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Or look at it this way; do you feel comfortable using a high power electrical device with the capability to electrocute you that was made by the lowest of the lowest bidders?
What we're looking at here Gentlemen, is an International Harvester M-5-6 that has been heavily modified into what looks like a brush truck or water tender.
When in service, it looked more like this:
Well, let me put it another way for you:
Back in 1986 when I first saw a HMMWV, I had to have one. Unfortunately back then, they weren't going to be available to civilians for quite a while yet, and I was just a poor boy with a part time job going to school anyhow, so it didn't matter.
But...
The desert racing crowd uses limiting straps to prevent the shocks from being the travel limiters. If enough force is applied, the shock can fail. Bad idea.
The Spring meet in April is the biggie. Largest MV gathering / swap meet in the West. But the Fall meet is a good place to get your feet wet. Come on out to any of our events and take a look. You don't even have to bring an MV.
If you want to get a good MV fix, come on out to our Camp Delta (Tower Park) Fall Meet in September. Just a short hop up I-5 for ya. You can even join the club while you're there.
Check out the photo archives on the website to see pics from previous years events. MVCC Photo Archives
I recently discovered that I have a Fiat Ram 2500 4x4 pickup with a 5.9 Cummins TD, and I really like that truck. It tows MV projects like nobody's business! If the 4x4 Fiats are that good, the 6x6 units must be spectacular! rofl
The hole in your picture goes into the bellhousing where your clutch and flywheel lives. It's supposed to be open. You don't want oil in there... bad for business. The hole exists because if you were turning your deuce into a naval vessel (fording) you would want to plug that hole to avoid...
The 8 bolt HMMWV wheels are for the bias ply tires only, and the 12 bolt units are for radials. According to all the TMs, it is unsafe to run radials on the 8 bolt wheels.
Hope that helps.
Yes, this is a very common problem. The front of the frame rails are open, and when the humvee is run down the ramp off a ship into the sea, those open rails scoop up the water, and since the back of the rails are closed, it just pools up in the low spots and eats away the frame.
I have heard...
The 8 stud wheel is for the bias ply tires, and the 12 stud wheel is for the radials. The 8 lug wheel pattern will bolt on the CUCV, but spacing is an entirely different issue.
Hope that helps.
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