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That's beautiful work, Tom. Are the needle bearings captive in the cages? I see 4 big holes in the gear disk and one in the hub. Do you also drill 4 in the hub?

I was mostly impressed by the lift, and by the ripped up clutch. A lift like that would sure save my aching back.

Thanks for the comments on the design so far. I am not a mechanical designer, I hope for more comments. Maybe someone runnig XLs or super singles and not using the normal spare mount will eventually design and build up such a mount. A "davit" it is called? I was 'triangulating', which is about...

I think I like the idea of a swing-out mount. Less change of an accident while raising or lowering the gate. If it were made with a bracket that let the gate take much of the weight when the tire was stowed, the mount could be made more simple and would not have to stress the side of the truck...

A position on the back of the tailgate like this?

G., The set is rather large size since it is a diesel. It consumes the space. Even if it were higher by a few inches (and therefore difficult to service) there would be no room for a tire. I could have put a little gasser there, but then would have had to add another fuel tank and I would...

Memphis Equipment mechanic told me that the whistler turbo is more trouble prone than the non whistler. for what it is worth.

I been there, done that. You need a bigger truck.

It's possible that I might go to the big XL tires. plusses: lower engine RPMs. neutrals: truck height goes from 144 inches to 146.25 inches (based on DM96's measurement of his ground to axle center of 22.75 with the XL's versus 20.5" for 11.00x20's). minuses: oops.. now I "must" carry a big...

What are you going to do with the 8x8 when you are done, that is, what will it's job be?

Don't pitch it. If you can remove the cable without ruining the box, good.. but anything original like that could be useful, depending how it does the conversion. If nothing else, someone might appreciate the electronic parts inside. Can you open it and show the guts in a picture or two?

Does anyone have a spare pulley for the 60-amp alternator of the M35? Do I need a key on the shaft? I should really think about replacing the one ADR and I 'fixed' over a year ago and repairing it. Can anyone suggest a shop in Dallas that could handle the 60-amp alternator's repairs?

If you are going to do that, then consider also adding a 1uF metalized polyester capacitor in parallel. Best to avoid an electrolytic in the engine compartment if possible, they don't like heat.

I guarantee you will have the windows fog up in Texas if you have no defroster.

Sermis, that truck is looking really fine! I recall before the paint and stuff.. OD Iron had some one piece wheels for those big tires I believe

If it didn't have so many 'blocks' I'd say it's a simple capacitor. Could it be that it is a parallel combination of them? How about a picture and also say what ends went where? That would be cool.

The only thing I have ever seen more than two of those alternators on was a suburban with a 5000 watt bootleg CB radio setup. He had to give it some gas when he keyed up..

RE: trailer were there not some 6-hole budd wheels made in 16.5 size? I thought I had seen them on delivery box trucks.

pimped_dump_truck[1].jpg - looks like a cross between a panchinko machine and a house of ill repute.

hehe that M105A2 weighs about 2650 lbs empty.. best do 'something' about brakes.. not sure what. be careful.