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that is awesomeness on an unimaginable scale.

turning up the fuel and reducing your curb weight by ~20% is going to help, as is losing the parasitic loss of turning the second rear axle. (That's simple physics) I'd also look at manual locking hubs for the front.

not to mention that it's $3600.00 plus labor - and that it probably won't get out of it's own way, especially if you've up-sized to 395's on your A3. I like my A3, but again, increasing my cost basis on my deuce by over 4k is just :cookoo:

thank you, just ordered one....

if something popped loud enough to be heard over the 6.2, it sounds like some kind of mechanical failure.

at least for around HERE, your numbers look very low.

They can be slower than a 240D. The engines are what they are. 140HP, 26+ years old, unknown maintenance, and you know they had the living crap beat out of them, because whoever drove it was not responsible for paying for/fixing it. Glow plugs go, injectors go, injector pumps go, harmonic...

rust on the floorboards, rust around the wheel wells, cracks on the frame near the steering box, oil leaks at the pan, oil leaks at the rear main, bad harmonic balancers, oil leaks at the tailshaft on the THM400, wiring/ground issues, starter issues, generator issues, glow plug issues, GP...

M109a4 here. 460 miles on it when I bought it last Fall. Like everything in the truck but the top speed :)

I'd be down for trying a lockup converter if one exists.....

M35Tom has a solution: Buy his $1500 gear set. Then buy a 3053 spicer transmission. Then buy a flywheel Then buy a clutch set Then buy all the linkage, etc you need for a third pedal Then, unless you have a heavy truck facility at your fingertips, you buy someone's time to fabricate, install...

What are 395's rated for? Still, to sum up 7 pages in a nutshell....it is going to cost you almost as much as you paid or the WHOLE truck to go much faster than 48-50MPH in an A3. still on the nice-to-have list. If I could find a way to do it affordably, even if I had to crawl under and...

Is that 3k for parts, or 3k for 'all done'?

Going up the eastern corridor, about 400 miles I got a quote for almost 1500. By the time I added in the 2 trips down (1 by air), hotel, fuel, food, etc, it would have been cheaper. However, driving it back on a 400+ mile trip with my 8-year old doing 'man stuff' is priceless. If you're going...

I like my A3, but I'd sure like a 5th gear. 2700 RPM @ 49MPH will eventually set your teeth on edge. I know, I drove it home 400 miles in a single day.

looks like some ground checks to make, thanks for the tips....

Finally got my m1009 road worthy, and gave it a run last night. After I stopped for fuel, I noticed the left low beam was dim....like a ground was headed south. At my next stop, the left low beam was OUT. Flipped on high beams, left high beam also dim, within 5 miles it was also out. Should...

:drool: ..Oh, to be able to say I could go 65 in my MV.....:drool:

I registered my m109 as a camper too, but with a tight-to-the-weather van body on the back (and 7 windows), at least I had a basis for it, so the RMV didn't give me too much of a hard time about it. I'm told that 10 written letters is enough to get a politician's attention. Let me know if I...

yikes, that's a 5+ hour one way trip @ 48MPH from here. :shock: