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The bolts rust themselves over time unfortunately. Glad you had success! Pontiacman

Cool!

Great! Thank you! I will keep that in mind!

Thanks a bunch! I bought a cheap jack just to lighten the load but want to go the route you did. Need the height. I may do a frame off but not sure yet. Thanks for all the great info. I love this hobby! Pics soon!

Ecotrek! Long time! I took your advice and went with an Atwood actuator with the reverse lockout. Hooked up a brake line this last weekend and took her for a spin to check my welds test the brakes and all went well! No problems at all. Brakes work great! Ill post my conversion soon. Got a...

I just ran into the same situation a few weeks ago. Looking at the inside of the original trailer lights, I saw wires grounded to the area where the main bolts go to secure the light to the trailer. I couldn't get the drivers side to work so I broke both bolts loose and retightened and Success...

Thanks a bunch. I was able to remove the rest of the landing gear this afternoon. Had to beat the cr*p out of it, combined with a torch, to get it out. Was rusted solid! lol Thanks for the great info. I'll keep you posted on the actuator. Pontiacman

oops, one more question: Did you connect your brake line directly to the stock proportioning valve on the axle? TIA, Pontiacman

I went to six robbles and bought a Titan 7000lb surge brake actuator. Have not installed it yet though. Being that the trailer has "free wheel" in reverse, I shouldn't need a reverse lockout according to them. It's a very nice actuator. just have to get the brake line, 3X3 square tubing, weld it...

Nice job! I'm converting an M105A2 right now also. This is valuable info since it is my first conversion. I really like keeping the existing brake setup. Thank you for the great info!