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Hey,
My name is Andrew, I live in Ontario, Canada. I’m picking up my first hmmwv Thursday. An 87 M998.
It had a rebuild in 2007 by Maine National Guard it looks like. I’ve been a truck and heavy diesel tech for 19 years, specializing in emissions and electronics.
Question #1
Does the OEM skid plate/guard cage kit require drilling? If so how much? I love the idea of the kit, as we have lots of rocky logging trails nearby, but don’t want to necessarily drill 40 holes in the truck. So if anyone knows how painful it is, I’d appreciate it, Do some trucks have the holes and others don’t?
Question #2
My garage is like 2” too low, has anyone ever taken a few inches out of the exhaust stack? I don’t need the fording kit, as I don’t plan on submersing my pride and joy to that level, but all the cool tech and ideas were what made me fall in love with these decades ago. So I just think it’s neat but also looks really cool.
I don’t have a stack hands on but it looks like you could probably chop saw a piece out, reattach the curved tip, and then tack mesh back down.
Any reason this is a bad idea? Anyone done it?
I’m looking at the complete kit from one of the dealers.
Thanks guys! I have started buying paper manuals and downloading others so hopefully I can answer a lot of my own questions.
My name is Andrew, I live in Ontario, Canada. I’m picking up my first hmmwv Thursday. An 87 M998.
It had a rebuild in 2007 by Maine National Guard it looks like. I’ve been a truck and heavy diesel tech for 19 years, specializing in emissions and electronics.
Question #1
Does the OEM skid plate/guard cage kit require drilling? If so how much? I love the idea of the kit, as we have lots of rocky logging trails nearby, but don’t want to necessarily drill 40 holes in the truck. So if anyone knows how painful it is, I’d appreciate it, Do some trucks have the holes and others don’t?
Question #2
My garage is like 2” too low, has anyone ever taken a few inches out of the exhaust stack? I don’t need the fording kit, as I don’t plan on submersing my pride and joy to that level, but all the cool tech and ideas were what made me fall in love with these decades ago. So I just think it’s neat but also looks really cool.
I don’t have a stack hands on but it looks like you could probably chop saw a piece out, reattach the curved tip, and then tack mesh back down.
Any reason this is a bad idea? Anyone done it?
I’m looking at the complete kit from one of the dealers.
Thanks guys! I have started buying paper manuals and downloading others so hopefully I can answer a lot of my own questions.