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Pool noodles also work well to help with the pooling.
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What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately
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I hope you rounded the plywood corners and routered the edges to keep the top from tearing.
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Finally took it out for a proper shakedown.
Came right to the edge of getting stuck...it took some doing though.
Beastly machine stock.
Came right to the edge of getting stuck...it took some doing though.
Beastly machine stock.
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Rounded an edges knocked down with a sander.
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Installed a ground kit - and wired up the relay and switch for a water tank in the bed we use for burning fields. Found my no-start - no wait light issue...TSU sensor came apart. But, I rigged it up and got it running - couldn't let a snow storm get passed me without doing some Humvee donuts. Mission accomplished.
Also pulled a stranded car off the side of the road. Young lady had more Mary Jane in that car than a whole smoke shop. Probably saved her from Johnny Law with all that on her person where she was stuck.
Also pulled a stranded car off the side of the road. Young lady had more Mary Jane in that car than a whole smoke shop. Probably saved her from Johnny Law with all that on her person where she was stuck.
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Installed a super cool dual volt gauge. $13 plus a pocket door handle plug and slipped it where the airfilter gauge goes. 
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so then where did you move the air filter gauge?
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That’s kinda where I installed my RPM gauge near that location but was able to
keep my air gauge. You might want to reinstall the air gauge somwhere. But it looks like a clean install. Good job.
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When I pulled my air filter restriction gauge to run a pyrometer I just tied it up and let it dangle behind the dash. It still works, I just have to get down and twist my head to look at it.
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tied it up under the dash. Still there
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Aligned the old girl myself today as none of the local hacks could or wanted to... Saved a ton of money and it came out perfect. Best of all I did have to bring it back 6 times to get it fixed right!!!!!
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Is that the rig described in the TM? Doesn't look like it. Could you provide more explanation of the tools/procedure?
BDGR
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Do you really need a gauge to tell you your air filter is dirty / in need of replacement ?
I ditched mine to mount a tach.
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I put my tach in the correct spot and left the air cleaner gauge in it's correct spot
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Ha !
I sure do love you purists !
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Whatever. Your the one that asked the question. they put the thing there for a reason.
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It wasn't "a question" really more of a statement.
These trucks are just like Jeeps or a hot rod, they can be built in whatever way the owner who paid for it deems the correct way.
Your the same type of guy who at a car show sits behind his $200,000 GTO in a lawn chair and watches to make sure people don't touch it.
To each their own my friend. No truck needs to be exact.
Those tires on your truck didn't come that way from AM General so ?
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You don't even know me so don't start thinking you do.
Most of the guys that own military vehicles don't like me when we are at a car show or a parade because I'm the only one that lets kids climb all over my truck .
Those tires came on my truck when I bought it 20 years ago when the picture was taken.
Truck doesn't even look like that anymore.
It has 24 bolt rims and MTA tires on it now
Just so you know this symbol ? is called a question mark.
You used it at the end of your sentence.
That makes the sentence into a question
Most of the guys that own military vehicles don't like me when we are at a car show or a parade because I'm the only one that lets kids climb all over my truck .
Those tires came on my truck when I bought it 20 years ago when the picture was taken.
Truck doesn't even look like that anymore.
It has 24 bolt rims and MTA tires on it now
Just so you know this symbol ? is called a question mark.
You used it at the end of your sentence.
That makes the sentence into a question
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A BIG DIY shout out to Infidel, 
YES you can and save while you learn. All along as with my other MVs, it's a DYI project. The minute you show up at a shop (paint, electrical, mechanical, even a oil change in your green machine it is like "OH HMMWV' must have big bucks. Well yes and mostly NO.
Story time... I changed all... ALL of anything that hangs from the frame. Control arms, springs, shocks, bushings, tie & radius rods, ball joints, etc. including 150 bucks in new bolts, nuts & washers.
When it came time to do the alignment, which was WAY wack now, I read the book and thorough it through. No fancy tools. tape measure, a long and short piece of square tubing, small protractor, level and my trusty creeper.
Working it all out, it's all shims and patience. Jack it up, pull it apart, take some out, put it back together, let it down, drive it around, measure and do it again with patience. The TM details how much and which shims adjust what, but for a first timer, I had to get the feel of it all. After the forth time camber, caster, toes in or out were in tolerance with extra parts "Uh-o" a stack of extra shims!
The reward/s are worth the experience. After all it is a hobby so it should be fun, right? The difference in rolling / coasting / off the line are day and night. Tire wear right down the center, even Steven, if that's a tire thing. Wobble, bobble, shake & shimmy NONE.
I don't see how a shop could or even would touch one for on the cheap, so you got a HUMMWV $$$$
Mine came with a life time guaranteed too, CAMO
Snap shots in no particular order>
the old stuff to scrap yard
YES you can and save while you learn. All along as with my other MVs, it's a DYI project. The minute you show up at a shop (paint, electrical, mechanical, even a oil change in your green machine it is like "OH HMMWV' must have big bucks. Well yes and mostly NO.
Story time... I changed all... ALL of anything that hangs from the frame. Control arms, springs, shocks, bushings, tie & radius rods, ball joints, etc. including 150 bucks in new bolts, nuts & washers.
When it came time to do the alignment, which was WAY wack now, I read the book and thorough it through. No fancy tools. tape measure, a long and short piece of square tubing, small protractor, level and my trusty creeper.
Working it all out, it's all shims and patience. Jack it up, pull it apart, take some out, put it back together, let it down, drive it around, measure and do it again with patience. The TM details how much and which shims adjust what, but for a first timer, I had to get the feel of it all. After the forth time camber, caster, toes in or out were in tolerance with extra parts "Uh-o" a stack of extra shims!
The reward/s are worth the experience. After all it is a hobby so it should be fun, right? The difference in rolling / coasting / off the line are day and night. Tire wear right down the center, even Steven, if that's a tire thing. Wobble, bobble, shake & shimmy NONE.
I don't see how a shop could or even would touch one for on the cheap, so you got a HUMMWV $$$$
Mine came with a life time guaranteed too, CAMO
Snap shots in no particular order>
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