Joined the Indiana MVPA today. Aside from being half the age of anyone in the room, I had quite a few guys there that were ecstatic to hear I owned a HMMWV, as apparently there are no known members with one of these in Indiana. If you ever wondered why HMMWVs seem to get no love from the MVPA with regard to legal protection, it might be because they just don't know we're having this struggle...
Also today, I finished installing my quick disconnect fan hose. That let me run the engine without the cooling fan and NOT spew power steering fluid, so I did just that. Naturally my PS pump needs bled, as it wants to make a lot of noise if I try to exert it at all, despite fluid levels being correct. All gauges read at least moderately correctly, at least close enough to know if I was having a major issue somewhere. Lastly, I discovered that I have a leak somewhere around my fuel injection pump, as there was diesel fuel slowly leaking across the engine valley and was not damp on the covers. While checking that out, I also saw that three parts shook out from somewhere and were now sitting in the valley. One is a large O-ring, and the other is a flat washer and rubber flat washer that appear to pair together. Anybody know what these go to?