Recent content by US6x4

looks like the same truck is at it again but without a happy ending...

-An update on the suppressor paint that I used on the hot parts: When I got the truck out of outdoor winter hibernation I noticed some surface rust on the turbo compressor scroll and on the exhaust port flanges. Most of the rust on the turbo was due to the coolant filter dripping some rusty...

In the head it's here: In the rocker box it's here: Mine were already plugged from the factory, I believe (April 1981 engine). I guess if you insert a piece of wire into the rocker box hole and it goes in deeper than the rocker box height than yours are not plugged and the wire would keep...

my m813 still has a similar issue but maybe on the opposite side of the poppet valve. After reversing into my parking spot the T-case is usually venting air out of its breather cap when I shift from reverse to neutral to park. I have to cycle the shifter to reverse and back to neutral again...

OK, so I think I found the source of the problem. I wiggled and twisted and made sure the wire connector that plugs into the water manifold sending unit was fully seated and I gave had no more gauge issues. The connector felt fully seated but something in that connection needed some attention.

Nice - looks like a several hundred dollar bonus!

The dash number is how many sixteenths of an inch the size is. Like a -6 is 6/16ths or 3/8. A -10 is 10/16 or 5/8 and so on...

Aerial view. I might get to stop in there next month on a business trip.

Not sure on the route, but Armysurplus Warehouse is in Idaho Falls about an hour north of Salt Lake City and could be a fun stop.

Great project and thanks for documenting it all. It would be cool to see a POV video of you driving it around and rowing through the gears!

Feltz tire? They often have more than what's listed on their website.

@bobbed_deuces_wild on the gram has an M813A1 that looks like what you're describing with exposed turbo piping. Looks pretty intimidating...

I like the look of that truck also, but looking closer, it either has some photoshop action done to it or its front tie rod is waaaay out of adjustment.

You're welcome! Lucky timing- it's not everyday I have an extra manifold sitting in the lawn mower shed...

Here is that pressure chart for the AT3As