What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

[Another Ahab]

its working fine, it only needed some love and attention..... what you do yourself, you do mostly better

Absolutely, johan77, you got a valid point there I think.

I made a living as a carpenter for a few years as a young buck.

I always told people (aside from the learning curve of any one task), that generally you'll do a job as good or equal of any journeyman if you tackle it yourself:

- You won't resort to the professional shortcuts of a piece-worker (understandable)

- And you'll take more time with it because you are going to keep seeing it everyday

A generalization, yes, but something sure to what you say!

 

[Bulldogger]

its working fine, it only needed some love and attention.....i found it in a rough (but complete) shape in a second hand store for a few euro's. sand blasted the cabinet and applied 2 coates of clear varnish, the machine itself i only cleaned out with compressed air, i have it for a year or 15 now, it was Always standing in the hallway here but was never used, untill i decided to give it a try to do the canvas repairs myself instead of running all over town to search for someone who does that kinda stuff....(they dont like to see me coming with something like a used heavy and for them dirty canvas cover) !! what you do yourself, you do mostly better

I cleaned and refinished one of those w few years ago, purchased at an Estate Sale after the death of a neighbor. I gave it as a present to my best friend's wife who is a quilting enthusiast. It counts among her most prized possessions now.

I'm going to look at a Pfaff 245 this weekend. It is rusty and needs love and attention, but it is a professional upholstery machine and will be a useful tool for me if I can restore it.

Always glad to see others doing some stitching. Good work!

Bulldogger

 

[johan77]

I cleaned and refinished one of those w few years ago, purchased at an Estate Sale after the death of a neighbor. I gave it as a present to my best friend's wife who is a quilting enthusiast. It counts among her most prized possessions now.

I'm going to look at a Pfaff 245 this weekend. It is rusty and needs love and attention, but it is a professional upholstery machine and will be a useful tool for me if I can restore it.

Always glad to see others doing some stitching. Good work!


Bulldogger

Thank you sir,

good luck with restoring , i think with that machine you have a heavy duty one, can stitch 10 times thicker material then my singer i believe !! nice, it's a keeper !

 

[MattNC]

Finished fabricating and mounting my modified copy of a Luverne brushguard. Was going to add the expanded metal but liked it better without it.

 

[Another Ahab]

Your rig looks REAL good, MattNC, nice!

 

[johan77]

installed the new oil pressure gauge, still waiting for the sender to arrive and we will see if there's something diffrent…(hoping, hoping hoping…..)

can someone take a look at their front windshield? still didn't figure out in wich direction the seal should be mounted..with the flat side pointing outside or inside ?

thanks

 

[Another Ahab]

can someone take a look at their front windshield? still didn't figure out in wich direction the seal should be mounted..with the flat side pointing outside or inside ?

Those kinds of problems are the worst.

When you don't know for sure, and it's a 50/50 chance of you getting it right.

That's when the Wrenching Gods will get you:

- You will get it all installed, and then find out (after you are finished), that you got it backwards

- Happens every time

The WG'S will be hooting and hollering, and LAUGHING!!!

You will be crying...

 

[johan77]

Those kinds of problems are the worst.

When you don't know for sure, and it's a 50/50 chance of you getting it right.

That's when the Wrenching Gods will get you:


- You will get it all installed, and then find out (after you are finished), that you got it backwards

- Happens every time

The WG'S will be hooting and hollering, and LAUGHING!!!

You will be crying...




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hahahahahahaha yeeessss !!! so you know how it goes most , not all the time ! hahahaha That's so cool

by the way, i just realized that i put the question also on the wrong forum....its from the windshield on a deuce and a half....not a hmmwv

 

[Coug]

hahahahahahaha yeeessss !!! so you know how it goes most , not all the time ! hahahaha That's so cool

by the way, i just realized that i put the question also on the wrong forum....its from the windshield on a deuce and a half....not a hmmwv

I thought it looked a little funny. Just installed windshields on my HMMWV, and the seal didn't look anything like that.


So now I have the windshield done, reverse circuit and working lights, tailgate, license plate bracket and light, and been crawling around underneath it hitting all the grease fittings. Still waiting to get the SF-97 and go convince the licensing office that it's safe to drive. 2 uncles recommended the same licensing office, one owns several commercial trucks, and the other is a cop, and my aunt offered to go with me since she knows the lady behind the counter.

Now just to figure out what to do about the red dot system lying in the truck bed. Obviously it's been disconnected part way, as the lines unscrew pretty easily between the two parts of the unit, but haven't decided yet whether I want to just completely remove it or figure out some way to mount it. Kind of hard to make a decision on that when I haven't even decided what type of cab I'm going to do on it.

 

[Coug]

Removed the red dot aircon from the truck bed and cab area, need to figure out whether it's safe to leave the compressor installed with the serpentine belt on it or if I should get a different belt until I'm ready to reinstall the rest of the system.

When removing a couple of the wires I saw a bunch of rivnuts in the floors between the seats. Thought they looked like a good place to install some ammo boxes for storage.
Added some eye bolts to the ends of a couple 40mm ammo cans, drilled some holes in the bottom and bolted them to the rivnuts. Should work well enough for locking storage, and they hold a lot more than your average glove box does, especially these days.

 

[MississippiRifle]

Hid mine in the bushes. Wooking fower a waskaly wabbit.


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[gtboy1986]

Been trying to fix my 94 humvee power steering problems though it was the hoses come to find out it's not the hoses, so now I have to remove it to find out where it's leaking from plus found some broken bolts and where my exhaust leak is coming from I have a huge hole in it but at the end of the day I still own a kick ass humvee

 

[Another Ahab]

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Hid mine in the bushes. Wooking fower a waskaly wabbit.

No pics and who knows why?

Can you re-"pic" please?!

 

[MississippiRifle]

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[Another Ahab]

Great shot!

 

[Frost0071]

Installed my new belt tensioner


Also installed the rear bumper and I'm now working on the rear winch


By the way during cleaning the HMMWV I found some marking under the paint. I tried to google it but I could not really find something.
I would like to know a little bit more about my HMMWV thanks

 

[rcamacho]

Installed my new belt tensioner
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Also installed the rear bumper and I'm now working on the rear winch
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By the way during cleaning the HMMWV I found some marking under the paint. I tried to google it but I could not really find something.
I would like to know a little bit more about my HMMWV thanks
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Love the turnbuckle tensioner mod


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[Wire Fox]

Decided to straighten up the radiator fins. NG mashed up the top of the transmission cooler and all of the power steering cooler. Now they're nice and orderly (thanks NAPA fin comb!). After that, I dove into replacing the pitman and idler arms, but couldn't quite finish the job (currently stuck on removing the pitman arm from the gearbox). This left my HMMWV currently stuck outside my garage in a heavily walked area, so I left a note on the steering wheel for any nosy people that decide to fidget with my truck while I'm at work.

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[twisted60]

4th of July Parade Here in South Florida. Left the flags up for the drive back to the house (about 2 hours, I took the long way to keep the speed down) got a lot of honks and waves. Sorry I took only 1 picture, that's my Humvee in front of the ambulance.

 

[Crapgame]

Well done, Twisted-6-Zero! I'm looking forward to next year and Veterans' Day this year.