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. INTERESTING... Four hours and ZERO comments until mine here at about 15 minutes after midnight...

. Busted he says... Tired Says He!

. But we can dream about having one. Maybe just the ability to sit inside of a cute little tank... It was pretty outstanding just having a very old M60 at Freedom Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hatches were welded shut and kids climbed all over it. There was a NCANG F86 Sabre Jet, a coal...

. When I got my first LMTV, and before I started reading the TM's, I didn't know about the air bags on the cab. That is the only air bags I know about on these trucks. Short explanation is that it raises the back of the cab roughly 3 inches. Greatly improves the ride for the occupant. It...

. Thanks @Ray70 ! I knew there had to be a voice of reason around here that had considered it before!

. Maybe some of the real Mobile Electric Power guys can chime in, but just converting from 24v to 12v is gonna cost you some serious money. The starter motors for example aren't cheap. I don't know the amp draw on the start motors either, but everything doubles when you go from 24v to 12v as...

. If you do decide to try this truck, squirting Marvel Mystery Oil (MMO) into holes where spark plugs or more likely injectors are for a week or so would be a good thing. I don't believe I would give any thought to trying to crank the truck after sitting that long. Squirting MMO on top of the...

. She sure looks sharp... Nice paint job and I'm really impressed with the seat. Most of them seem to get pretty ragged out after 30 years...

. Buy two at auction. One for the doors and top, then use the other for the other parts that weren't in a crash of some sort. Kinda sucks, but there won't be a new found stash of doors back in a corner somewhere. If that happens, somebody will be going to Leavenworth.

. Well... Part of the magic is since you own it - and chances are that you don't currently own a helicopter or a crane - you could remove those corner hooks and re-frame the corners. Square could work. What if you got aluminum? Maybe that would bend a little easier?

. Make sure that you have street tread. They might get all excited if you were driving around on steel track. Oh, and be sure to check the weight plates at the bridges!

. Nice! Really nice since and so cool that you guys will get The Thing into a shop somewhere and make her purty again. Maybe post a link to the Firelands Military Vehicle Group?

. In a perfect world everything gets put back exactly like it was. We all know that. But life happens... I guess I wuz a MoRon and didn't think about the crank still being held in place - during an in-frame rebuild. Like a big dummy, I saw a main cap. Then I saw the same picture oriented like...

. Dang... That's nice. Would have been easy for her to just keep walking and leave you standing there. A little bit of real customer service. Maybe even going above and beyond. I mean the entire experience has been a ROYAL PAIN, but at least that small thing gives the rest of us hope...

. I don't think - just my opinion - that replacing half or only the "upper" and "lower" on one journal isn't going to be any better than getting half of a bearing set installed wrong. You should be able to bolt the main back in place, then look - maybe even with a mirror to see the wear...

. Agreed! Magnifying glass... You should be able to match the wear pattern. Put it together, look, then try it the other way. With some magnification you should be able to figure out proper orientation.

. Yeah. If the need ever arises it would be a really nice "feature". I know I wouldn't leave anything that I own mounted up there to be exposed to the rain and weather. Without a full armor package to keep from getting your asprin blown off - why have a turret top? I know from experience...

. Yes Sir! And quite often - when that stuff happens - there are bite marks on the seat!

. If you have rattles or squeeks, go after it with some silicone spray or even WD40. Just remember. Spray something small and go for a ride. If you spray everything in site sight, you won't know where the squeak really is - that needs to be fixed properly.

. IMO, you need need to carefully inspect that crank journal. Does it have a scratch or scuff mark that is chewing into that bearing? Or, maybe more specific two spots? Possible that it has already been scuffed off by the bearing... Plasti should read the scuff if you can find it. Funny how...