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Painted brake adjusters Now I know why the brake adjusters were not working. Some idiot painted them with GREEN PAINT! The original color of the brake drums was Green, then there's a layer of Beige, then a last layer of GREEN and at least one of the adjusters was painted into position with...

I've now got three tires assembled with CTIS assemblies and they are holding air. My first attempt at doing brake service, drivers side intermediate axle, was frustrating, one of the adjusters was frozen in an extended position, so the brake shoe wouldn't release the drum. I finally freed it...

I get it, but might not be able to do it. We are currently in a 38 foot motorhome with 4 slide outs. The wife is NOT going to be content with a 15 foot box. And she's not going to be happy with "serious off roading" We will probably be more on dirt roads and beaches and not serious trails...

Here's what happens if we just take 1 or 2 feet off the box. 2 feet gets us a 30 degree departure angle. Before the deletion of 1 or 2 feet, the box is 22'11". I think a 21 foot box should be OK. I don't plan on a lot of hill climbing, but I have been presented with big dips in the road...

I did not use lube. What lube should I use? On one of the tires, soapy water shows a leak around the valve stem. Did I break the stem? Or the rubber seal on the wheel is not down tight enough? I'll obviously need to take that tire apart I just ordered Dow Corning Molykote 111 - hope that's...

Tires leaking air - I've got two "new" 2023 tires mounted on the front. The CTIS valves definitely leak, new CTIS assemblies are supposed to arrive today. Meanwhile . . . without the CTIS mounted, with only the tire valve stem with valve core inserted, both tires are leaking slowly. Down from...

There are 87 mentions of seal in that TM and I'm not smart enough to figure out which part number I need OK, I got it. I was in 24P-2 and the info I need is in 24P-1 Ordered at Big Mike's Motor Pool Thanks VERY much for the help and please excuse my momentary stupidity. I am learning...

I've got both canisters off and did the rear wedges and replaced the rear canister. I'm confident that I did that correctly. The front wedges are out, but the seal on the adjuster just fell apart in my hands. I'll need to get some new seals for the brakes. What's the best place to buy then...

It was done in Solidworks, not by me. I have a colleague who is fluent is SW and is quite interested in the build. We bought a CAD model of a 1088, which isn't quite accurate, but it's where we started I think it does need to be shorter . . . I'll just need to negotiate with my wife

Yeah, I know. Little bear has a tail that will wag into something when I turn.

I've got a thread in the FMTV forum about my recent purchase and work on an M1088 A1. The intent is to create an Expedition Vehicle, which we've named "Little Bear" or "Ursa Minor" So I'm starting a thread here about the build. I expect to be 6 months or a year working on the truck before...

Cool I'll be building on the M1088 A1 that I'm now working on. The current idea is a tubular steel frame. I haven't decided on the skin yet, but I'm considering the aluminum that Oscar Overlander used. He bonded it on with Sikaflex.

I'm curious about your "14ga stressed skin". Aluminum? How are you applying it? How does it get stressed?

OK, I've got it off! Success! It was the forward slack adjuster. It was frozen and had the lower brake shoe much too tight. I finally got it moving, backed it off, got the lower brake shoe so that I could move it a bit with my fingers and THEN the drill hammer worked! It's almost 10 PM...

No luck so far. I'm now focused on the adjusters. I have the rear one on the top working fine. The front adjust on the bottom is frozen and is all the way in. I think that's my problem

OK . . . I'm off to Harbor Freight to get a drilling hammer OK, I now am the owner of a 5 pound drilling hammer and I have some dents in the back of the drum. 100 or so hard hits with the drilling hammer and the drum is not coming loose. I got a fair bit more sand out from the lower shoe...

I'm using a 4 pound dead blow hammer. I'm wacking it as hard as I can. You think a drilling hammer would be better?

Brake service . . . The GovPlanet inspection report said "brakes are weak". I've not noticed them being weak, with the little driving I've done, less than 1/2 mile. But clearly they need service. So . . . I've got the drivers side intermediate wheel off. I've caged both canisters and pulled...

I believe I've found an in cab evaporator

Unfortunately I don't have your fabrication skills. If you want to make a duplicate system and sell it to me . . . that would be great, otherwise I'll be in the market for parts. There's no big hurry, I won't be driving the truck seriously for quite a while. So maybe get any parts that are...