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Here is my standard advise. Follow the control line from the top of the air compressor head to the unloader control valve. Take both ends of that line lose and blow air through it. Then take the control off, clean and re-lube it with tacky grease (red) that is waterproof on all surfaces that...

The Alison 1545 has no OD in that series but it is an SAE bellhousing, could even have the double OD Allison attached. That would take a bit more length. Oh YES it is the axle gearing, The 545 or 1545 has straight 1/1. The 545 would give a reliable "around town" truck or good mudder...

Yea, I think it's a great engine and justifies the cost of an A3. Mine is in process of becoming a 4x4. What tranny? In the A3 it is a slow vehicle and has the infamous Locking TC Allison 1545. Keeping with the auto theme, forget the locking TC and go straight 545, making sure the...

Agree with Jbulach, weld up a tow bar with a lunette ring for the front of your pickup? Make it long enough that it is reasonable angle. Etrailer has the weld or bolt on.

It didn't make it to this thread, but that is 50". https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?145134-Slow-build-project-a-4x4-5-Ton-fixed-boom-wrecker-AKA-Project-Spare-Parts/page26 Go to post 256....nobody answered on this thread.

If you do decide to tow, bring something to attach that will make it so you can see it is still there....flags or something. I don't like towing when I have no vision of what is being towed. A rear view camera would be nice....and then be permanently installed. I don't remember the tread...

Just about everyplace has an outdoor truck dock if you look hard enough or a deep ditch where smaller ramps can be used. Farm tractor dealers are a good place to look.

Lowes is the only store I have found near me that has Rustoleum oil based flat black. Maybe some bigger metro areas, it's more common. I like oil based.

Engele, I hope Overdrive gives us a few more pictures and tells what he did for the rear support. It sure is a nice looking rig. I'm not doing the M1101 because of height and I have another Dexter axle that would bring the S-788 down a lot. The axle is 8 lug and will take the hummer wheels...

Aussie, put some grease where the two pins on the jack fit into the holes and the place they slide to lock down or up. I like that jack but when it's dry (or bent), it can be hard to work. I've started lubing all of the screws on these light housings also, but you probably don't have the wet...

The TC is the same front-rear ratio then. I thought some had the sprag. Myself, I like the 11.00 on the rears and use 14.5 on the front on A3 rims. Revolutions per mile is near perfect. I'm not a fan of MRAP wheels with the adapter...as much because I have the A3 as to keep weight down. The...

Does your truck have a Sprag clutch in the TC? I found the TC in my 817 had different ratios in the gears (front and back) so the rear was always trying to overrun the front and would relieve some of the stress of having different tires. Sorry, forgot the ratio of front and rear. I'm not a...

Cool Wes. Let us know if you notice handling differences. It looks like the tire could get into the outer frame but the hump can surely be removed. I was looking at mine at how to cut the diamond plate so it could be lowered down the 3" to flush, but to re-weld the part cut out further down...

It's a really beautiful truck. That nice white drive will let you know if you have any leaks. Here's a suggestion for covering the grill cheap. Here is my 817 with a bit of Aluminum expanded metal on the grill.

You got a nice looking truck Mrmag1, with hard top and fold down sides. Good score!

I wasn't offended and you were spot on, that we have been eliminated. I understand and it makes perfect sense that with moving significantly fewer, they had to improve their margin. They couldn't do that much work if they were moving the same number as GL. I did what I wanted to do, which was...

Yea....I've done $250k jobs and not taken one picture. I share progress here with MV because digital has made it easier and I'm not giving away what a customer may not want public. Last couple large jobs were high security jail locks and Sheriffs probably would not want pictures of the...

Yep Sandcobra, they are doing what I used to do. I "flipped" them after recovering, titling, getting them running (using the 817 for the business). Of 16 trucks I bought, only one of them would start on it's own. Sometimes it was just batteries and other times much worse. I bought one for a...

The newer trucks are the governments attempt to make it so idiots can drive them. There are few creature comforts and keeping rain out of the cab or a clear window is near impossible. On the hassle scale...no difference in my opinion.

I compare my 97 M35A3 to the more modern trucks, like my 92 M929A2 but when you step back into a deuce M35A2, they are 70's technology. Not that that is bad....some are sweet trucks. It took a committee to decide to rebuild old deuces and put a one of a kind tranny in them that doesn't have...