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Hard pedal would be a lack of air/water in the lines, soft pedal is the result of air/water in the lines. More force would also be characteristic of the lower amount of travel you're now using. Did you use DOT5 fluid with the new setup?

Turning over faster may also have to do with the batteries that are in there. Remember that the stock configuration calls for a minimum of two 550CCA batteries. Most of the guys with military trucks tend to have much stronger batteries (many with civilian trucks do, too, but that's another...

So how, exactly, do you explain all the civilian trucks with the SAME MOTOR that starts JUST FINE on 12v? The primary driving force, for the military, is standardization. Secondary benefits are derived in the fact that the wiring can be smaller to the starter, the starter may or may not be...

The "overpriced toilet seat and hammer" story is old and asinine. The reason was that at that time, the price of a contract was divided evenly between the various pieces involved. So if the contract involved a $25 million tank and a couple hammers (or whatever) the total price was divided by the...

You are completely missing the point. I give up.

Or they could just take photos of the driveshafts and post them, since they know damn well that it's a problem area. But that still doesn't address the real issue, which is careless handling resulting in damage to property, which is totally unnecessary.

Why complain? Because it's asinine that people should have to put up with it. Could things be worse? Yeah, I guess, things could always be worse. But that's like saying "boy, I'm glad I have the flu and can't get out of bed and throw up every five minutes, and I can't complain one bit, because I...

My truck was fine, but both the others my buddy bought at that time had damage. One was just the driveshaft, the other was the driveshaft and cracked transfer case and transmission. All have plenty of dents and whatnot, never really looked for forklift body damage, because I just don't care, and...

You don't actually *need* the adapter trays, you can just drop the Optimas in. In fact, my buddy has two smaller Optimas squeezed into the rear tray with minor fabrication work, leaving the area of the front tray open for other stuff as needed/desired (forget what he has there). That said...

Your tax dollars at work!

You may want to see if anybody local to you has one or two or whatever sitting around that they'd get rid of for less than $125. My buddy and I have three sitting around that we've pulled out and replaced with manual setups, all of which were working fine when removed. I'd imagine that we aren't...

I've used 2-stroke oil- I basically buy whatever is cheap. A few months ago I got a bunch of auto trans fluid for like 75 cents a quart, so I've been burning that off mostly. I'm getting low, though, and there should be a deal on 2-stroke oil coming up sometime as people buy it for yard...

Well it must be significantly higher than the already absurd $8 per.

When shipping is figured, he's charging $8 per quart. There are plenty of other additives at any auto parts store for far less than that, and if all else fails, there's always auto trans fluid and/or motor oil.

Interestingly, GM (and thus the TMs) call for an additive to be added. However, Eaton, who makes the Detroit Locker units, says no additive is necessary. Personally I'll trust the company that made the component over the generic GM warning that gets slapped into plenty of manuals whether it's...

Yeah, it's all pretty worthless when it comes to the FTC, FBI, Postmaster, whatever. They're inundated with claims. Easier to simply avoid internet dealings. The savings are not worth dealing with all the dickwads out there.

I got shafted by a guy on here all the way out in Washington State. Not much I could do but file the reports with the FBI Internet Division, etc.

No, an M1008 with stock gears and tires will not do 80. Period. Not possible. Redline in third gear with the 4.56s and 235/85/16s comes at 71 or 72mph. Any faster than that means that the engine is turning above redline, which would mean that at the very least, the governor is fubar'd, and if...

... in which case, 80mph is a physical impossibility with the stock tires.

$200 isn't a bad price, but it's not a steal, either.