dawico
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What have you done to your 5 ton this week?
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I have video of the first day when we tied... very poor quality. On the second day I took him twice in a row after figuring out my fuel cap had been set to fording the first day. Once corrected he was beaten I was the only vehicle capable though I had 3,000lbs and an extra axle advantage
sed6
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First off I read all 195 pages of this thread! That actually took about the last two weeks. This week I did a lot.
I fixed my broken passenger door handle.
I made two wheel chocks.
I entered a car show and won first place.
I took my dogs for their first ride.
I disabled my emergency fuel cutoff and used the collar with setscrew to fix my manual throttle lever.
I began to repair my winch (need a front winch control cable, mines bound up).
I converted my headlights over to HELLA cool H4's.
I took time to properly aim my new headlights.
I removed and polished every light lens cover. That took about 8 hours but the results were well worth it. Nothing says well cared for truck like operable, clean and bright lights!
I fixed my broken passenger door handle.
I made two wheel chocks.
I entered a car show and won first place.
I took my dogs for their first ride.
I disabled my emergency fuel cutoff and used the collar with setscrew to fix my manual throttle lever.
I began to repair my winch (need a front winch control cable, mines bound up).
I converted my headlights over to HELLA cool H4's.
I took time to properly aim my new headlights.
I removed and polished every light lens cover. That took about 8 hours but the results were well worth it. Nothing says well cared for truck like operable, clean and bright lights!
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Powershift
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My 5 ton, and a friend's HMMWV, are on display for Memorial Day today at my shop. Today means even more than usual for us, as we just lost one of our instructors last Weds. He was a true brother to us all.
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therooster2001
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Nice polish on those lights.. Was that just cleaning or did you use a headlight refinisher?
army_nurse
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I was asked by the manager of the Big lots to park under the store sign so he could get a picture. I was happy to pose Big Mike for him.
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Truckoholic
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I spent Saturday and Sunday at Sand Lake Recreation area here in northwestern Oregon. It's always fun letting people see these trucks. And yes, like Piper Cub said, they seem to get so much more attention when you are flying the flags.
Today I drove it over to Lincoln City, and went to Burger King. Sitting there in the Burger King parking lot, and this woman comes across the parking lot, and is looking real suspiciously at my truck, and at me, and then comes over and says "You aren't for real are you?" I was like "Huh?" "You aren't really in the Army are you?" Turns out she was accusing me of trying to pass myself off as a soldier. She explained to me how "there are guys out there who pretend to be in the army when they really aren't, and my friend told me the questions to ask them to find out if they really are or not." So I explained to her that civilians CAN buy these trucks, and that's one of the reasons I do not wear any kind of uniform when I am driving my truck around, because I have never served in the military, and do not want to represent myself as being in the military when I'm not. She was kind of strange and not all there anyway and proceeded to ask me for money anyway. Ha ha. She said "You got a buck seventy five? I bet you do if you're driving this thing." I really can't stand when people assume that because you drive something like this, it means you are rich or something. Umm no. I spend all of my money on fuel to drive the thing around. ha ha. But since I'm a nice guy, I gave her $2 and went in and got my food.
323 miles on the truck now since new piston and cylinder liner. Still doing great. Engine oil still perfectly clear with no water in it. Engine coolant staying where it should be. Very happy.
Today I drove it over to Lincoln City, and went to Burger King. Sitting there in the Burger King parking lot, and this woman comes across the parking lot, and is looking real suspiciously at my truck, and at me, and then comes over and says "You aren't for real are you?" I was like "Huh?" "You aren't really in the Army are you?" Turns out she was accusing me of trying to pass myself off as a soldier. She explained to me how "there are guys out there who pretend to be in the army when they really aren't, and my friend told me the questions to ask them to find out if they really are or not." So I explained to her that civilians CAN buy these trucks, and that's one of the reasons I do not wear any kind of uniform when I am driving my truck around, because I have never served in the military, and do not want to represent myself as being in the military when I'm not. She was kind of strange and not all there anyway and proceeded to ask me for money anyway. Ha ha. She said "You got a buck seventy five? I bet you do if you're driving this thing." I really can't stand when people assume that because you drive something like this, it means you are rich or something. Umm no. I spend all of my money on fuel to drive the thing around. ha ha. But since I'm a nice guy, I gave her $2 and went in and got my food.
323 miles on the truck now since new piston and cylinder liner. Still doing great. Engine oil still perfectly clear with no water in it. Engine coolant staying where it should be. Very happy.
Added color for two Memorial services this weekend. Saturday at Ocean Shores, WA and today at Mountain View Cemetery in Lakewood, outside JBLM.
Also found out this weekend that my truck, the tan one, did desert duty in Iraq in 2003. Met a SFC from the unit and he clued me in on some of the history.
Also found out this weekend that my truck, the tan one, did desert duty in Iraq in 2003. Met a SFC from the unit and he clued me in on some of the history.
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sed6
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Thanks! I'm not sure a headlight refinisher would give me the results I was looking for. All had decades of grime on them and many had paint overspray from poor taping or just sloppy painting. I wet sanded with 400 grit to remove the paint and then followed that with 1000, 1500, 2000 & 2500 grits (all wet sanded). I finished them up with Meguiar's Plastic Cleaner (a very mild abrasive) then Maguiar's Plastic Polish (a fine polish) using my DA buffer. So 7 steps in all to get them sparkling new (times 10 lights times 100's of strokes per light equals 2 very sore hands)! So (but) in hindsight the headlight kit would probably work fine, but I had these materials on hand as that's the same process I've used to restore headlights in the past.
Truckoholic
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I really want to do that on mine, and was just today figuring that the heater core supply lines would probably be the best place to tie into. I was thinking directly in line with one of them though. But I can see how this setup would still allow the coolant to be filtered. And I suppose an added benefit would be, if the filter clogs up, you don't lose circulation to anything.
Sed6, I got the same results with a polish from the autoparts store, used to remove scuffs from ones paint job. It took a few minutes per lens, using the polish and a soft cotton rag. Mine were so bad I didn't figure that I could hurt them and I have had a couple of questions from people on where I got the new lenses.
smurph
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I removed the old rotted paneling from the M934 and replaced with new. The metal studs were wire brushed and painted and the insulation was removed to let it dry out.
The walls had been painted white previously by the military. So I went back white. New seals were installed to make leaking a thing of the past. The only thing left to do is put the window frames back on.
The walls had been painted white previously by the military. So I went back white. New seals were installed to make leaking a thing of the past. The only thing left to do is put the window frames back on.
TurboMustang370
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Does anyone have an injector puller/injector removal tool I can borrow for Cummins 6cta (M939a2)?
Photo for attention purposes.
Photo for attention purposes.
Another Ahab
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Those panels look like tempered masonite; is that all they are?