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Interesting thread, I am looking into upgrading my living situation to something a little more versatel. I will be watching as more Ideas flow in

This is an exciting build to watch. I am trying to upgrade to this truck. I was contemplating doing a toy hauler set up. building an internal wall with about 8 feet for the garage and the forward half of the van for living area. the slide outs have been the biggest layout hurdle for figuring it...

Did Canada give you any trouble at the boarder? Just wondering since it is a newer MV and probably still camo. That is a beautiful drive, did you go Hwy 37 or 97 through Canada? I came down 37 and man that is a beautiful drive, will definitely go that way again if I get the chance

Ill be back from Korea and unless something really crazy happens Ill be there

Kyle F - I do. here are some pointers I can think of off the top of my head: 1- Think very very very hard about what you will actually need to keep in the rig with you. Space disappears very quickly and the longer you live in it the more stuff you will accumulate and eventually run out of...

I have been tossing around the idea of upgrading my axles with the 5 ton Rockwells off of an 813. A few of the advantages I can see from this would be since I am constantly at max gross weight they would give me a bigger buffer on the axles. The brakes would be larger which would be nice with...

AZK9 - thank you for the kind words. It is amazing how much you can learn when you are in the middle of no where Canada. Looking back I really should have given myself a lot more time to prep the truck prior to my drive. Going through everything before your drive is the smart way to do it and...

I have about 12000 miles on mine in less than a year and I am living in it. Sometimes I really wish I had a normal vehicle for a quick run to town or if I have to go downtown for something where the streets and parking is small. Overall it hasnt been a huge hinderance. I have to plan my trips a...

I would agree that these trucks are fairly simple mechanically(other than the wheel seals that are still kicking my butt). On the flip side of that is everything is very large and heavy which adds a degree of difficulty all its own. These trucks spent a lot of their almost 50 years just sitting...

Haha thats a very good point

So the studs not being fully seated isnt an issue? Any problem removing one stud at a time rather than pull everything? I will get on this as soon as I can and see where it gets me. Thank you everyone for thr input. To be honest I didnt see where the TM caled for a torque check, I just did it...

The overall length of th ARP studs was the same as the original studs. The problem is the threads on the ARP studs allow them to be threaded into the block about half an inch deeper than the original studs. That is why I had to back them out about half an inch to install the nuts

the ones that are leaking are the longest ones.

While I was swapping out my heads I decided to upgrade my head studs to the ARP studs. I ordered the studs mentioned in the post below. The two longer studs are the same overall length as the originals, the problem is they each have approximately half an inch more threads on the block end...

Thanks peashooter, that is a good looking set up. I will probably copy your set up. Did you get the manifold and airtool muffler at Napa or somewhere else?

Did you guys just use 3/8" vaccume line or something bigger? azk9, yeah the two of us have been through quite a bit up to this point. Really I cant be too angry with him, as of yet evey major failure happened where I was safe and could get to parts and tools

Shirts, awesome. Always need more shirts for work. (Assuming they are going to be either tan or green)

Haha yeah just getting a 5 ton would solve some problems. Down side is the cab on the M927 is a little over a foot too tall for my box to fit over it. Raising the box to clear would put me over legal height. I like the idea of the M934 but have t figured out a good layout in the back, Also to...

I will get some line and nipples and run my vents to rule that out. Each time I pulled the hubs apart I replaced the seals, I am now out of seals with leaking hubs so I will get some of the ones sandcobra mentioned. Hopefully that will help.

The seals I have been using came from Boyce. They werent in packaging so not sure if they were NOS or not. That is the procedure I was using until the last two. No change in the outcome though. Also I have checked the vents, they arent clogged the flapper isnt stuck