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Left friend's little dog in the cab, same deal. With the soft top I was able to climb up and get the zipper on the back window to open. Sent a kid in to unlock. Ken

I have also wondered that as I could do just fine with a far aggressive tire but I never perused the issue. I imagine a quality heavy machine shop could cut a new hub into a rim just fine.

Getting the truck ready for operation and that included putting in a camera system. As it says in the video description, the company I bought from and I still need to work out an issue. If that is resolved satisfactorily I will post where it came from. I know problems of liability are...

We got hammered finding insurance despite assurances of every agent we talked to that it would be easy. Didn't find it until after the season was over so all chance of running in 2013 died. Ready to hit the ground this year however. My odd-jobs summer work usually helped the family out with...

Having worked with off-road forest fire tankers in the past they are all tippy, as is every other 4 and 6 wheel drive fire service equipment. If you fight forest fires you need a machine that can run in the forest...off road. You ever see a fully loaded road tanker stuck off road? The mess...

Try taking the cables loose at the starter, cleaning and reclamping. Be willing to be your issue goes away. Mine did the same thing. Ken

That is a great idea, maybe even cycle the parking brake a few time and listen for the *ping*. That would be a good way to stress the bolt and make sure it is really holding rather than just at the edge of holding. Ken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8qp53AIQrA Yea, I know, don't and never, but those are the same things we say about split rims right and how many of us have done that by hand too? Not down playing the danger but I can be more frank on here than I can on youtube. I am going to go out on a limb...

To the last guy who changed the oil and left the filter canister drain plug about 3/4 of the way around just out of sight near the top... funny, very funny. But I had your number and slit a 4 inch pvc pipe to make a trough. I then loosen the canister expecting the flood gates to open and...

Have you got winter fuel in them? I say this as someone who parked his 923 full of summer blend and isn't sure if it is even possible to get it running to take carolers out this Christmas. If the second truck has say a slightly dirty fuel filter and the fuel is thick or near gelling it will...

I had an issue like this and in my two banks of batteries one was bad in each. Sometimes it would whirr to life and other times it would refuse to roll over. Disconnected the two bad ones, linked the two good ones 6 months later and those two good ones still turn it over just fine. As to why...

x2 on the HF air jack. It might be an unnecessary but it is a nice necessary to have. Ken

I also went through this as I was missing parts but didn't exactly know which ones. I ended up renforcing the boom winch and using it to lift the tire with a pulley off the end. It did it but I don't recomend. I think if you rewound with slightly larger cable it would work fine. I bought the...

I put a tank type 'percolator' heater on mine. I know it isn't as nice slick or efficient as an in block heater but I did have it on the shelf. The thing was designed for big ag tractors and is stupid large. I think it pulls 12+ amps, it is retarded big. 2 hours chugging away and the bock is...

Hey the tanks already exist in aircraft hydraulic systems and can be bought surplus in a lot of places. However I spent A LOT of time reading up on this and other than aircraft, large heavy equipment motors, big boats and big gen sets that start yearly or less it just isn't common to employ...

What if we approach this another way. What about a tank, pressurized from normal engine oil pressure separated from the system with a 24v solenoid and a in-flow one way valve. When you go to start the solenoid dumps and it shoots a measured volume of oil through the system. Whenever the...

We really only use it in the summer, it is sort of hibernating now. I will add researching additives to my list of things to do on this. Ken

dmetalmiki, that is awesome, exactly what I am talking about building. Where did you tap in to get your oil? (edit: didn't see your reply) I was trying to decide of I could grab an external feed and dump it back in, sort of like a remote oil cooler but a pump instead. Do you ever have...

My truck: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?105710-Nelson-Off-Road-Tours-Build-Thread/page7 I was mistaken in thinking the A2 was louder at idle. Lets move on. Replacing my 1 with a 2 is not a practical solution to solving my pre-lube question. Both trucks (all trucks) are going...

Really? I thought those things were much louder, maybe that is the deuce I am thinking of. I still have my fumes issue but that is 100% dependent on weather and wind direction so it isn't always going to be an issue. I am already asking them to rough it by riding in the back on bus seats, I...