What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

[plode]

That explains the marker light on the passenger side for sure, but the corrosion is pretty serious on that one. I cleaned a few up and they work fine now, but this one looks like it was sitting in the ocean for a few years

But the parking light on the drivers side looks brand new inside. Not even a hint of corrosion on the socket there. I cleaned the paint away and used new star washers...they dug in and the other lights that share the ground are working just fine, so I need to trace the positive wire more...or just run a new wire over from the passenger side marker light and cap the stock wire. Easier to do that than dig through the 20 wires in that harness looking for issues with just one wire(and they are all black wires).

 

[BigDawg41]

Nothing too exciting here but I did my first oil change,changed the fuel filter and flushed the dirty cooling system about 20 times on my new truck this week.I took it out to my first show today at a local Oktoberfest and met up with a few new friends with their military jeeps.

 

[Amer-team]

Took the 923 in for a front end alignment. Was getting some wear on the front tires. He said it was about 1/2 inch out. Maybe wishful thinking but it seemed to not wander now and I was not having to herd it home. Also last weekend we went to a parade, 190 miles round trip for me. Got 8 MPG. I keep a log book and checked it twice and am still in shock. We were traveling at 40 to 50 MPH.

 

[shadowdd]

Seat mount pictures

Pics of how you mounted them as well please! Thank you very much!

The two passenger seats have a 1" square tube welded to the bottom rails of the seat and those rails are bolted to the battery box lid with 3/8" grade 8 bolts. The drivers seat has a 2" square tubing welded to the rails of the seat and those are actually welded to the top of the springer seat base. I use the different size square tubing to get the seat all to be the same height in the truck. the OEM belts from the truck are a match for the buckles built into the seat but I did order three new three point shoulder belts along with a should guide that will be installed next. Here are a couple pictures of the square tubing mounts that were made.



Thanks, Bryan

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Replaced my old air dryer with a new MRAP Haldex unit. I was just going to disassemble the old one, clean it and replace the filters but I found the little plastic heater box was shattered. It was easier to just replace the whole thing.

 

[thenext44]

Installed 2 Led lights.

Started pouring just as I finished

 

[MyothersanM1]

Last week, with installation of my new drop side bed last month, I repainted the inside of the bed with the help of my son. We just rattle canned the corners and rolled the rest...no fuss and little mess. I decided not to apply bed liner coating as paint is easier to fix up if you get rust.

Today, I re-installed the staves, bows and corners on the bed then covered it all with camo netting. I reconnected the grounding strap from the frame to the bed. I also installed a pair of block bumper blocks on the tailgate.

 

[Coffey1]

Install these leds

 

[Ddmk18]

Installed a new Purair dryer from an mrap. And had a perfect working ctis until the other day I got 5 flashing lights. I tracked it down to the air hoses on the intermediate axle and replaced those. She's good as new now!!!!

 

[rhurey]

Suddenly boring I am.

Checked brakes.
Removed hard top, sand blasted, bondo on rust / mounting holes.
prime / paint / install. Need to fit better.
Replaced axle vents with line routed to cab. See if that fixes the leak in the front axle.
Noticed one front boot cracked. Ordered new boots.
Got supplies & spin on adapter for oil change.
Greased most zerks. Ordered adapter for ones couldn't get to.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

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Install these leds

You like them? I'm curious how you mounted yours. You mind posting a picture?

 

[Carlo]

Last week, with installation of my new drop side bed last month, I repainted the inside of the bed with the help of my son. We just rattle canned the corners and rolled the rest...no fuss and little mess. I decided not to apply bed liner coating as paint is easier to fix up if you get rust.

Today, I re-installed the staves, bows and corners on the bed then covered it all with camo netting. I reconnected the grounding strap from the frame to the bed. I also installed a pair of block bumper blocks on the tailgate.

Working on these trucks with our sons changes everything doesn't it? It does with me! Sorry to side track again moderators of SS.

 

[DJones]

I put the M925 in our local James Whitcomb Riley Day parade with the local Cub Scout troop.

 

[JarheadMtn]

I drove the 813 down the mountain BEFORE the snow hits. There I a little snow right above me and water is freezing and staying frozen all day long. I made the mistake a few years ago waiting too long and drove down the steep trail on ice. Not a fun trip as we slipped and skidded. I parked at a lower elevation where I have access to electricity and a level wide place so I can do some work on it this winter.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Finished wiring the 4 rear facing lights.



Made sure the suspension was working as it should.

 

[Capehenery]

Limo Service anyone?

Provided Limo Service to a wedding party. The AR's are dummies I also provided.

 

[zxmedic]

Yay tires arrived today

 

[Piper Cub]

I finished grading a road with my M925. The skiploader blew a tire and I didn't have time to go get a new one, but the road was still a huge mess. Kilroy the 5 ton to the rescue! A couple passes back and forth over the gravel and it's almost as good as the tractor would have been.

 

[MyothersanM1]

I finally took some pics of the finished bobbed drop side bed project.

 

[Plugugly]

I did three things today, got my title and plates from the DOT, built and installed a licence plate bracket/light, and fixed the leak on my rear axle. I built the license plate bracket to use the existing bolts on the bumper, and used a 24v LED light. I ordered a pre-made license plate light kit just for the Y connector so I can tap into the marker light wiring to power the light. The bracket was made of two different pieces of angle, big one to attach the plate to the bumper and a smaller one I drilled then welded on to hold the light. I'm not much of a Steel soldier, I only had "hunter green" spray paint on hand so it doesn't match really well, but you can't see much of it and it will be dirty soon.

The rear propeller shaft seal, I wrote up in a thread about that: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...al-on-a-M939&p=1620176&viewfull=1#post1620176