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Zip tie the shutoff back, start the truck, and take it out and work it for the day to top the batteries off. Keep a side cutter with you and cut the zip tie before you go to shut the engine down.

Battery condition will cause problems with the shutoff solenoid. Example, ran out of fuel, cranked a long time re-priming, now batteries are low, or they may just be old, on their way out, and need replaced.

Drivers rear engine.

Search “dot airline fittings” on ebay. Decent prices with free shipping, mostly from US sellers. Most of your fittings are 3/8 and 1/2 inch OD tube x npt thread

We should probably be driving with our doors off as well. If you don’t have time to unbuckle, you probably don’t have time to do anything else, before you do your superhero maneuver during a crash, be it bailing out, or the starfish method...

Before you buy a muffler put an add in the parts wanted section. IIRC there are several guy’s here with NOS for around $100.

A lot of interesting arguments. I don’t think I would feel right having my family members in my truck, if I was in the “will not wear a seatbelt in the MV” camp. How do you all handle this?

Look like two different shafts.

I’m a big fan of Darwinism. I keep my seatbelt across my lap but not buckled, just in case I feel I need it real fast...

Yep, they take forever to build heat without load, especially with 53 deg air temps, even at high idle. Judging by your thermal pic, your thermostat may have just started opening. The entire radiator will basically need to get over 200 before the shutterstat would want to open and engage the fan.

Nope, I’m very capable of holding my beer, and doing stupid sheet at the same time. Also you can actually feel snatch straps “bottoming out” before they break or start breaking other things. If you stretch far enough that you get a noticeable jolt before rebound, it’s time to try something else...

Also these winches aren’t as powerful as one would think. With 50’ of cable payed out, truck empty, on level good traction ground, tires aired to emergency, foot on the brake to lock all six tires, I can stall my winch fairly easily. But on a greasy down hill, you should have easily drug your...

The winch control tower lever mounts are a pisss poor design and flex badly, or break, if the cable, and or the hydraulic control valve aren’t moving effortlessly from lack of use. Get under the truck and watch the control valve while soldier B works the lever. You may have to lube and work the...

Mud bath, no doubt.

Sooo... what do you snatch a 40,000 truck with, if it’s stuck good? We used to snatch 5,000 trucks with a 7,000 truck and 120’ parachute straps until something broke. The tailgate likely saved my life that day. After that, we don’t snatch anything anymore, just brute force from a winch or equal...

3.9 Amps will never run a 5 ton winch! But seriously though, that pump should do decent, assuming the belt and clutch can handle it? Maybe 74M35A2 can shed some light on this? The pump on my M925a2 is rated at 27 GPM and 3000 PSI @ 3000 RPM pulling 63 HP, but is regulated down to 1800 PSI for...

I wouldn’t bother with the angle iron. A couple of cold chisels tapped firmly into place to act as a pickle fork should be all it takes, of course followed by a couple of good solid whacks on the exterior of the dog bone mounting brackets. Your not trying to brute force, pry them out, just...

Agree with all of the above, proved it to myself. These 8.3 will easily spin over with junk battery’s. If any doubt on the solenoid, or battery’s, 5 seconds and a zip tie will take it out of the equation. This is how I zip-tie mine in the run position. This is the stoped/fuel shut off position.

Yes, you need something to support the rear of the sides when hauling large loads.

PH516 PH520 I would go as big as you can afford. I think farmerboys was comparable to a 630.PH630.