M977 HEMTT Acquisition

[ken326@yahoo.com]

Anyone know how I locate a hemmt close to me. I'm in northeast Pa looking to see one up close before buying one. Any advice?

 

[JDToumanian]

Anyone know how I locate a hemmt close to me. I'm in northeast Pa looking to see one up close before buying one. Any advice?

There's only about ~140 in private hands, spread out across the country... Unless you get lucky to find someone near you, you're probably going to spend a day driving to see one.

Jon

 

[Uamakua]

Good afternoon I am curious where di you find the PTO solenoid??

I cannot seem to find the PTO solenoid anyplace can you point me in the right direction for this part? I have a 986 that needs this part replaced. Thank you very much!

Brett

Is the Jake break working? After I put a new engine in mine I left the Jake unhooked as it wasn't working right before. I want to hook it back up but I'm not sure where all of the wires go.

I have all of the manuals but the wire schematics are confusing.

So far I have replaced the motor, alternator, batteries and the PTO solenoid. I also removed the ether start system and added a block heater. Lots of work but these trucks are awesome.

 

[jjb]

Anyone know how I locate a hemmt close to me. I'm in northeast Pa looking to see one up close before buying one. Any advice?

Are you going to the Sussex MV show in April. I will probably be there with my M977.

 

[jjb]

I cannot seem to find the PTO solenoid anyplace can you point me in the right direction for this part? I have a 986 that needs this part replaced. Thank you very much!

Brett

It's on the right side of the trans. It has 2 wires and 3 hoses connected to it. 2 of them go to the PTO.

 

[Uamakua]

Ah sorry for the confusion yes I have found the solenoids my question was does anyone know where I can buy new replacement ones?

 

[Uamakua]

Any idea where I can purchase new replacement solenoids?

 

[UNIMOG-GUY]

Anyone know how I locate a hemmt close to me. I'm in northeast Pa looking to see one up close before buying one. Any advice?

There's a member here who has one in northern Virginia.

 

[jjb]

Any idea where I can purchase new replacement solenoids?

I searched all over and this is the cheapest option I could find. Almost $200.

I was hoping to find an NOS one but no luck.

http://www.finditparts.com/products...gn=confirm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=orders

 

[HASSON1911]

Making some progress on the hemtt and also putting her to work. So the CPK may not be an exact copy of the factory armor, but its functional and looks good i think. I do need to make headlight mounts or cut the holes out for the originals.

 

[DanM7890]

Looks great! Are you making the headlight box next or just make a pass through hole in the armor?

 

[HASSON1911]

Looks great! Are you making the headlight box next or just make a pass through hole in the armor?

That is the great debate, maybe need a vote because I'm impartial.

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[m715mike]

Personnaly, I like the look of the headlight box. I also have a feeling that you will get better lighting with the box as opposed to pass through holes. Just my .

 

[HASSON1911]

Personnaly, I like the look of the headlight box. I also have a feeling that you will get better lighting with the box as opposed to pass through holes. Just my .

True the only added benefit would but cut the holes and good to go vs fabbing a box and rewiring lights... To get to the hemtts lights is a task since they are buried behind the dash and all air components, I would rewire to their junction box for an easy job.

I do like the thought or fabbing lights like the new lvsr

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[HASSON1911]

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[Stalwart]

Making some progress on the hemtt and also putting her to work. So the CPK may not be an exact copy of the factory armor, but its functional and looks good i think. I do need to make headlight mounts or cut the holes out for the originals.

Be careful, some Army mechanics I've spoken with told me the HEMTT drives like a pig with the cab armor on.

 

[dk8019]

Be careful, some Army mechanics I've spoken with told me the HEMTT drives like a pig with the cab armor on.

I could believe that, it is rather amazing how the road manners change when you put 5-6 tons in the bed. It's not bad empty, but it settles down much more nicely with weight on the back end.

 

[HASSON1911]

Be careful, some Army mechanics I've spoken with told me the HEMTT drives like a pig with the cab armor on.

So far I put the grill because the military decided to take mine off haha it's probably all Ill do, so far only 550lb.

Id rather have preferred the oem grill

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[Swamp Donkey]

What about using some of the Buffalo armored light boxes that MWMULES has in the classifieds. If you decide to take off through the woods or run something over, you can just close the doors. Best of both worlds.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?154759-Protective-Armor-plate-headlight-boxes

 

[HASSON1911]

Got the truck to stretch her legs today, dam I hate being out of school and working 120hr a week... No time for army trucks. Anyways I took a short video for you guys. I'm currently working on a new vented grill and also bypassing the high pressure hydraulic filter.

https://youtu.be/ZcWdgQUQP04