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Changed the oil on this Past Saturday and had some "Trouble" getting the filter canister to seal over the new filter. Tightened it three times before I was not getting any drips out of it. Sure makes you uneasy when you start considering each gallon is 20 bucks and removing the canister to...

Picked up 7 Gallons of the Synthetic Mix Rotella T5 oil for an oil change and... Bought off of GOVPlanet an S-280 Box on a spirt of the moment buy. I told myself if I can buy it before fees for less than a thousand I will get it. ... Sold for $997. LOL. So I drove 1450 miles round trip to...

I am running all HEMTT wheels. This sets the front wider and the rear narrower. The front tracks about 2 1/2 to 3 inches wider than the rear. If I was running HEMTT in the front only and combat wheels on the rear, like Simp is suggesting, the rear tires would track much closer to the width of...

I have been researching this quite a while and have a couple of takeaways with not having done this mod as of yet. 1. Many comments from others state that after adding a pyro on even a non-turbo'ed NHC250 that the exhaust temperature is way higher than they ever expected and after viewing it...

Bought from the MV Idaho Motor Pool Auction some parts. A mighty thanks to some of the other MV owners here in UT that went in on some of the bids with me and split up parts which made it a much more economical thing. Picked up 4 Torque Rod Ends, an NHC250 oil filter, a NHC250 head gasket kit, a...

I have never had synthetic in the axles or t-case. Had Valvaline 90w before. Has a 205 transfercase and Dana 60 front and Dana 70 in the rear. Averaged 67 or so mph, No overdrive in this, just a 3 speed auto.

Drove my Dodge 1990 12 valve Cummins 800 miles round trip to the MV Idaho Motor Pool Auction with this new Lucas synthetic oil in the Tcase and axles and counted a little over 19 MPG on the way up and 18.5 on the way back loaded with about 1500lbs in the bed. I have never had that mileage...

Can anyone out there with a M1095 measure the distance between the hub centers for me? I would like to have one of these M1095s and was wondering if I can put matching 16.00R20s on it so I can maximize my possible spare tire options. BTW, I looked through all the TM section and could not see a...

Fun knob. Question on the shifter boot that you have there. Where did you find it?

That is so cool! Looks like it came stock that way. Super nice job and thanks for sending the pictures.

Nice work! Would love to see how the exhaust out the back worked out and how the cross over pipe and the hood scoop was done.

It is my 1cent opinion, that once your axle shafts have been heavily torqued in the forward direction with "gusto", you should be very cautious when using the rig in reverse with the same zeel. Example, you wheel a lot and the shafts are "torqued" into forward flexing memory. Then you reverse on...

First day I had free that it wasn't snowing or melting like mad. Was able to get out and changed all 3 axles of their gear oil and the T-case to boot. Already did the transmission. Running now the Lucas 75W-90 Synthetic. All in all that was just shy of 13ish gallons. 3+3+3 for the axles just...

Is your shelter a 12 or 14' unit?

Will do. I think that is a great idea, experiment! I am glad to do that. If it works I can see a bunch of us on SS that run 16.00s and have had no options for chains for the rear, buying a bunch of them and going out and wheeling up,over, around and through stuff we never thought possible...

This will be the set of chains I make. Since there is not enough gap between the two tires, running a single set on each of the rears is impossible with 16.00 R20s. This will allow me to run off road a "track-chain". This will be two sets of chains mixed. (leaves about 40% waist from one set...

Yes, Moving the batteries into the cab under the passenger seat. This will help with "anti-theft". I would be doing a box. Haven't decided exactly how big yet but needs four batteries and a decent 24 to 12v converter and battery manager/tender built in. Box may need to extend over the floor...

Do be aware that when changing your tires, many have reported wrong thread direction studs intermixed with correct left or right hand threads. I found on mine that the previous owner had accidentally put the front left hub on the right and visa versa. To change the tire over to anything new...

The brake lines were an ideal match and went on without issue. Wheew.

Yes that was my pick up tube on the stock 78 gallon tank of my M813. My return line only had a fitting in the top of the tank and no tube at all going down into the tank. From reasearch, I understand that on the return, it is best to have a return drop tube so the fuel returns below the level...