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. I owe you better, but here are pictures of the twins :cool: The really happy guy sitting in the white one (UN Markings) is my eldest.

. Clean oil is definitely good news! Hopefully then a radiator cleaning - or maybe a new one. Based on other posts just before this - SHOPPING PRICE - seems to be a real key to happiness

. Yep. Drive up, climb out and walk in to order and expensive cup of something and walk back out. Or maybe it would be more fun to slowly go through the drive through - if you aren't too tall. :cool:

. Not always - but is the engine oil clean? No milky looking gunk on the dipstick or inside the fill cap? Generally if the problem is that bad, I would think you would be gathering antifreeze in the oil by now. Might not. Could be that there is a leak straight into a combustion chamber -...

. It might be worth searching for a Warn 18k 24v Electric winch. They were used on MRAPs and frequently show up on GovPlanet. One of the guys with a M1078 recently installed a 17,500# electric winch on his truck. A member named @chucky built the front "pocket" for it to live in as well as a...

. I do have to ask why. Why use an oil that wasn't used by the military that got it where it needed to go for them. Why you would use AMS that is not approved by the transmission manufacturer is a bigger question in my mind. I know you don't have a warranty to be concerned with, but with the...

. That "calcium looking white stuff" looks like it could be restricting flow in the radiator. Might be worse where you can't see (or not). Di you have radiator shops in Florida? Old time shops that will "boil out the radiator"? It should look like copper and clean. That white stuff doesn't...

. Sure looks like 383 Green as a really good guess to me. Maybe somebody else here can interpret the GM Color from that number. If you happen to have a Glidden paint available in Germany - we might be able so get the label off a can for you. Their sign says "Cover The World" but I don't...

. Offer to help with his expiring Vehicle Warranty!

. Wow. That is a heck of a good story. Happy that everything went well. You sure covered a lot of ground in a short time!

. Pictures make it look like a heck of an adventure! Thanks for taking us along for the show...

. Turned slowly, that should work and not be a problem. Also going to suggest using the rear tire to rotate it if you have a manual transmission. (jacked up of course)

. Yes Sir! Those cab bushings are DANG EXPENSIVE. One of mine was completely gone when I got my M-1089. At the time, it just HAD to be fixed so I spent several hundred bucks. I grumbled until I installed them... So, for what it's worth, the difference in the "ride" was worth what I spent. I...

. Just so you know too... When you go update your post to remove your phone number - should you choose to do so - ANYBODY who replied to your post has to go back and delete that phone number from their post as well. Changing your original only fixes that post and not any "quoted posts" by other...

. Yes Sir... I am guessing that is where the term "Shade Tree Mechanic" came from. Not in a derogatory way either! Before I got an A-Frame or Gantry - whatever you want to call it - I have used a come-along, chain, and a tree limb to lift things. :cool:

. Could you take a picture of what you plan to install? We know for sure what a block heater looks like - but maybe not a block tank heater?

. Looks good and the fit and finish looks like the factory part... You might have saved a bunch of dough for all of us.

. Maybe drive it for a week or two or three - then check those bolts again. If they are loose, some (blue) thread lock might solve it. Brake parts cleaner will degrease the bolts and socket they go in to. Thread Lock won't work it the mating surfaces on bolt and what it plugs in aren't super...

. It really is difficult to fix stupid. We all know ways, but it could be costly. :-(

. Following the wire to the back - can you locate the "wire tag" number out back? If so, through the miracle of all the wires being the same color (not really - no miracle - just frustration) can only be wiggled out of the "clump of wires" up front is to wiggle and pull little bits at the time...