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Best darn trucks ever built. Wouldn’t trade the 5 tons for anything. Where’d you find her?

Got a spare tire today, was originally with the truck but didn’t get to go pick it up until now. Needs a valve stem and possibly a gasket. Was heavy but not too bad with three of us. It had sat in a cornfield for over a year, planted around by farmer, got it in a dump trailer and dropped and...

Good thoughts. I’m going to probably stay incandescent for now with the lights. (BTW, how do I activate the hazards/4 way flashers? Never been able to do that successfully). I’ll try the business card on my suspected exhaust leak. Do I try and fire her up with that in there and see if it stops...

Found I might have an exhaust leak, Although I don’t think it’s the manifold. Rather, I think it’s where it exits the turbo charger. At first, I thought it was steam, since I have started up the truck on a damn 40° weather day, but it definitely smells like diesel smoke in there under the hood...

Trying to actually maybe make this thing road legal and DOT-passable (as much as one of these will). Ran it in the Christmas parade, where a shakedown voyage on this gigantic beast without plates wouldn’t draw the wrong kind of attention. At least I found a good list of issues I have in...

I remember a night spent in the cab of an M925, 31 degree overnight low that killed my phone and circulation to my toes. It may be rough but you will remember this adventure for a lifetime!

These kind of adventures are what first made me want one of these trucks. Keep us posted!

Sounds like an adventure to remember for a lifetime, keep us posted! The 5 tons are dub trucks to drive, work on, etc. What are your plans for her?

Couple little things. Need bulbs for the dash lights. Also need to replace the ABS fuse. Wasn’t getting the double triple click at power-up. Was it common for these to blow because of a particular fault? Went to lift the dump bed the other day and nothing. Uh oh. Turns out I’m low on fluid...

Interesting. So far, I think I am most partial to the "A0".

Dead thread revival, I know, but I've been wondering the same things...

Everything just takes time.

Ouch! Holding off?

It's like painting/remodeling home interiors- paint the walls, the ceiling looks dingy. Paint that, the trim looks bad.

Amen to that. Our trucks are actually a huge liability. One negative incident, given the availability heuristic of how human psychology and the news cycle work, work against our hobby in a big way. We don't need any negative publicity. Partially cleaned the local Dollar General out of...

I prefer nobody touches it, and their kids are super well behaved, but you just never know...

Propped the dump bed so rainwater doesn't pool.

OK, partial short list of things she needs at some point, in no particular order: -Could use paint, rust prevention in spots -Tires are old/worn/mixed (At least one is from 2005; for perspective in '05 I was in first grade, I'm now graduated with a Bachelors). -Electively fix CTIS...

Yep, it's definitely the A2...8.3, CTIS remnants, etc

Nearly a decade ago, I had my first ride in a deuce, a M109A2 made into a propane truck. It was loud, rough, the passenger seat was a pair of ammo cans, and the 14-year-old me thought it was neat but didn't give it much more thought. Up and down the rocky beaches where I grew up, Port...