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  1. coachgeo

    Second fuel tank automatic switching.....

    for manual valve in a tilt cab.... mount it on a plate X"xY" large.. cut hole in floor of cab.. that is that minus a bit... but not minus so much the valves dont fit thru hole in cab floor. Put a seal on the plate that squashes as the cab closes. then again you have to accommodate for...
  2. coachgeo

    LMTV Wiring/No Crank

    2003 is between versions I think. .. and around the time I think the manuals became embedded inside branching diagnostic software. The pdf-ish manual the software used is not classified. BUT... The software is not readily available to public though so it is very difficult to get to it...
  3. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    much appreciate. Murphy... 2 hours
  4. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    It's all unpacked so what's your bets? is wall/roof tarp: Pretty good, Usable, Minor Repair, complete :poop:.......... :carnac: Jumped on an Ebay solution just now to replace the end piece. Was vewy vewy painful. Tit over 500 smackaroos. Guess it is still a win.. got the whole LME...
  5. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    When Losing Becomes Winning / It's All Perspective. Losing- As reported- One end cover tarp-- badly torn.. Losing- Maximum-ish 500 bucks to fix/ Minimum around 350 bucks?? Winning- Very first bundle of tarps unpacked had this in it..... giving time to start looking Winning- 2 options found and...
  6. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Does an end need to go on before the roof/wall roll installed?
  7. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    well on second thought maybe. Remember; crane. (Cherry Picker) situation here is working from UNDER the frame and not the outside of it and anything that has to be reached, must be reachable from roof of box or cab without moving truck, till the tarp is holding itself up (and Cherry Picker...
  8. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    So hook the Eaves pins in first (first pins before peak)? Then go for the peak ones.... that would reduce wind issues... had batted that option around. Friends helping.... been trying for that for various things for 4 years and offered barter, pay, etc... total fail. Must be...
  9. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    yes.. not a workable safe option "in this situation" IMHO.
  10. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    what size rebar for the two stakes on each leg? quick measure seems hole is 3/4.. but that was ruff measure. Steel on aluminum (galvanic issues)?? Am guessing 5/8 or 1/2 Rebar. 3ft w/6" bent to a 90degre? . Maybe a gob of Anti Seize?? or even wraps of electric tape just before final smack...
  11. coachgeo

    Not dead... Just raising hell?

    Operation "Raise a Tent"... a "Vewy Vewy Bwig Tweaynt". Ahhh hell... just found a major portion of the cover is torn. grrrr.. Plan is to have a place to do small things like... built an MV-RV https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/lme-maintenance-tent-erection.143775/post-2589058 PS-...
  12. coachgeo

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Not TOO it... but in preparation for it. Operation "Raise a Tent"... a "Vewy Vewy Bwig Tweaynt" https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/lme-maintenance-tent-erection.143775/post-2589058 PS- Page(s) of post follow above one as things have progressed. More to come. Video in the works. Reminder...
  13. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    ohhh... and btw... anyone got some ideas on how to attatch wall tarps to a spreader bar? Am thinking a 16ft 2x6 with 1"? hole drilled in the ends to fit an LMTV shackle. Would rather 17ft or longer... but that is not available around here. Plan thus far is.. > Spreader bar across tarp...
  14. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    SMACK DOWN... grrr Anyone got a source for an end wall. Appears one I have with the man door that may be beyond usable. its ripped up pretty badly. Just discovered this yesterday afternoon PS- started working on video editing. Its going to be a Stubborn mess. Everyone Vote tomorrow...
  15. coachgeo

    Double alternator

    After the alts isolated (ground all the way to the partnering Neg. stud at battery bank) ... am I correct in thinking that generic ground can be used for everything else no matter its voltage?
  16. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    It's called Stubborn ingenuity....... well that's my story and Im sticking to it.... (aka: Real life.... that's why my stuff looks like shit LOL)
  17. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Tell that too my phone that fell over while recording the most important part and I didn't know it till 20min. later. Lost the whole video of use three most efficiently raising the Final section. Thought it would help a member here....... but nooooooo.. Murphy had other plans. never said I...
  18. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Whole frame now Erect. No pills required.
  19. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Took me three hours to do the First Eave purlin on the second section. Mostly cause I changed plans and tried to use the ladder on the ground...and it aint small. 20ft..... extends to maybe 35ft? Lean style not A frame. Had in leaning on truck. What a huge waste of time. Went back to the idea...
  20. coachgeo

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Does one particular side of the tarp need to be laid in first before the second to make the Beckiting-lacing to work out right?
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