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    Emergency measurement needed ASAP M998 seat plate

    Thanks, that's exactly the info I needed. Thanks to all who helped.
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    Emergency measurement needed ASAP M998 seat plate

    Need M998 to transport US Army Black Knights at an air show tomorrow and just discovered that my drivers side rear seat base plate and cushion are missing. Want to cut a piece of plywood so that I can carry a jumper back there. But my M998 is staged at the PDK airport and I'm not near it, so...
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    M998 front differential cover removal

    I'm away from my shop and manuals and want to pull the front diff cover to see why a small leak. Any tips or tricks to the removal? Got all the bolts out but two on the passenger side, one comes loose but cannot be removed as it bottoms out against the caliper bracket. The blt right aboth it...
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    Mystery holes in A2 fenders

    So, if we are thinking fire extinquisher bracket and the holes match each other on each fender, this would be a bracket on each fender. Any reason for two extinquishers out on the fenders? Maybe one a decontaiminator and one a fire ext? Two decontaminators? Don' know if I have a bracket...
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    Mystery holes in A2 fenders

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    Mystery holes in A2 fenders

    I will post the pic of the holes when I receive it.
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    Mystery holes in A2 fenders

    Looked at a friends 73 Ax today and pretty original, not a lot of Bubba mods. Missing lift rings and brackets on front, felt like holes in the rear for snorter and antenna mount. But, on each front fender, five hholes in same pattern on both front fenders about half way from cowl to grill...
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    M998 Reproduction Serial Number Data Plates?

    Now there are only 60 in stock. 4 headed my way. Thank you for this.
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    M998 Reproduction Serial Number Data Plates?

    I restore a lot of military vehicles and reproduction, blank data plates have always been available for me to stamp with vehicle serial numbers and DODs. But, I need two for two M998s that are being restored and I'm not having any luck finding some. Don't know if it's a military regulation...
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    Thread size for Humvee antenna base?

    Oooops, spoke too soone. After I moved all my mounts and bases between my two Humvees, one a slant back and one a soft top, I still come up a antenna wip lower section short. I have several of the small thread 6707 mast sections, but need one larger 3900 lower section. If anyone has one...
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    Thread size for Humvee antenna base?

    So, with a lot of trial error, here is what I have. It appears that the 3900 base is the larger thread and most of my bases and antennas are of this model. The NOS antenna base and antenna mast I just received is a 6707 and is a small diameter thread. So, I don't need any adapters as I have...
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    Thread size for Humvee antenna base?

    The first pic is the smaller of the two threads. The second pic is of the larger thread. Hope the numbers are readable.
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    Thread size for Humvee antenna base?

    Have several two piece whip antennas for the Humvee era vehicles and several spring bases and mounts. All are the same size thread and match up perfectly. I needed one moure base and picked one up in a estate auction parts lot. Mounted it to my mount M998 and it bolts up perfectly, but my...
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    iBis Tek incandescent light bar kit for Humvee?

    Here is the email I received from a Humvee vendor who's opinion I have no reason to doubt or believe he has any hidden agenda. That's why I'm coming here to seek "real world" experiences. Sorry hit the Send button by accident. The reason so man new kits were surpluses is they were designed...
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