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My Barstow 923 had a bone dry tranny and a few other things I thought were sabotage. An empty tranny is no biggie, except that you cannot add fluids on base. I had to pay $250 to tow it 250 yards out the back gate to dump it in. It was sitting with an oil slick under it and they were worried I...

It fits without mods to the hood? My 250 is fresh but I better start saving money and learning from you all. What would this cost, ball park, for somebody having to pay for the install? These blocks are huge and beyond my current abilities. Great motivation for me, thanks for posting.

Lively thread. I hear a lot of good points and history, but personally I don't see what the SF-97 really does to help your home state generate a title. The "Paid" invoice printed off your account has all the needed info my state requires but lacks good proof of authenticity. Why couldn't the GL...

Is it easy enough for a transmission rookie to do it? Is there a manual on the adjustments? Mine seems to shift too early on acceleration and too late on the downshifts going up hill. BTW- I am flying to Florence on Friday and will be in Foligno until May 4.

I drive past the Ogden UT DDO on a regular basis and I have been seeing the rows of Hummers building up as well as FMTV's. A lot are armored. I also see deliveries of 9's coming in for overhaul, many of which don't look like they need it. Nice tires and paint on the way in. I sure wish they...

I have been unintentionally flushing my system with expensive Fleet Charge SCA coolant due to a bad hose clamp on the big upper radiator hose and also a bad bite on the lower heater valve. These replacement valves look much nicer and 90 degree intersections too. I need to get mine home 300 more...

I just discovered that the Michelin XZL's I bought have run flat inserts in them. I was wondering why they were so stinking heavy. They also have MRAP rims that need to come off. My questions related to tire changes: 1) any clever tricks getting these rims out above letting the air out first...

I haven't tried shifting into low range yet. I have had plenty of entertainment with crossed air lines on my brakes and need to fix one thing at a time in proper order. I would never have figured any of this auto engage thing out without this post unless it was the hard way. This fix is on my...

I took my M35 radiator to a shop and they said it was too far gone to try fixing. I took it to the recycler and got $75 for it to put toward a new one. My 923 I just picked up said it had a leak on the last maintenance paperwork when I picked it up from GL. I drove it 500 miles, stopping and...

Nice truck. You deserved a trouble free recovery, glad to hear it. My Barstow to Northern Utah recovery is still in progress and the first 170 miles to Vegas was entertaining and forced me to learn a lot about the truck. ABS brakes locking up and various leaks. You completed twice the mileage I...

Karma If you decide on coming through Ogden UT you are welcome to crash at my place. I am right off I-15 on your way north and we have a lot of spare parts around here. I owe this favor back to the SS community because I received this myself. I had a very negative first recovery experience...

I am currently wrestling the same type of issues. I recently recovered my 923 from Barstow to Vegas with many issues, but the biggest has been the brakes. My passenger rears were locking up trying to send me to the ditch. As RobM923 stated I would let them cool and they would release so I could...

I wonder who signs off all the EUC's for the arms sent to the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya and Syria? They are on the naughty list in the EUC instructions. I just bought my first truck (923) from GL, not an individual, and was happy to learn about this from this useful post. Thanks.

Thanks for the list. I am gathering things for my first recovery of a 923 from Barstow to Utah here this week sometime. I would like to get 1400-20's on it to speed things up, but the 11R's look really good in the pictures and there are 10 of them. I noticed in the pictures that the rear axle...

I put a black leather air ride from a Kenworth (Bostrom Seating AIR-715E) in mine. It has a perfect width and depth to fit in a Deuce. I removed the arm rests since they are in the way and would not be used. That gives room for my M-16A1 carbine between the seat and the door. I hooked up the air...

I remember reading another post I could not find again on this topic that had more details and discussion. All the different parts between the two were identified and most were ruled out as being the culprit of the 50 extra horses. I am hopeful that Ken is right and it is simply fuel adjustment...

I had my local Les Schwab powder coat and few of my ugly rims and rings for ~$60/rim if I recall. They didn't charge me to dismount, just to remount and it was cheap. I took one or two at a time and always got the same deal. The flat black powder coat looks nice and dosen't hold dirt like a 1/4"...

Haggerty told me that a carport was unacceptable and so were dirt roads and then they treated me like a criminal when they saw I had 2 speeding tickets. I'll never call them again which is probably what they want. I have my house and cars with State Farm, they just wanted pictures and weight and...

I have a happy switch on one of mine, Colt M16A1 carbine, from the Las Vegas PD. Bought it with a Stafford Loan during school : ) I love blazing all tracers at steel a couple times per year but my semis are my go-to rifles. A semi is best most often and a decimal cheaper. How many bad habits can...

Good timing on this thread. Mine started leaking just sitting#$%^& I hate reading the TM's, I'd rather know what hammer works best from guys that actually swing them. Thanks all.