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So you have zero experience!I dont have any issues lol... thanks for yr help .. we have had 8 jeep wranglers
I have had jeeps my whole life. Nothing like the Humvee. TM’s are really good at solving problems. I think you are better off with a different vehicle. Humvee isn’t for everyone and that’s not an insult.With jeeps yes... wrenching on jeeps... humvee... no. Never owned one
Thank you .. ill keep that in mind. Thanks for your help... DenI have had jeeps my whole life. Nothing like the Humvee. TM’s are really good at solving problems. I think you are better off with a different vehicle. Humvee isn’t for everyone and that’s not an insult.
I want you to have the best ownership experience ever! I will ruffle a few feathersThank you
Thank you .. ill keep that in mind. Thanks for your help... Den
Yea I been on there.. I agreeCall RetiredWarHorses and get his advice and some info on pricing.
Auction trucks are a PITA. If you want to potentially spend a lot of time playing with it (repairs, maintenance, hunting for missing parts) then you can get a auction one but I would not recommend it. Lately they are auctioning crap.
If you have realy wrenched on jeep, thats always only simple cars, yu can wrench an hmmwvs. Thats the same... cars from the 80th...With jeeps yes... wrenching on jeeps... humvee... no. Never owned one
If you have realy wrenched on jeep, thats always only simple cars, yu can wrench an hmmwvs. Thats the same... cars from the 80th...
But if you only made a oil change and no work thats goes deeply... buy a 100% car and fix the issues thats comes around. If you are in wrenching, you would not say you wrenched on jeeps... you would say you are in wrenching..
ups... long way for the same... hmmwv is expansive.. so better buy a 100% truck when you not know the map!
[/QUOTE. If a alternator goes i fix it.... if a starter goes i change it..... put bumpers on wired lighting..... never pulled an engine... don't have that equipment.....
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If a alternator ... starter.. ect goes ive changed it.. done bumpers... wired lights... on tjs..jks and jls...... never pulled engine.... dont have that equipment lol.. all goodIf a alte
Thanks man... appreciate you allLet's wait until everyone beats me... but wiring is not wrenching.
At the HMMWV everything is so far visible and accessible. Sometimes with more sometimes with less pain. But everything is so far logical and developed with the focus on field repair.
So don't be scared about wrenching.
What I wanted to say is, rather buy something that is ready and tested. Everything you have to buy extra parts is exorbitantly expensive or costs you so much time that it is then also expensive again.
If you have parts stock and you don't care.... buy something from gov planet. The ready to go ones are bought by rich kids who have no clue, the parts donors by people who can just then build one up. For themselves or just to sell. The former have no idea but money. The latter are the ones you should buy from and apply what you learned while wrenching on the Jeep. Check bearing clearance, put it underneath, feel it yourself, drive it, use your gut feeling. Make your experience.
you will need a little bit more of this... but milcommoguy is right,,,, use your brain and think whitch brains the car is
I appreciate it. Im trying to get enough cash together for something mechanically sound. All the rest ill do along the way. . Thank you very much for your help... DenIt boils down to how much sweat equity, time and your tolerance for risk, buying a surplus truck is a crap shoot and as stated can take up to a year for all the paperwork.
It is much more challenging to work on than a Jeep, access to just about everything is much more limited, you will loose allot more skin working on a HMMWV.
But of course doing all the work yourself can be very rewarding.
Even if you go the "ready roll" route you will no doubt spend some time making it your own.
You will find allot of folks here that can help you along the way!!
Good luck on your adventure!!!
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I always ask the same questions when I see these posts.I appreciate it. Im trying to get enough cash together for something mechanically sound. All the rest I'll do along the way. . Thank you very much for your help... Den