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Took Lola for a quick rip and decided to do some mild off-roading beside a country road on the side of the village (no houses there). Climbed up and down the embankment. Stopped my embankment climb for a middle-aged, blonde lady in white jogging outfit walking along. She stopped (probably...

@jasonjc You, sir, are not easily scared! Great project! Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

I would hate to see what happens when you do an oil change. "Now that all the oil is out, we can drop the pan and have a quick peek at the bottom end. With the pan off, that is the right time to pop the heads and check rings and pistons....." No, seriously, project creep is not always bad...

Looking good and comfy!

Yes, I have had these for a while. I have Goodyear 281s on stock rims on the truck. Good tires as long as the truck stays on the road. Wet grass...it gets stuck. I'm in the mood for something different. These are Canadian rims. Very similar to the A3 rims. I took the wheels apart and cleaned...

Broke down 7 two-piece rims with 11.00R20 Michelins, wire brushed and rust painted the rims and just sprayed the first coat of woodland green. Glad I did it in the shelter, because now it's RAINING! It said 20% chance of rain. I wish I was that lucky in the lottery!

I have the same experience as fleetmech with my alternator. Sometimes the needle stays at the end of the yellow and a short drive "fixes" it. I usually do not bother to "blip" the throttle etc. for that purpose. It self-corrects as I drive.

I agree with snow plow use. Probably had a sander on the back. Plow trucks with a salter on the back get killed by road salt in short order. They literally fall apart before your eyes, with frame rust jacking and cancer everywhere. This one does not look bad, the seams of the front fenders seem...

@MuleMac01 All your fault. Now I am itching to re-spool my winch cable and it is pouring outside. Mine is ok...but not laid as perfectly as in your pic!!

Please shoot a little video, if you can!! Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

There are a few objective considerations, such as viscosity. Originally, a single viscosity of SAE30 was specified. 15W40 is a good all-round alternative, provided the truck lives in a warm-ish climate or a heated garage. That stuff becomes thick when it gets colder!! And I do not mean snow and...

Yes, aren't they happy little fellows? I recommend a bit of o-ring lubricant (NOT air tool oil! White lithium grease in a pinch) on the o-rings inside the wiper motors and new air line hoses. Even a small leak seems to make them work improperly.

Aren't they enthusiastic?? Took me a few days, but it rained today! Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

It is a wonderful feeling when you surprise yourself with stuff that actually worked out! It always makes me suspicious when Murphy is nowhere to be found. He is here, somewhere....

Replaced the rubber air lines for the wipers. Mine were brittle and cracked. Fuel hose 3/8 did the trick. I hate those spring loaded clamps...too hard to compress with my fingers, when using pliers the clamp snaps sideways and won't move, and when I finally pull them off...

I think the design needed to incorporate simplicity. If you could drive a stick shift farm pickup truck of the era, you could drive a synchro five speed Deuce. There was still conscription, back then. Stuff needed to be easy to learn, easy to use. The trucks, when new, probably could mostly keep...

I bought them from Erik's And not to dish the military comics on truck maintenance, but the test above "torque rod bushing does not return to its original position" means that the rubber has fully separated and the rod end is ready to fall off! Not much safety margin left there. Why chance it...

I checked my bushings several times per year. I read the horror stories of them failing with axle rolling consequences. Then I saw one of our municipal snow plows lose an axle when the torque arm failed. That is when I ordered the heavy duty greaseable metal joints and swapped them all. I...

I know this has been discussed many times before. The situation is that the Spicer is really short and so is the jackshaft between it and the transfer case. There is no room for an even slightly longer transmission because of the already short jackshaft. So, you are into "move transfer case...

Ah....that could also be your batteries. If they are low/depleting easily, the alternator has to charge at a higher load than normal right after startup. I have a civy 24V alternator as well (Wolverine) and the gauge dropping into yellow after starting was what happened when my 2 year old...