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1.5" on my M54A2, plus the Budd nuts now THERE is a snazzy trick I am going to have to remember. jkeparek - thanks a ton for the pics! I didn't know what the names for a lot of those parts were, so a list of steps with no pics just leaves me scratching my head at least for now.

Wouldn't that be the gasket from turbo to exhaust manifold, not exhaust pipe? My M54A2 at least just has stainless steel band clamps holding the exhaust pipe onto the turbo. My full set of gaskets from TNJ came with the old style gaskets (looks like fiberboard, separate fire rings.) I may be...

I'm about a block from the Denny's on Lincoln St. Yeah, I drove mine to work once or twice a week till the head gasket blew. It was amazingly fun compared with even the jeeps... I haven't finished putting mine back together after the head gasket job, hopefully will have it done by next...

Mine looked like this by the time I did the head gasket: (hand for scale - about 2.5" of gasket blown out) It first manifested as a cyclical hissing that followed engine RPM and became a loud squeaky tick at normal highway speed (~48-50mph.) One day driving along NH-13 headed north into...

I'm probably not going to be able to, unfortunately. I have a whole bunch of stuff I need to get done by next weekend and need every evening I can get, and I still haven't gotten around to putting the manifolds and valve covers etc back onto the engine in my 5ton after the head gasket job...

I had the same issue but was able to work around it also. It helps if you use a paper towel and brakleen to clean all residue, dirt, etc off the threads of each head stud before reinstalling the heads, then apply clean motor oil. I was able to turn the nuts on by hand (though it did take two...

Yep, that's the oil cooler. If you make the tool right, it gets by there just fine. I had more trouble on the last bolt at the back because my tool had just enough angle in it to smack into the firewall so I didn't have as much usable travel.

6'4" and 190 or so, I fit fine, even roomy. It's an M54A2 though, I think the steering wheel is about the same but might have a different seat setup.

I don't use Foxconn connectors anymore because most of em are crappy quality... their motherboards etc have ALWAYS been crappy quality. I can't stand most iDevices so there was no chance of me buying an iPhone anyways.

Awesome! I only hope I can do as good a job on mine when I get a chance. A house is in the works first though...

I would bet on them being safeties for working on gensets, etc like you guessed. Looks like they would fit the 24V power outlet on the back right corner of the cab on a deuce or 5 ton. EDIT: that is not to say you should try it, as I am fairly certain those power outlets are wired directly to...

You can use common 12 volt relays quite easily with the addition of some one or two watt resistors. Measure the resistance of the coils in your 12 volt relays, then add a resistor in series with the coil that is approximately the same resistance, probably several hundred ohms. Make sure they...

I would also bet on the regulator being a little wonky after the incident, it is very hard to burn out light bulbs by shorting out their power supply temporarily but it is very easy to burn them out by supplying them with even a few volts too much as the amount of light produced goes up as a...

rofl I did have the windshield up though... so I guess you could say "topless and wearing glasses".

Nope... but plenty of assorted grit, soil, decomposed paper, and other detritus in my eyes... I had to use a qtip to clean them out at the end of the day. It kinda sucked. Other than the FOD eye problem, and being saturated every time it rained, driving it topless was more fun. I sure needed...

I got mine from Erik's Mil Surplus, along with a bunch of other stuff I needed. Only like 8 bucks and they look stock so they're either NOS or good reproductions. I'm keeping my truck as stock-looking as I can (within budgetary constraints) so that was important to me. Also, my opinion on...

Yeah I really like it. I will like it a lot more once it has better tires, no death wobble, a working engine, seats that don't cripple me, and a good coat of paint on it :D

was discussed on page 1 or 2 iirc. I want pics!!!! :jumpin: this is what I want to do to my M54 but I simply don't have the tools, space, money, or time. I have also considered putting a brownie box between the rear output of the transfer case and the rear axles and finding a way to make the...

I'm working on a similar setup, using 2 inch square 1/4-wall steel tubing for the sides of each ramp and 1.5" 3/16 thick angle for the treads. They seem a little too flexy for my comfort so I am going to truss / brace them a few inches below the tread with another length of 1.5" 3/16 angle and...

yow, that's on the pricey side! (at least for my budget) I won't be needing troop seats, it's a cargo transport only so I'm only really looking for bows and the tarp. Thanks though! My MJ is mainly composed of rust and bondo, at least from the rockers down. Slowly fixing it up. It's my DD...