I'm considering buying an LJ78 with a 2LTE engine that has had the head swapped to the 3L head. This seems like a common "upgrade" but I've read a few comments that it really doesn't solve the cooling issues and is likely to crack anyway. Does anyone have any opinions on that?
Thanks for all the replies. Even the person basically calling me insane :) My point was that I didn't know if these were dangerous or not. Now it seems I should assume they are and will not be driving them.
Sounds aweful but what I'm asking if that is likely to happen given the cracks you see in the pictures and the fact that they have tubes in them. I was also under the impression that these military tires are pretty solid and thick.
Obviously replacing them would fix the problem but I only need...
I bought a 1975 volvo TGB11 truck on the east coast and I'm wanting to drive it across the country to the west coast. The tires are old Michelin XS tires with some tread left (can be regrooved I'm told) but they have some sidewall cracks. Now they have tubes in them so I'm wondering if I should...