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. Welcome to the Outfit! The thing to do is figure out what kind of wrenching skills you have and then maybe how deep your pockets are. Meaning do you really expect to put batteries into a $3500 truck and drive it home or not. Are you a gambler maybe? It could be a good deal in every way...

. Yessir, that will work! Being smart enough to quit before you bury yourself up to the axles. Much more difficult to recover yourself when the "mud suction" grabs hold of the bottom of your vehicle.

. Could be as simple as sucking air at the filter housing. Some folks screw them on dry. Others fill and attach. Having something wet on the rubber seal will definitely help you from "rolling the rubber". Oh yeah - and don't forget that you might have left the rubber seal from the filter you...

. I can't swear to it, but it sounds like you have some sort of air leak. Sucking air when it shouldn't be. Maybe go through the fuel lines and make sure that you didn't leave something loose or maybe something vibrated loose on that 20 minute run... Maybe?

. And all of us were in service back in the BCp days. Before Cell Phone Talking to son these days, it is pretty amazing how the "honor system" works with cell phones in the military. Ya ain't supposed to take pictures of anything - but with all things - there are those who can't follow the...

. I have a M1089 with a 3116 and then I landed a M1088 with a 3126. My neighbor up the street does a lot of grading and general ground smoothing. All of his guys wear CAT hats, so at some point in time we had to talk about my trucks. Of course I was all excited to talk about my "new" 3126...

. Red Roost Degreaser (I call it red rooster) Good stuff and reasonably priced. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/attachments/1669041515654-png.884721/

. Looking Really Good @Autonomy_Lost !

. Welcome to the Outfit! Kinda like @Ronmar suggested, the best plan is for you to follow the wires that are in your battery box now. We can guess. You can guess on the wires too - but following the wires with your own hands - will help you avoid letting out the magic smoke from the starter or...

. Glow Plugs generally work or they don't. Another thing to consider is that half of them might be "dead" and you don't know that unless you test them. If you have good fuel, good injection pump, a good fuel pump, and clean fuel filters - the truck doesn't have to use glow plugs to start. In...

. If you decide to be rid of the overspray on the vinyl numbers, everybody seems to have offered good ideas. If you want to lose the vinyl lettering, a heat gun will soften the adhesive and a plastic scraper (Gently Used!) will remove the lettering. Yeah, not your hair dryer - a real heat gun...

. I am guessing that you need that extra two feet of space for the new tank? Where the winch is now... And you don't have a possible need to pull something with a winch? One thing you need to consider is that "capping off the winch hydraulics" could stop the motor dead. Especially if...

. Your truck will be happy with 80w90 in the rear ends and in manual transmissions and transfer cases.

. Ouch! That is gonna leave a mark on you in the morning... .

. The "factory" instructions are in the TM section. Not necessarily what you need though. Recently one of our members @kendelrio added a set of these lights to his girl (5-Ton) named Bertha. His step by step instructions are linked below...

. Well... I guess it depends on "just how bent" your frame might be. I am roughly 2200 miles away from you, so I doubt you need a frame that badly - but I have one. Minus the hydraulic tank and the winch that was bolted to the other side. Might need to get more specific on exactly what I...

. Thanks @gringeltaube ! That link is chock full of good info about bringing old gauges back to life. .

. I think the OP question was cost per mile. There was no official list of what is included. It may have been a mistake for me to mention "getting it up to spec" maintenance, but it seemed relevant to me.

. You can definitely see if you have 12v or 24v feeding the starter. The bendix gets "kicked out" only when you turn the key

. Congratulations! So now it's time to go for a legal spin on the roads and highways... You hit the sweet spot with the local DMV. All you have to do is say thank you and leave if you encounter an idiot more often than not. Happy to hear that your transaction went smoothly! .