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Why do the hubs stick out so far ? The dually hubs on mine look like this. Stock backspacing H1s bolt right up, the hubs do not stick out past the tires.

A trick I use during assembly: lay a bead of silicon RTV into the O-ring groove, install the new O-ring, assemble the wheel/tire but do not inflate right away. Wait a day or so, at least overnight. THEN infllate. If you inflate before the RTV has cured, then it just squeezes out.

Putting the Blazer on a diet is a formidable task, with unsatisfying results. You see all I have stripped off mine and its near GVW, well, would be if suspension was stock. There are multiple threads on the interweb with titles like "K5 on a diet" that will give you ideas. Some are difficult to...

That is correct. The CO2 is stored in liquid form, like propane, so there is alot more "air" available than a scuba tank would store. Regulated at 115 psi, can fill a 37" tire in less than a minute. Also can run pnuematic tools = my favorite thing to do. Well, second favorite. There is no worry...

Weight of a mixed/matched M1008/m1009: steer axle 3120 lbs, drive axle 3000 lbs. This is the CAT scale nomenclature. Thats an M1009 Blazer w/ M1008 pickup axles. No top, No tailgate. No back seat, trail doors +rollcage + 2 spare tires + CO2 tank Full of diesel Me in it (after lunch).

Oh wow.

Would they be good for rock lights, in your opinion? I did not think much of rock lights until I saw them in use: they are for the spotter, not the driver! Duh.

Is there such an animal as a CUCV with unmolested wiring? Rick?

Newscasters in PHX were fighting off laughter when the teleprompter, not having "haboob" in its dictionary, substituted "baboon." Beware of a giant baboon limiting visibility on interstate 10...

I owned a looow mileage M1009, previously owned by border patrol, specially outfitted with air conditioning. What I did not realize is that during a typical shift the truck was parked at a strategic vantage point, engine running, air on. So it has THOUSANDS of hours on the engine.

With a torch + welder you can do whatever you want. I like coloring outside the lines.

Yeah, I'll be doing the key/steering lock delete as well....that's so old school ;)

3 inch exhaust system. Recall it was straight piped before. I still have to drive to the trailhead (not a trailer queen), the exhaust w/no muffler exiting right behind the driver was giving me a headache. All better now.

Oh, a quick comment on 24 volt electrical: I'm not doing it for NATO vehicle compatibility or mil spec originality. A single line of arithmetic says that, for a particular power need, if I double the voltage then I can halve the current. That means wires can be smaller diameter, if they aren't...

Roll cage.

OK, the fuse panels arrived; back ordered for months. I'm thinking one fuse panel for 12V stuff, the other for 24V. You see, contrary to the crowd that migrates the electrical system to all 12V, I'm going the other way: 24V fuel pump, lights, fan, winches.

Automatic, yes. I could only get maybe 45 mph out of the A3, I did not know the Allison was the limiting component. I blamed that on the 6.72 gearing. I'll do some research on the 545, thank you.

I really liked the 3116 in the 'A3 I used to own. It doesn't fit into the M1009, of course, but, not one to be confused with facts, I want one anyway. A professional trucker tells me this CAT variant is considered disposable since you can only get about half a million miles on it then cannot...

"with a torch & welder you can do anything" Thats an old Indian saying that I just made up.