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I love the replacement of the blackout lamp with the IR spot in the second-to-last picture. I've thought about doing that to my HMMWV if I ever pick up a set of NODs. Can't help but think that the sad, little blackout lamp would never be as much use as an IR flood light...

Glad I got home Friday night to miss that foul weather (though, a bit sad I couldn't stay for anything on Saturday...). Next year, my wife and I want to come stay over the weekend and make a bigger event of it. Will be a bit easier next year since we both will have an entire 6 days back on our...

Just be careful with those stainless steel fasteners. The risk of galvanic corrosion between stainless and aluminum is elevated. So is stainless and galvanized (zinc-coated) steel. Feel free to read about that kind of thing here: http://www.ssina.com/corrosion/galvanic.html Stainless is...

Money is always the perfect fix-all if you have the time to wait. I've got one very generous credit card that's got a limit big enough to buy a private party HMMWV on, but I shudder at the thought of actually putting a purchase that big on a credit card and paying the fees for that debt. lol...

I've been eyeing those key sets for a while. I'm about 95% sure I'll be buying one. Would definitely be nice to be able to lock up the HMMWV and a bunch of my cases with the same key! Glad you're bringing them out. Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk

Posts like this should go in the want-to-buy section. That said, HPG has them for $5 each: https://www.hummerpartsguy.com/BUMPER-WINDSHIELD-FRAME-FOLD-DOWN_p_18339.html If you've already searched for these, you were probably having a hard time because you've accidentally put an extra 1 in that...

Alright folks, I'm planning out the first major trip for my HMMWV and I thought I'd talk about it some here, also wanting to get some advice. To start, here's the basic trip plan. I've got a week-long event in late-July, early-August that I'm attending with multiple friends. My HMMWV has been...

I mean, I'd ride in one, but I'm apparently a glutton for punishment. Just need an ACH, some sunscreen, and imagination that I'm doing something cooler than riding in the back of a steel and aluminum box.

Oi, an Indiana representative is requesting my HMMWV for a parade on Saturday (Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade). I want to just go and enjoy the weekend at Haspin, but man, would it be a great bargaining chip if our MVs come under legal threat and I can approach this rep and say "Hey, remember...

Run your engine, shift though all the gears, then place it in park while on a level surface. With the engine still running, tell us what the fluid level is like. This really sounds like once you get running and the fluid passages fill up, your transmission is starved for fluid and loses...

Thanks for the experience tip. Personally, I used a second helper to start the bolts while I bench-pressed the started up into place. Was not a fun time that I have any interest in re-living (we had to do it twice-shim was installed wrong the first time), but it got done.

His model is very different than mine. Some of the core functionality may be the same, but the difference of engine means everything's different parts and different maintenance. It looks like that's one of the BT-400 models, but configured with a gas engine. Unfortunately, the BT-400s are...

Just a little small project. No biggie, right? Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk

I'm pretty confident that hole exists to install a lifting eye so that you can use a shop crane to lower it in place and reduce how much swearing takes place during removal/installation. The 400 amp alternators have a lifting eye like this installed for this exact reason (and those 400 amp unit...

I've eyed these for a couple years now. I want one, but not at $600+. If he was working in the $200 range, that's definitely low enough to make me re-count the dollars in my wallet and think about taking one off his hands.

Heh heh. I haven't had trouble with that yet, but I at least try to keep the RPM very low when cruising my echo chamber of a narrow street. My exhaust is pretty loud since I need to install new seals (all sitting in a box, waiting for my final transmission install so I hopefully don't have to...

Am I the only one thinking that maybe his generator has a bad output, which is cooking the headlights and wrecked his glowplug system? Have you tested what the actual voltage output is while running with a multimeter?

Inspection day! I went to replace the front shackle brackets and found out that with the newer revision of parts, the original bolts weren't long enough... that's going to be on order. But yes, inspections. I decided to look under the HMMWV. Pretty easy to see: an obvious class 3 leak from...

That's sounds like a trick I can believe in-and I think I've seen that before. Sounds like a stop by Goodwill for a cheap pot is in order. Good thing I already have a butane burner for outside, or my wife would murder me... Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk

Yep. Followed to the letter on mine and it was great in the garage. First time I actually drove it, it dislodged some more air bubbles and I ended up needing to do it again. I think the "letting it sit a few times" advice is pretty solid, as it gives air more chance to escape instead of doing...