts list for The Savior. Today I completed the primary and secondary fuel spin on kits from Jatonka. I went with a CAT primary instead of wix. You can run a wix 3406 and I cross reference and got CAT 256-8753. Secondary is wix 33336. I put a petcock at top...

Took Brutus to the Redball Military Vehicle Show in Gilbert, PA. Convoyed there with 3 other trucks. First time towing the m1061a1 since larger injectors and smaller button. Truck didnt break 950 to 975F egts. Boost hit 10lbs. Fuel pressure 175 max. No coolant or trans issues. Truck ran...

Just cleaned surface. No scuffing.

I'll have some deuce and 5 ton parts, mrap radiator. message for details.

Congrats on your truck and your new project

Thanks bkueber. Its gonna be a long project. But worth it in the end.

Got the bumperettes and pintle installed. Bumperettes were a challenge. Needed a ratchet strap to pull the bumperette to get the 2 holes closest to the pintle hitch to line up.

What color is this from Behr? Is this 24084?

Decided to acquire parts and removing stuff I didnt want. I put a new led dash bulbs in the high beam indictator and other dash lights. I acquired new mudflaps for front tandems, rubber mudflaps for rear ones, and bumperettes. New spin on kits for fuel and oil are coming soon. Previous...

My wife was sitting down looking at potential art work and design for side of the truck. Its a long ways down the road but here's a mock graphic design. Im trying to keep with themes from other trucks with font and colors.

Thank you sir! Its gonna be fun.

After finishing paperwork at notary, I go to move the truck and the brakes are locked on hard on rear right tandem. Couldn't get to release, E-brake wasnt grabbing. I tried moving minor adjustment with no help. Tried the major adjustments but the bolts wouldnt budge. Called a buddy of mine...