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My M998 is currently dead on the side of the road, 40 miles from home. This is the M998 that's been all over the country and never had a hiccup.
I'm thinking the fuel filter is clogged. I don't know of a source of a replacement that I could get faster than late next week. (Any ideas?)
I've got a CAT spin on conversion that I was planning to use on the redtruck. I'm thinking I'll just convert the HMMWV to spin on and be able to drive it home. Any reason not to do this? (This is the whole point of my post - the rest is just rambling.)
For the last three days Janet has been driving it back and forth to work because I stole her gladiator for a trip to CO to pick up a load of useless military surplus. She has been the envy of the hospital. Yesterday the CEO wanted to drive it, so she let him drive it to lunch and it stranded him. (!!!) They towed it using the strap I keep in it, transfer case in H and transmission in N. At walking speed, maybe a mile. They (not janet) also tried to start it using ether. (Ether is absolutely contraindicated. It's quite possible that they took a trivial problem and turned it into a major one. )
My CO trip was an unmitigated disaster. I blew two separate tires on the trailer, ended up buying tires and tools and broke a jack and dropped the trailer. I was out an extra day, and went way over budget for a trip that wasnt worth doing in the first place. I got to the hospital, tired and dirty, about 9pm last night. I tried to limp the HMMWV home, and gave up about a mile into it when it acted starved for fuel and died.
I'm going after it shortly, with a standard toolset and a towbar. But I'd rather drive it than flat tow it behind the gladiator. A spin on conversion looks straightforward and very do-able on the side of the road. Comments?
I'm thinking the fuel filter is clogged. I don't know of a source of a replacement that I could get faster than late next week. (Any ideas?)
I've got a CAT spin on conversion that I was planning to use on the redtruck. I'm thinking I'll just convert the HMMWV to spin on and be able to drive it home. Any reason not to do this? (This is the whole point of my post - the rest is just rambling.)
For the last three days Janet has been driving it back and forth to work because I stole her gladiator for a trip to CO to pick up a load of useless military surplus. She has been the envy of the hospital. Yesterday the CEO wanted to drive it, so she let him drive it to lunch and it stranded him. (!!!) They towed it using the strap I keep in it, transfer case in H and transmission in N. At walking speed, maybe a mile. They (not janet) also tried to start it using ether. (Ether is absolutely contraindicated. It's quite possible that they took a trivial problem and turned it into a major one. )
My CO trip was an unmitigated disaster. I blew two separate tires on the trailer, ended up buying tires and tools and broke a jack and dropped the trailer. I was out an extra day, and went way over budget for a trip that wasnt worth doing in the first place. I got to the hospital, tired and dirty, about 9pm last night. I tried to limp the HMMWV home, and gave up about a mile into it when it acted starved for fuel and died.
I'm going after it shortly, with a standard toolset and a towbar. But I'd rather drive it than flat tow it behind the gladiator. A spin on conversion looks straightforward and very do-able on the side of the road. Comments?