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Have you considered offsetting the front axle forward? I offset mine and cleared 37 inch tires without having to cut the rear of the wheel arch. I have only 1" of lift due to the offset perch.

Honestly, I have freed up the driveshaft and beadblasted the ends. The splines are almost completely wasted away. I don't trust it so I plan to replace it soon. I was planning to let the driveshaft shop do the hard work of finding a boot or use that blue coating modern assemblies use. This...

Are the splines coated to prevent corrosion? I broke my transfer case because the splines on my front driveshaft seized due to corrosion. I do recommend using polyurea based grease for splines. They're shear stable which means the oil doesn't separate from the thickener when spun like a...

I use these crimpers for hooking up generators and doing battery lugs. Hydraulic shouldn't be necessary at 2/0. Crimpers, for 8 to 250 MCM AWG Copper and 8 to 4/0 Gauge AWG Aluminum https://www.mcmaster.com/7996K12

Do look into Lock N Stitch before welding. www.locknstitch.com

It doesn't have a boot on its slip joint. My M1008 broke it's transfer case when the front driveshaft slip seized. Lots of BS terminology in the add.

" If you ever worked on old Yamahas, you know they used Phillips head screw bolts." No Phillips screws on a Japanese bike. They are JIS cross screws. A Phillips screwdriver has the wrong profile and will strip JIS screws. However, a JIS screwdriver fits Phillips screws much better than a...

Is the HMMWV not isolated ground? In that case it shouldn't matter if a terminal touches the body.

I've done 800 miles in 1 day in my M1008. It was pouring rain. I was driving though Oregon which has 3 trailer trucks. I could pass them on the uphill but they would pass me on the downhill. Couldn't see see anything when they were next to me which happened regularly. Interesting trip. If...

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I dumped WAY too much ATF in my TH400 before I finally found the leak. The plug for the parking brake panel shaft had popped out. In fact, I rebuilt the transmission with my favorite Hughes kit and STILL had the leak 😢. I finally found it and hammered some copper tubing in the hole. Hasn't...

Can you get some donor steel rims and have them welded on your centers? For the M1008 I found a bunch of Dodge rims from 2000ish on Rock Auto. They were cheap.

If you have 17 inch rims Yokohama Geolandar MT are available in 37x12.5. Mine are under a M1008. I had to hand mount them because I didn't have a running truck at the time. They're not balanced and are still smooth at 65mph. I have load range D tires. They're made in Japan. I can tell they're...

The price tag is a bit of a shocker. It's $200 for an 8oz tube but that is a lifetime supply for normal people. I started buying a tube for every propeller shaft seal job which is close to $20k. It takes just over 4oz which means I can't use a tube twice 😉

I ask because I used to have a lot of pneumatic controls in my fleet. Many valves would fail every 2-5 years. The crews were using whatever white grease they had which was usually white lithium. They were supposed to be using silicone on PTFE grease. The petroleum greases caused premature...

Can you put two 12V heater plugs in series?

I see so much complaint about the CTIS systems. Is it typically the controllers that fail or the valves and seals? If it's the valves and seals what are you using as a lubricant?

If you got boxes of glow plugs someone was probably chasing glow plugs failures with junk glow plugs. I strongly suggest the 60G plugs as it is rare for them to swell during a failure. Does the truck have a ballast resistor on the firewall? The starter and/or starter solenoid should have a tag...

Look closely at the battery trays. There are little metal tabs in the bottom that fit the group 31 batteries to keep them from sliding around. I also believe the trays already have blind welded for 1/4 rod for the hold down. You can use the universal hold downs at the auto parts store with these...

The 12/24v system works fine. Don't mess around with a 12v conversion. The stock battery trays work with group 27 and group 31 batteries if you're looking for a less expensive option. If the low coolant light is flashing check for leaking head gaskets by running the engine with the radiator...