Recent content by Third From Texas

Have you tried logging it out and back in? SS pestered me with one of those "please wait while we see if you are a human" checks that runs in the background. So they (or we) updated (or refreshed) something I suspect.

One more note: I conceal carry. Period. But I know not to do so on base. When I first arrived at RRA I parked and walked up to the gate. I asked where I needed to sign in and asked where I could secure my weapon. A smug "Not here" was the answer from Gate Gomer in-charge. One of the dimmer...

btw: if you're a civilian and going frequenting a military base or places with government security are going to be a common thing, get a TWIC Card if you can. It's just a government approved BG check cert. You'll be done with your ingress paperwork in minutes not hours. Also, ask the guy at...

I have a story. My buddy and I rolled into Red River in my M1079 to recover a M1082 trailer I'd won at auction. We checked in and after about a hour getting all the clearance paperwork done, the soldier at the desk handed us a faded map that looked like it had been Xero'ed a thousand times...

There's a thread here about the 2.0 They aren't out yet (development). They'll be much more expensive, supposedly. And they protrude out a bit more (which could be an issue depending on terrain, I've seen guys rip CTIS valves off the wheels and tearing off a hub could be a bit more of a problem...

Pacifica center row seats (w/heater) New take-offs from a handicap van conversion. Picked them up from FB Market ($50 for the set, 10 minutes from home). Used the OEM sliders and fabricated a mounting bracket. I got pretty lucky finding the color that I wanted. I was after something with...

Also, note that there are two fluid reservoirs for the system (assuming that it's not a winch truck). One is by the pump and the other is below the hand pump. If you have the standard cargo bed, both are easy to access (an M1079, not so much). But you want to keep both tanks filled when it...

Get both kits. The Pump Rebuild Kit and the Latch Rebuild Kit. The latch misting fluid and causing a pressure loss is just as common (if not more so) than the pump. May as well renew both because when rubber bits start to go, it's time to watch the others (and the latch kit is cheap). As far...

Not mine. My old M1078 was a 1998 A0 truck (sold in Texas). My current is a M1079A1R But if it's an A1R, post some pics. Odds are good that we might know some history (not many in the wild).

One of the improvements that the A1R trucks got was a minor fix to the OEM seats. As anyone who has ever ridden in an A0 will tell you, there is a metal plate under the seat. In the A1R trucks, they deleted that plate. Guess what? Your arse doesn't bottom out on that metal plate is the metal...

And now the bad news. Your 2008 is technically an M1078A1R. The TMs readily available cover the early A0 trucks. Some of the electronic manuals (CD ROM kits) cover the A1. But the A1R stuff is till being used by the military, and those computer manuals are not cheap to come by (with all their...

I'm assuming that these are 3" shock bodies and 3" res?

I didn't see the answer on "how do you physically engage/disengage them?"

Interested, but not sure I can afford them at the moment. But if things start to come together with an order, I'd be needing a pair of front and rear for an A1R 2 front 2 rear

It's loud due to all of the above. Both the blowers (for the burner feed and air circulation) and the fact that it's ducted in a small aluminum structure to amplify it even more. Keep in mid the blowers run even when the thing is in cool-down mode. Then they all cycle back up with each cycle...