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I see the dog house cover. It's sideways in the front passengers seat.You are missing the turbo-doghouse cover, intake hose from box to manifold, a/c parts, doors, rear door fillers, You're missing headlights, although I see an LED light lying in one of the pictures face down in the bed. You're missing the battery retention bracket. Not sure if you have a passenger side seat and battery compartment cover that attaches to the seat. Mirrors are gone but can be replaced with aftermarket. The plug to the Cadillac Valve looks fried.
You might be missing PCB. You are missing the windshield washer water tank and pump. You need to pick up truck in person because in a couple of pictures the passenger seat is there but detached, and the turbocover is there but detached. THEY WILL DISAPPEAR if you don't get the truck personally!
Engine might be OK because the intake air hose is missing between the box and the engine. Turbo might be seized but a turbo cartridge is cheap.
You have a 4 speed tranny.
For New York DMV...i'm still concerned about registration and insurance here in NY. I don't have any off-road terrain here so I definately would need to register. Any guidance on current NY registration out there?
Well do it. Start a new thread.All these post have me itching to post my new vehicle to see what I have missed as well.
Didn’t think about not buying it but now want to see what the experts notice that I didn’t.
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He will because it is an 11 series A1.Not sure how a 2006 is an A1, BUT if it is an A1 you will not have a four speed tranny.
I cant disagree more on That statement...my advice has been to buy the mechanics of a truck and not it’s appearanc.I think defina
I think definitely rebuilt. I think it got that engine and a new speedometer in 2012 along with the super nice paint job it has. Then USMC drove it for 200 miles and parked it. Then some dumbazz mechanic needed a fording intake years ago and took yours, leaving the intake open to the rain.
Back to your original question, if I wanted a factory ECV turbo HMMWV I would keep that one. I would pick a nice paint job over a running engine. Paint job is weeks of work, engine swap is a weekend.
My advice on paint comes from my efforts in the past to paint prep HMMWVs like the one in the attached picture. NOTHING is more time consuming than attempting to prep a truck like this for a decent looking professional paint job. 5 or more flaking coats of military applied CARC with zero prep when applied, just paint over dirt etc. Can't sandblast it off, chemical paint stripper too slow, and DA sander takes a month plus you sand down the rivet heads which looks like crap. Agree with you that shooting the paint is super simple and most of these USMC trucks are so new that they don't have multiple coats of paint.[
I cant disagree more on That statement...my advice has been to buy the mechanics of a truck and not it’s appearanc.
I could cite you example after example from invoices here in the shop.
Paint is just paint, it’s purely cosmetic, blown engine and the cost to replace would exceed the purchase price of the truck. Because many have bought the cosmetics, I’ve gone for the mechanics, thus getting a mint running and driving truck
that needs a paint job, easily accomplished in 24hrs of labor.
The Gear Report truck did not have a fire, but was covered in mildew. Pressure washer and some cleaner and its glistening lol. But water issues do seem prevalent out of the Albany GA location. Ive been told it runs fantastic now after some trans work.Also Gear Report - I'm obviously no expert but doesn't the truck you just bought look like it either had a large engine fire or was set on fire at some point? The whole front end is well done and charred. I think I might prove you wrong with mine.
I'm tempted.Well do it. Start a new thread.