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Hence your recommendations for brake inspection, airline, and partsBrake locked up.
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No, the stalk on the steering column. It controls the horn, wipers, turn signals, and headlights.Hence your recommendations for brake inspection, airline, and parts
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Forgot to mention that the LEDs look awesome too! I am planning on eventually changing mine out.
When you mention carrying an extra turn signal, do you mean the bulbs?
I bought my M1078 from GovPlanet and drove it home about 900 miles with no issues. I did spend 5 hours with 2 people going over the truck before departure. Only problem I found before departure was a missing hose clamp on the lower radiator hose. I drove slow and stopped very frequently to check for leaks and hot parts. I did have a chase car and a lot of tools.Learning the unknowns are what make it interesting and entertaining for me.
I've posted the details of many of my trips. I presume you've read them... Never once have I had to have a vehicle towed by a wrecker service. I've yelled for help a few times when my number of blown tires exceeded my number of carried spares.
The thing about reading about breakdowns is that there is a selection process in place. People who break down post about it, and people who dont break down dont post as much.
My off the cuff statistical analysis says you have a better than 90% chance of no major problems on any given 2500mile trip for any randomly selected operational vehicle without a known problem before the start. I used to regularly drive auction trucks from Ft Riley KS to Tucson AZ.... a couple of years ago I flew to Chicago, picked up an M923 and drove it to Albuquerque NM. Uneventfully.
The thing is, there's always the possibility of catastrophic failure and a $1000 wrecker bill followed by shipping costs for a 20,000lb vehicle and a ticket home. But it isnt the way to bet. Not with a sample size of one.
A word on tires - every blowout I've had (except one) has been on a tire that passed visual inspection.
While my experiences aren't specific to the LMTV platform, I suspect that general reliability is close enough that it's the same game....
This picture speaks volumes....I got my M1079 from auction. Flew out and drove it home 1000 miles. Took as many tools as I could shove into the 50 lbs limit on a single bag. Temp tag and insured, first stop was NAPA and I ran thru my checklist. Had already had a spare belt and some hoses ordered and on will call at the store. Coolant, oil, cheep grease gun and a case of grease, etc, etc. Made it home with no issue. But I know of horror stories where things didn't go so well.
I recently used it on a 900 mile recovery. Had a u-joint start to go and pulled over instantly. We had the truck loaded with tools this time, but no u-joint. Had to have a runner fetch one from 150 miles away and get it out to us. Really wish I had splurged on the Tiger Tool, but as messed up as the cup was on one end I'm not sure it would have cracked it open. Anyway, 28 hours later we were back on the road after lots of trips into the shelter to warm up (thank god I had gotten the generator mounted and hooked up the night before) and lots of banging with sledge hammers, chisels, and pry bars.
Bring warm clothing, and pick up gloves (work and rubber), hand cleaner, toilet paper, a plastic tarp, drinking water, spare fuses (they can replace the breakers) and relays, flashlights, grease and gun, hose patch tape, spare hose clamps, coolant, oil, WD40, box cutter, any tools you can think of, etc, etc.
A trip can go any way, good or bad.
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$199 from Rome Truck Parts in Georgia. Buy it now or buy it later, but it will fail in time and it is a total PITA.No, the stalk on the steering column. It controls the horn, wipers, turn signals, and headlights.
Meh$199 from Rome Truck Parts in Georgia. Buy it now or buy it later, but it will fail in time and it is a total PITA.
The turn signal stalk does not break. The internal components fail and short.Well, I've also owned two trucks now w/o breaking my turn signal. ;p
But yes, I absolutely could wire a junkyard switch to the dimmer, wiper controls, and turn signals (all there is to it).
I could also take it a step further and hook up cruise control onto a proper stalk OR onto the wheel controls (C7 here and I know what's involved including the trip to CAT).
AND I could put the horn button where it belongs (old-school center of the wheel, I know a trick I've used on all the off-road cars that I've built).
I'm serious about changing the steering column as well. That really wouldn't be all that difficult of a mod.
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No the date code indicate it was made last year. This is NOT surplus. This switch is used in other vehicles.So the "surplus" stock just rolled off the manufacturer's assembly line? And has been stored in climate controlled storage since?
Hmmmm
But you're correct, it certainly isn't worth arguing...