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It was because of the lousy way it was mounted, with five bolts smaller than the six holes. If you pushed the truck back by hand using the grill guard, it would move. When it had no engine, it got pushed a lot! The bumper was also mounted so far back that it was hung up in the bodywork, which...

One thing I should have mentioned earlier in the front bumper remount post- In an early post I had noted that the winch well in the bumper held water when it rained. Turned out this was because the bumper itself was tilted back a bit. Once we pulled the bumper off and remounted it 3/4"...

See his post above (#5), he also said so while we were PM'ing. Let him confirm for you, though. ;) Cheers

Condolences to you and your family, Papabear, and I doubt anyone here believes you owe an apology. Cheers

I measured, I was off the official MWO location by 1/2", so a tad further forward. I can live with that, and as my dad used to say "No one would notice that from a trotting horse". :D Cheers

Slow progress lately on the M715, as I've been away quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. I did make a run to the "big city" of Marble Falls because they have a Harbor Freight store. They were offering the $379 12,000 lb electric winch I was interested in for $120 off if you were a club...

Since Fuzzytoaster behaved in a most gentlemanly manner and withdrew from the contest to avoid dissension, should his vehicle not be removed from this thread so the votes can be distributed amongst the other candidates? Cheers

The Mite finally made it's debut a couple of weeks ago at a local car show. It drew a lot of attention and discussion. Only one person knew what it was! From others I got everything from "I drove these in the Army back in 19**, but somehow I think they were different", to "Is this a kit car...

Post #48 has been edited and a couple of pictures added to clarify the joyful goings-on involved. Cheers

If I had a video camera going while I worked on things, it would have a serious parental warning for children and those tender of emotion. Or the sound track would consist mostly of loud beeps. ;) Cheers

Great video, thanks. :beer: And looks like a lovely M725. I'll have to measure mine to see how close I got to the proper location. ;-) (Edit - I measured, I put it just under 1/2" further forward than the book says to). That first grinding squeal when your hole saw tears into the fender is...

Thanks! More pictures?? I've attached 120 so far... :p Actually, I have been trying NOT to overload the posts with too many pictures, I will gladly add more. If there is anything specific you'd like to see, I probably already took pictures of it, or I can do so, and I'd be glad to post...

I added some more pictures and a little text to posts 41 and 42 above. Meanwhile, I have been mostly dabbling with cleaning up wiring. Time consuming, but not much to show picture-wise. My major "to do" pictures are now mostly annotated with "done". On the grill guard, I found that the...

A good race this month, everyone got votes, no slackers. [thumbzup] Congratulations to Migginsbros! :beer: Cheers

It occurred to me that with a slight modification, the meme was appropriate for this thread too! :wink: Cheers

I second the Rapco paint, I've used it for over 20 years on my vehicles, wouldn't switch to anything else. 395s (currently used on LMTV/MTV and several other vehicles) are easily available and will fit on 5-ton wheels (from M809 or M939 series trucks) with no modifications, someone else will...

You're on the right track - check the ground on all the lights and the flasher unit itself, any bad ground in the system does odd things to the lights, like letting them flash sometimes, or flashing the wrong bulbs. The flasher itself may also have given up, some tend to be very easy to kill...

Work today was mostly on the brakes, since the truck was consistently pulling left on braking. Adjusting really didn't help much, so we finally decided that there must be a restriction in the right front brake line. Both the steel line and the flexible line to the wheel were replaced. We also...

On the topic of LEDs, the answer to why I used an LED blackout light also came down to size, but in this case, the size of the fixture itself. A previous owner had done away with the original blackout light and the holes in the hood where it had been mounted. Early on, I had intended to put an...

M151, I would think. it has the small panel in the center of the spare, and by looking at the "dip" in the middle. Mite with a spare has a flat tailgate all the way across. Cheers