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  1. Wire Fox

    Smart start control box

    They don't seem to be on this site at all... I probably grabbed them from LOGSA a while back. I'm uploading them all here, and will report my own post to get a mod's attention to create a nice new collection of them in the TM section for everyone to find. Well, nevermind uploading them... I...
  2. Wire Fox

    Mileage

    Answer I see everywhere is 10-14 MPG for the entire range of engines and transmissions.
  3. Wire Fox

    HMMWV Fan Clutch Demons - Please Advise

    Well, I checked out the diagram that he mentioned and it looks pretty clear to me. You're saying that your setup is different than this? The pump is integral to the reservoir in a standard setup. If you only have two lines versus three and your pump assembly looks different than part E, you...
  4. Wire Fox

    HMMWV Battery replacements

    Those 24 group batteries are great for starting and will save a ton of cash. I just really need to keep the reserve capacity for running an inverter, radios, and a field sink. Since the much cheaper 31 group batteries aren't quite able to fit without that bit of modification, keeping to the...
  5. Wire Fox

    M998 Height (with Cargo Cover)?

    Thanks! I did go for it anyway this weekend and it did indeed clear the 108" without an issue. It appears that the M998 cargo cover and M997 ambulance have the same height. Sweet. Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk
  6. Wire Fox

    M998 Height (with Cargo Cover)?

    I'm about to disembark on a little camping trip in a few hours, but I know the route has a few lower bridges...does anybody know the height of a cargo HMMWV? The TM seems to only give the height of the the main crew area, but not of the canopy itself. The most helpful thing is it does list the...
  7. Wire Fox

    HMMWV Battery replacements

    Well, I officially bought the 6TL batteries from NAPA. They have a promo going on right now to get 20% off if you buy any 3 items online and then pickup in store...I threw in a coolant tank cap for $6 to knock $88 off the price of the batteries. The batteries and coolant cap together after...
  8. Wire Fox

    HMMWV Starter

    That engine looks entirely too nice. Hard to think that they were actually new once...
  9. Wire Fox

    HMMWV Starter

    No, he's saying that you must use a direct-drive starter, which is what's standard equipment on the HMMWV. It's tempting to use a gear reduction starter that's commonly used on the CUCV because of it's lighter weight, smaller size, and generally smaller cost, but the cable locations will be...
  10. Wire Fox

    waste oil stove

    I made use of waste oil in an H45 tent heater. It was clean diesel mixed with contaminated diesel, a small amount of ATF, and additional small amount of WMO. Probably 3 gallons of clean diesel to 2 gallons of assorted waste. Heater lit and burned it adequately, but continuously burned...
  11. Wire Fox

    HMMWV Battery replacements

    That brand is the civilian AGM battery arm of EnerSys, which produces the military AGM Hawker batteries. The Odyssey number is PC2250 for a drop-in replacement of a 6T. I haven't used one yet, but they seem to be unanimously declared to be the best 6T battery that money can buy, but it takes a...
  12. Wire Fox

    HMMWV Battery replacements

    I've got a few more wires in there then the standard configuration, so it's a little tighter for me. 14V lead is coming in off the alternator, plus I have multiple small leads coming in for switched power for the transmission. That does just enough to make the rear portion of the box a little...
  13. Wire Fox

    Slave Cable Solar Panel?

    For a maintainer, I use the Pulsetech system. I got a decent deal on one that came with a power distribution box (great fuse panel for about 18 circuits of both 12V and 24V), a battery state-of-charge indicator, and a large solar panel that seems to do well with keep batteries topped off and...
  14. Wire Fox

    HMMWV Battery replacements

    I was literally just spending yesterday afternoon looking into battery replacements. If I can't get a secondhand 6TAGM from one of the local salvage yards, I'm very likely to switch to a more common battery, despite wanting to actually run lots of electronics on my HMMWV... I was going to...
  15. Wire Fox

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Pretty smart to use the long bolts to keep the transmission lined up for easy replacement. Good work! Sent from my Nokia 6.1 using Tapatalk
  16. Wire Fox

    Hmmwv serial # / year of manufacture list

    Tough call. The data plate should state the most about the HMMWV. What may be the case is that the HMMWV could have been rebuilt in 2011 and it was given a new data plate with that year, and then it was titled as such.
  17. Wire Fox

    Harris ANPRV 150

    "You're not supposed to have that." It has an encryption device integrated into that radio which makes it unable to be sold to the civilian market. Either you've got an export version that doesn't actually have that, it's stolen (maybe not by you, but n somebody did), or it was accidentally...
  18. Wire Fox

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    I think I should order one of these...I have my final coolant hoses and passenger heater valve in-hand now and need to do the final drain and fill on my coolant system...with it already drained would be a beautiful time to throw in a block heater, since I should need to open this back up for...
  19. Wire Fox

    2 Questions: Block Heaters, and 12V/24V Jump Starting

    I'll add in my bits as well. No, the HMMWVs do not come with an electric block heater, oil pan heater, or radiator heater of any sort by spec. It's possible that one may have been added as a special requisition (or by private owner if you're not buying from GovPlanet), but don't count on this...
  20. Wire Fox

    New To Me 1994 M998A1

    You have no idea how many people are giving you a standing ovation from their corner of the internet for stating that you're reading the manuals and learning. FYI, all of your fuel delivery system is going to be mechanical. The fuel lift pump is mechanically driven and the injection pump is...
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