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Yea what General said would not surprise me at all. ABS/Traction control vehicles occasionally do this, and from what I have seen of the LMTV ABS wiring, the system looks like it could be capabel of traction control, but the LMtV does not have the air supply plumbing to the actuators... if...

Yep, you could probably drill and tap a hole. It is not structural, it just needs to act as a strut and keep the line from oscilating...

If I kept the steel line I would support it back to the block in the middle of the loop. The issue is the oem is like a ruler held on the edge of a table like a diving board. Twang it enough and it will fatigue and break... Dont have this issue with hose...

That hydraulic hose is more forgiving of bend radius than the braided teflon, but it was probably still closing in on minimum bend radius, so they were probably encouraged to lengthen it a little. A little longer is better IMO. Some of the teflon installs I have seen are downright scary tight.

Well if you can extend the bags by hand(which I am guessing you probably can), but not compress them to their minimum height, then they probably have an internal bump stop. Very desirable for this application IMO…

How did you arrive at that shock? It has alot of travel(4.22”). Does the bag have an internal bump stop? The gabriels are a pretty cool design, with most of their cab shocks using a hydraulic cutoff to brake the rebound, and internal bump stops.

So were you ever able to see if there are any wire numbers stamped on the wire insulation itself. Usually black numbers on the white insulation. Typically 4 characters like 461B or 1911 ect… you may have to unwrap the wire bundle a little to access enough wire to get to the numbers…

The brake system only requires air. With air in the system and the park control pushed in, take a big hammer and give the inner edge of the brake drums a solid smack. it should ring like a bell, the brake shoe material sometimes rusts to the inner face of the drum, and the concussion and...

Why would you want to bypass the LBCD/PPD(polarity box)? the way they wired the truck, the PPD is a junction point. 2 wires go to the battery box, 2 wires go to the alternator and 2 wires go to the cab, so it is not practical to bypass it unless you are redesigning the electrical...

That fitting on the back is the vent port. It usually has a hose attached that runs into the center of the dash to a vent port in the floor up in front of the radiator. Is there not a hose attached to it? the treadle valve is a manual pressure regulator. It passes tank air from its input...

It is going to go on the back of the habitat box I have planned. I removed all that hardware for the tire crane, lifting arch and air filter/exp tank, so I could build the habitat right up close to the back of the cab so I can fit a pass-thru. The air-filter is going up on top of the cab. The...

There is an A1 diagram here on SS. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/fmtva1-electrical-schematics.158229/ you don’t appear to have a LBCD, that looks like a pic of a polarity protection device or PPD. The LBCD has a box on the mounting side that houses caps and one end looks like the...

IDK, but have sure come across it a lot on the forums. Mine locked up once. Was able to free it, like most people, by repeated up and down cycles. I think the real trick is after you pump up, which should release the safety check, you need to release the pressure very very slowly so it flows...

Or center it and anchor it in the middle.

I would say that if the flooring is buckling when it warms, it is fit too tight and you need to trim around the perimeter to give it room to expand and contract as it heats and cools… common in many types of flooring and siding to leave perimeter room to allow for expansion…

Yes you can do that to initiate a pressure check. I don’t think you can operate long term like that as the controller is looking for it to cycle in response to it using air from the wet tank during a fill. You can also connect a pressure gauge to the wet tank and measure switch resistance. The...

All the ports on the hydraulic system are SAE-4. They use SAE-JIC adapters to match up to the JIC-4 hose ends… Once you remove the screen, hollow Allen spring retainer and outer spring, You could probably unscrew the check ball seat using an easy-out, or drill it out, to remove the seat, ball...

In the video up at comment #38 in this discusdion, my system took i think 2100PSI to lift the tire. A 2" piston with a 1" rod has about 2.35sq/in of piston area in pull. Multiplied by 2100PSI, thats just shy of 5000# of pulling force to lift the tire with that horrible geometry... Getting a...

Yep, should be low voltage signaling… Not sure what interface he is using or how he is using it though…

Yea oil-line-o-death is a 3116 thing. You have oil forward and above. I think this may be something less sinister than a rear mainseal. You can of course confirm this by moving that plug from its stowed position and putting it in the drain port and drive for a bit and see if any oil comes out...