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And, since this makes for a good specific example, I'll use the water pump. I just replaced the water pump on the Powerstroke in our Centurion. The pump cost $150 from O'Reilly's with a limited lifetime warranty, and except for the nightmare of getting the fan clutch off, was a simple...

Okay. Here's a specific example. My 4x4 TravelAll cost $1200, fully running and operational, and the most expensive part on it to replace is tires. While still in use, it would do everything I could possibly want it to do, on or off-road, and anything it's too big for, I have a Scout to handle...

I'm with G-Force on this one. Find a local spring or suspension shop and have springs made. It's not the cheapest alternative, but it is the safest. It's a pretty good bet that if one is broken, others could be not far behind. At the very least, check them all out, replace any leaves that look...

I don't see where anything I said is bashing anything or anyone, except bashing that specific behaviour. Please be so kind as to clarify where I personally attacked anyone in my post? On the Unimog question, I never said anything about them being expensive. What I said, and please re-read it...

Yay! I get to be the stick in the mud, and a jerkoff at the same time! So, here's my half dollar's worth of interruption: You guys with your bickering are missing the whole point of this site, and compleatly destroying the spirit of what this community is supposed to be about. I am saddened and...

All I can say is, WOW. I am *SO* envious! I want to do both of these things to ours. What I could do with an MHC and a dump bed combination. Thanks for the inspiration. Between this and Soni's FEMTT interchangeable bed combination, it's hard not to get motivated to make some improvements. And...

I must have missed something. What's happening on April 12th?

The quote I was given some years ago when I was researching a then-available IHC M17 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, is roughly 3,000 road miles, no load, per set. However, there are some pretty wildly divergent results from various sources out there. Here is an interesting thread on the subject...

On ours, the ABS light just comes on if there's a problem. Which has happened, though it appears to be resolved now. No alarm, however.

I know quite a number of guys who have the C series trucks, and the TravelAll from that period is a pretty solid truck. They retained the tailgate and wrap around rear windows of the previous B series, which was pretty cool. Great visibility, but in summertime basically a gigantic greenhouse...

Oh Gods. The C series, 1961 to 1968. Butt ugly in every possible way. I had two of those, 1965 D1200, and 1966 1500A. I don't miss either one of them. Good tough reliable trucks, just ugly as all get out, and really uncomfortable cabs. I robbed the entire rear axle and suspension from the 1500A...

IHC was the first factory crewcab in the US, starting with the A series in late 1956 for year model 1957. Also the first "extended" cab, with the Comfo-vision cab, some years earlier, most popular in Australia. Initially crewcabs from IHC, and later GM (1972), were three-door affairs, with no...

So... I have to ask... I watched the video, and everything else aside, why was the alarm buzzer staying on? I don't know too much about the A1 and A2 trucks, ours are plain A0, but... in ours, the buzzer only goes off if the spring brakes are set or if the air is low. Pushing the spring brake...

Were you able to get this solved? What was the verdict/outcome?

Personally, I think if you're gonna drive something that big, you really ought to get the formal training that goes with it. I believe that's part of the cost of owning a vehicle this large. We budget for purchasing the vehicles, for maintenance, upkeep, and repairs, we should budget for this as...

I could be wrong here, but... If my memory serves me accurately, this style of U-joint has C-clip retainers under a lip around the rim of each end cap, right up against the inside face of each loop of the yokes. Look for C-clips buried in all the crap around the inside of each yoke loop. With...

Bigger than a Suburban, better built, with the advantage of being available with a diesel and 1-ton frame and suspension if that's what you prefer. And of course that removable Bronco top is a nice bonus. The major advantage of this approach is that pretty much everything in the truck is off the...

I'm going to jump into this conversation with another alternative: Have you looked at, or even heard of, a Centurion Classic? This may just be a good way to go, and could solve most if not all of the issues at hand here. For those who have never heard of them, these are fullsize conversions...

Hey Peter, saw you and the rest of the guys in the parade. We wanted to bring ours, but I just didn't have time to get it ready in time for the parade. Too much other stuff going on, what with doctor visits and working on the new truck, etc etc etc. We'll be in it next year, and we'll try to get...

I don't know how many miles it is total, but I drove one of our M923s from Yakima WA, to Centralia WA, where it sat for a couple months while we went over it and prepared it for its new life. Then I took it up to Seattle WA, where it was loaded onto a barge and sailed to Anchorage or Valdez AK...