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When I was going to repaint one of my rear wheel my good friend Murphy decided to come by. So now I have a broken stud. It was not too hard to change out. Though will say not to buy a wheel stud at Advanced Auto Parts. The stud and the not are poorly threaded and have to be installed with an...

mtjbrown, I am keeping the wheels black. I have been repainting them as I go. I would have liked to have sandblasted them but a wire wheel and Phosphoric Acid seem to do a good job.

Here are some ore pictures of the black bumpers.

I was unsure if the black grill and bumpers would work untill it was finished. I was happy on the way to turned out. I will take some more pictures tomorrow.

Well I have been working 6 and 7 days a week so i have not had to much time to update my thread. Over thanks giving I was able to paint the truck 686 tan. This past weekend I was able to debug the electrical system and do the bumpers and grill. The truck is really starting to come together.

Recovery, I am lost on what you are talking about so I will definetly need some help with the registration. Good to have SS community to help out.

Drew, I was fairly new to diesels when i bought my truck but don't be afraid of them. Every thing that applies to a gas motor is the same for a diesel. The difference is check the injection pump. Run it hard and get it hot and then try to restart it. This will show a few problems like the...

I installed new heater hoses along with the radiator hoses. I have been dreading the idea that it might be the head gasket. I will do a new thermostat tomorrow and see if this fixes it. I read some of the other thread on the topic of coolant leaks and I will get a new radiator cap as well...

Recovery, I am planing on painting my tuck next weekend so any help is welcome. Also I am dreading the title process here in Florida my old lady got a driver license here and it took 8 hours. Any tips?

Recovery 4X4 I am camped out in the north part of loxohatchee. It is worlds different from the last place I was assigned. How do you deal with all the rust here? I have been here are few months and every thing is rusty!?

Thanks for all the responses. I check the hoses and every thing is tight and dry. I checked the crossover and thankfully everything is good. I fired up the truck and let it run for about a hour and no coolant leak. Very confusing. I did notice that the upper radiator hose never go pressure and...

I took my M1028 out on the road for the first time for some testing. When I got back to the house to check things over I noticed that there was coolant sprayed on the battery. I found some coolant by the Pass Alt as well. I looked for the leak but could not find one. I topped off the coolant let...

Well I was able to make some more progress on the truck these past few weekends. I redid the brakes on the front end. I refinished the hubs and repainted the wheels. i was very happy with the results. I drove the truck around a little as well and discovered a few new problems. One is a coolant...

Well after a long move and a longer time getting internet I am able to bring this thread back to life. After a few weeks here in Florida I decided to do some thing about the rust on my M1028. So I got some Jassco, black paint and a grill brush and went to work on refinishing the underside of the...

Today I was able to finish the patch and start on some other things before a sand storm hit. I did not have a chance to get a photo of the patch but hopefully tommorow. Installed some of OD Irons 6TL Optima Adapters. I had the new alternator in until there was a small problem of a broken bolt...

Shannondeese, I would like to paint my M1028 in digital camo like you F350. I am kinda in a time crunch here and don't have much time to work on the truck. How long does it take to lay out the digital pattern? and how long to paint a whole truck assuming all the prep work is done? Also is...

Thanks for the compliments. This is my first patch I have done. The hardest part was getting the piece out of the truck at the junk yard. It was hard to get it out as I had no place to plug in a grinder so I had to do it with small wheels on the end of a cordless drill a real PITA. Where I am...

Well with the long memorial day weekend I had big plans to work on the M1028 but it has been raining all weekend. There was a small break in the weather this morning so I was finally able to do some work. I spent Saturday at the Junk yard getting parts. I found a 86 1 ton with a hydro clutch set...

I was looking at using H1 wheels but I would like something lighter. how heavy are they? Also it there another source for them other then EBAY?

I looked around for these rims and they came from a border patrol truck. There is a set of them on ebay now that I would like to get for my M1028. What would be a good price for a set of four?