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My learning curve was steep & expensive...but on a celebratory note, I've had my M1078 for ~1 year and just now, today, I figured-out & fixed the CTIS (one wire had pulled out of the pin in the tank pressure sensor connector).:jumpin:

have a CAT mechanic look at it.

Please forgive my ignorance...Are you talking about the the plug behind the fan off/on switch on the driver's dash, rather than the fan air solenoid valve behind the passenger kick panel?

FWIW -- I believe the hub fill port plug (allen screw) is magnetized...metal powder on the plug usually indicates a problem...parts (shims, bearings, races, seals, CTIS seals) are on eby & SS vendors...a brass/light-weight, drill-mounted wire brush does a good job of cleaning previous...

Hi Chief, The combo including sides, posts, & tailgate for $300-$400 is fair, since an M1082 trailer is going for $800 on GP.

fwiw -- The speed change is simply the diameter change (ie 53/46 = 115%)...so at speedometer reading of 50mph you'd be doing 57.5mph w/ 53inch tires.

Hi Skidpad, each air brake chamber has its own caging bolt/nut/washer, mounted on the side of the chamber. If caging each chamber doesn't free-up the brakes, after using your tow vehicle to tug & push on the trailer (fwd/reverse), then use 13/16 or 7/8 or 15/16 wrenches (est. size) to remove...

Hunting buggy...cheaper & cooler than any SxS...with advantage of cab w/ heat. Mobile prone shooting platform...easy way to change yardage for long range shooting. Haul wheat seed for fall planting. Firewood hauling pending end of tick/chigger/snake (<50def F) season.

FWIW -- although this reply is late to original discussion, it might prove useful...on my M1078 LMTV, the CTIS air seals prevent gear oil from reaching the inner hub bearing...so you'd better give it ample grease.

Very timely. The air springs on my M1078 inflate, but the cab seems to bottom-out too easily...yet, I haven't found a leak.

fwiw -- i know of a concern with "glow in the dark" instruments/gauges in some former Soviet MVs...so hazardous that if the gauge's lens/bezel is broken the vehicle gets a concrete coffin. But, I cannot imagine something similar with USA MVs.

whats wrong with turning the steering wheel hard over and locking a chain to grab rail?

Hi Michael, Perhaps this is a useless reply, but I need sideboards, posts, & tailgate for my M1078...too bad your 2000+ miles away.

Nice!

Congratulations!

I thought a couple barns cats would help w/ rats & mice...until a couple urine supertankers disguised as tom cats started hanging around...they're worse than the rats & rattlesnakes....everything is becoming rusted or booby-trapped.

Even though I had a title in hand from the previous owner in an adjoining state municipality...my insurance company was satisfied with a photograph of the serial number plate...but the state licensing/title office require a signature from a state law enforcement official to confirm the FMTV's...

I recently used my handy rubber-tired tree toppling tool to remove two sweet gum trees located between power lines and the neighbors shop...i used the winch just to keep tension until I v-cut the trunk, then placed truck in reverse to pull each tree over...successfully, without the normal sparks...

Pix from inside dash on passenger side of M1078. See the twist to the right of my hand...it looks like it was done on purpose.