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Yes. Best option is to find a complete axle as 3.08 geared 6 lug rear ends for this vintage truck are not uncommon and go cheap. Even better would be to find an open diff'd one and avoid the G80 Grenade Lock again.

When I was moving last fall the U-haul categorically told me NO on both trucks for their trailers and car dolly thingies. They seem to consider a midsize SUV the largest vehicle in existence.

Yes. I forget who, I think it's Solid Axle, ORU, or one of them has a new, beefy, hub design that sticks out a lot less far. Hrrrrmmm...I'll have to check again. Big Ugly is in Michigan right now but I swear I saw Spicer markings.

Wrong. Factory D60 hubs are Spicer, not Warn. I've taken a liking to that new low profile setup that's out there. Expensive, but far less chance of using your hubs as "curb/rock feelers".

No clue. You could probably find it if you looked around for it on the Internet. Heck, email Oshkosh and ask.

I work with military trucks (mainly Army now). The only things showing up now with any trace of green are the HEMMT's and PLS family trucks and that's only on the inside. Everything else is all tan, insides included. This one wasn't "mine" but it was sitting near some of my trucks so I...

Cool.

I want to say someone said all of the correct wires are in that plug. Just have to figure out which.

Check your local laws. In a lot of places it's illegal to operate your vehicle without side mirrors. You can take the doors off but you have to somehow put a set of mirrors back on it.

Few days old but I had the exact same issue (you probably saw my thread from a year or so ago) and ended up just going with ODIron's military trailer light plug adapter thingy. Works great.

I need to do this. Mine's WAY off...but if I go 45 I'm doing 55. It evens out.

It's like 60 amps on those. There's an upgraded 400 amp alternator but oy, the thing's bigger than a coffee can.

The rated tow capacity for my '89 K5 Blazer with the Z82 towing package (Class III hitch, wiring for trailer brake controller, heavy suspension, trans cooler, bigger radiator, big rear brakes, etc) and 3.73 gears with 29" tires (so set up to be a tug boat) is 3500lbs. I wouldn't tow more than...

I run Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement +Cetane Boost in the winter and Diesel Kleen® +Cetane Boost spring, summer, and fall. About all I could find over the shelf in Michigan and now here that I'd trust. I don't go for the "store brand" and no name stuff. Seems to work after several years...

No, but I moved south before it got nasty. It's a factory, 50 state piece on the 80's GM fullsizes so I'd think it's weather rated. Any 80's GM should have it, went right into that hole in the core support to the p-side of the radiator.

Jimmy, do you have the air hat/baffle dohickey in your core support? That should prevent the water ingestion issue unless you're fording deep water.

Ummm...okay.

Call your local police force and ask to speak to whoever is in charge of their cruisers. Then ask that person who rebuilds their transmissions. If it's a shop that does everything transmission then they're usually pretty good. Cop cars see a lot of trans abuse so the shops that do their work...

The engine was meant to be a higher mpg alternative to GM's most commonly sold truck engine at the time, the 4-barrel 350. Considering the 4 barrel 350's of the late 70's and early 70's made similar numbers to a stock 6.2 then it's not horrible. People just keep wanting to compare them to big...

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