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Almost done building my bobber and I had some questions about the rear axle lift blocks for the M105 suspension bolted to the frame. First, I'm sure aluminum is a no-go with the weight we're dealing with, but is cast iron ok? It doesn't need to be billet steel or cast steel? In particular, are...

I'm about to start mounting my M105 springs to my deuce frame and I wanted to verify something before I begin drilling holes this weekend. I'm hoping to use the measurements and existing holes for mounting as outlined on the XM381 website. Will centering the bed on the axle, based on those...

There has been an embarrassing lack of progress on the truck. Between work, part time grad school, improvements to my house, and fixing up my jeep the time and money hasn't been there for the truck, but the jeep is "done-for-now" and the grad school will be done in August so I should be...

I did not eliminate the master switch. I replaced it with a keyed ignition switch, to be clear. I agree on the 3 wire alternator wiring. I have a 2 wire alternator, so that doesn't apply to me.

^This Lt Dan, that is the first issue I see with your schematic, you will constantly be energizing the alternator field and killing your 12V battery. I highly encourage you to copy my schematic in post 125 of this thread. I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish different from my system...

The 5 tons have a fuel tank selector switch on the floor of the cab for their dual tanks.

My beautiful wiring diagram is attached. The relays let the 12V system come alive and turn off with the 24V system automatically, or work from an accessory switch. So when I get in my truck, I hit the main power switch and the deuce fires up, the 12V radio and CB turns on, etc. No extra flipping...

Hey that just might be worth the drive down! Let me know if you dig it out. Thanks!

I got my leaf spring mounts and plates from Ballistic Fab too. They were quick to ship and well packaged. Can't wait to hot glue them to my axle. Also picked up a passenger side step and battery compartment assembly this evening for $25. What a deal! Now I just need to get lucky and find the...

Sweet. That is pretty much what I'm going for, but I'm still thinking about if I can pull off a soft top...or both? I like the ladder to get to the roof rack. Good use of all that real estate up there.

When it comes time to set the M105 bed on there will be helping hands needed with rewards of beer and pizza.

Bed has been removed in a very painless manner.

Well in this picture below I found online, I circled the area where the strip is engaging the frame, and it is inserted in the channel in the direction of the arrow.

I didn't want to start a new thread on this. I went to put a nice new 3 color vinyl insulated soft top on my truck last night. I'm using door window frames from another deal, and they look old but still good. The problem came when I tried to slide the vertical window frame engaging strips into...

Well getting the air shift back in wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I went for a 10 mile drive and it functioned fine, shifted on the fly, didn't pop out of gear, no noise. No problems. I did stop and feel the case, the bearing ends felt hot to the touch, couldn't keep my hand on it...

Heath, as a project manager at a steam turbine repair shop, we always avoided welding castings, even with a high nickel content rod, preheat and post heat, it might not work. Metal stitching is the best repair, but not an economical option for me. And not to mention that case is already...

Ok, so the difference is not in the gears themselves, but the shaft they're on. I follow now. The remaining air shift parts I'm left with that could build one transfer case are not pretty, as you may recall the broken input shaft bearing, busted case, and also other items are worn like the yokes...

Thanks for that info! From that thread, I found this, and I was wondering if you could clarify it some more? I think I have all the parts left over from the two air shifts to convert my sprag to a spare air shift, but I'm not sure what you mean by the "remove 33 tooth gear from both rear output...

It was a long weekend. I'm whooped. I finished rebuilding the air shift during the week so this weekend I removed the sprag unit. It wasn't too bad, just about 8 hours needed, from removing the hard top to dragging the case out from under the truck with my civi truck and my surplus rigging...

Looks good.