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installed new 80mph speedo in the m1152.
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What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately
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I was in the garage - hey, what are these 4 quarts of gear oil for? OH! I never swapped out the gear oil in the diffs!
Easy enough job so I attacked it after work. 3/8 plugs, pull the fill plug, pull the drain plug, re-tape and reinstall the drain plug. Wrote "3/8" on the diffs with a Marsh white marker for next time. Pump the gear oil until it's juuuuust oozing out, re-tape and reinstall the fill plug. Repeat for the rear after running to NAPA for one more quart.
The fluid that came out the front diff looked new, not almost new but brand new. Some light greasy fuzz on the magnet.
The fluid that came out the rear looked almost new and the magnet was clean - like nothing on it.
The front took just over two quarts and the rear took just under three - so buy 5 and you should be good.
Easy enough job so I attacked it after work. 3/8 plugs, pull the fill plug, pull the drain plug, re-tape and reinstall the drain plug. Wrote "3/8" on the diffs with a Marsh white marker for next time. Pump the gear oil until it's juuuuust oozing out, re-tape and reinstall the fill plug. Repeat for the rear after running to NAPA for one more quart.
The fluid that came out the front diff looked new, not almost new but brand new. Some light greasy fuzz on the magnet.
The fluid that came out the rear looked almost new and the magnet was clean - like nothing on it.
The front took just over two quarts and the rear took just under three - so buy 5 and you should be good.
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You're seriously lucky you got all 4 plugs out...
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They came out no problem.
I did learn a valuable lesson driving to NAPA. Unzipping the soft-door window while traveling at 40MPH and keeping the truck on the road seem to be almost mutually exclusive tasks. I won't try that again...
For all 3 trucks I've touched thus far, I've replaced every single one of those plugs once I've got it out
For under a dollar each at Kascar, ordered a metric ton of them lol
Tried TIG welding aluminum for the first time, man it's a picky ordeal...
I'm making a new chicken shield out of aluminum since the steel one is too heavy for the bearing on my 10 series turret. This is like a feather so far compared to the steel one.
Anyway, I cut the shape out, had it bent on a brake, and I just finished welding the support bars across it. A few more pieces but hopefully it goes smoother. Some of the welds turned out pretty decent, some just look like globs lol
I'm making a new chicken shield out of aluminum since the steel one is too heavy for the bearing on my 10 series turret. This is like a feather so far compared to the steel one.
Anyway, I cut the shape out, had it bent on a brake, and I just finished welding the support bars across it. A few more pieces but hopefully it goes smoother. Some of the welds turned out pretty decent, some just look like globs lol
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Tested and fixed LF turn signal lights. Had to deal with galvalytic corrosion to the mounting bolts, bad ground. Installed new packard boots, bolts and fabricated a backing plate. Copper anti-seize on the mounting bolts.
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Replaced LR lower ball joint and serviced + adjusted hub.
Hub was mis-assembled & loose. Bearings and gears were good surprisingly.
Steering arm bolts were loose.
Ball joint bolts and stud loose.
Radius arm ball joint warn out, on the list now…
More discoveries of great work by Pvt. Sabotage...
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Hub was mis-assembled & loose. Bearings and gears were good surprisingly.
Steering arm bolts were loose.
Ball joint bolts and stud loose.
Radius arm ball joint warn out, on the list now…
More discoveries of great work by Pvt. Sabotage...
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Installed a 12v A/C in my humvee.
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Painted rack number stencils on the display weapons for the HMMWV. I like details with the display setup.
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Installing IBISTEK Ballistic windshield system on the new project 1167. We'll see how this goes. 
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get those wiper pivots replaced before you button that WS armor up…Installing IBISTEK Ballistic windshield system on the new project 1167. We'll see how this goes.
Did you come across new frames/glass or are you restoring an old set of frames and putting new glass in?Installing IBISTEK Ballistic windshield system on the new project 1167. We'll see how this goes.
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Found a set of IBISTEK windshield system and located a decent set of clear glass with minimal delam.
Finding new is next to impossible as I istek went out of business or rather was shutdown.
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OK, will do.
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New lens while working on hub service
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Did you polish it or bought new lenses? I bought the whole lens assembly cover (don't really remember from who) and i have water intrusion on it.
New lens while working on hub service
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Replaced my power steering fluid as i got water into the system. Fort lauderdale, FL was floded and access to my house was floded to around 37" all other fluids were good but i replaced anyway.
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Whole new lens. The plastic and metal retainer were broken
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Looks good, I just did the same thing with mine. Found them on Ebay fairly cheap.
New lens while working on hub service
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