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We plan to build it ourselves. If you are interested there are some great build chronicles over at Expedition Portal. My particular favorite is at: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/45835-C5500-TopKick-4x4-Crew-Cab-Build I would love to build a composite box like these guys...

Not that I am aware of! :-D My original plan was to re-register it as an RV once I have the requisite RV requirements installed. Of course that requires me to stop watching football and start fabricating the expedition box for the backend!

Yesterday was a seminal day in our little M1078 adventure .... I successfully acquired plates and registration for the old girl! I have gained so much assistance from this site I thought I would share my experience in hopes it saves other folks the anxiety I felt prior to getting it done ...

Parts Scavenger Hunt ... Follow up Just wanted to close out this thread with a thanks to NDT and Artisan. At NDT suggestion I found, bought, received and installed the heater vent grille from a seller on ebay. As for the heater control panel label ... I took it to my local engraver and he...

Found it! Thanks NDT!

Thanks .. I had checked ebay but hadn't found anything. (Frankly I was amazed at how many "air vents" are on there!) I will keep looking .... Thanks!

So I am winding up the renovation of the cab of my M1078. In the process I have run into an obstacle trying to replace two compromised pieces. The first is one of the three plastic air vents above the heater controls. I have found some similar products that I could use to replace all...

To Ship or Not to Ship .... Best money I spent on my M1078 was having it shipped to my house. You are looking at a long noisy trip on I-90 across some lonely stretches of highway in a vehicle for which you have no history. Further .... a vehicle that most truck mechanics have never worked...

Thanks Shark Bait ... you are right there some gooey stuff in there. I am going to coat all the surfaces with LizardSkin and Dynamat and see if it helps reduce the noise in the cab. I feel kind of stupid now ... the door handle and window crank popped off pretty easily .... they just have...

thanks ... it is the inside plastic latch, window crank and lock knob. I am putting in sound deadening stuff through out the cab and need to get the door panels off. I will shoot some pix ....

Just wondering if any of you have had experience pulling off the door handle and window crank on a mid-90's M1078? I have read posts about these and the difficulty finding replacement. I don't want to risk messing them up. Thanks in advance.

I tried ... but to no avail! It was relatively new and headed to Lewis/McCord.

Worth every dime to ship it! I sure am glad I took all the good advice from this site and had the old girl shipped. Last night a little fat man with a beard delivered my late XMAS present .... The addiction begins!

Thanks for all the info you have posted about these units ... it has been very helpful! I only hope I can make some contributions down the line ...

First of all .... as a newbie to the world of MV, this site is amazing. From the technical manuals to the all the information on dealing with GL auctions .. it has been invaluable. That said, I am currently working on getting an M1078 back to eastern washington after a successful Dec 30th...