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Since I got the Humvee home and found out the engine is bad I’ve been back and forth on putting a Detroit back in it or LS swapping it. I have almost finished LS swapping a friends M998 here and after hearing his run for the first time I’ve made the decision to LS swap my Humvee. There are a lot of factors that pushed me that direction. Probably number one at my list was the how expensive a replacement engine was going to be. Second hand 6.5 NA engines aren’t readily available near me, but what I did find was people selling them for $3500-$6000 within a 5-8 hour drive. The second reason was that diesel isn’t readily available some of the places I go. It just seems that of all the pros for keeping a 6.5 in it there were way more cons. Brought home this low mileage LQ9 6.0 out of a Cadillac Escalade. I’ve got a few more parts to get and this other Humvee to finish, but once I’ve got all that taken care of I’ll be creating a YouTube build on the Humvee. 42” Nittos, small lift, LS, swap and a few other things. Should be rad.
That being said if anyone needs any really nice parts from an m1123, such as the starter, alternator, ect let me know. These parts look brand new. Located in Charleston SC, I’d rather not ship. IMG_4591.jpegIMG_4610.jpegIMG_4611.jpeg
 
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Should be able to yank that paperweight out tomorrow. This truck is so nice to work on, I don’t think it ever sat outside. All the bolts look brand new and the rubber is all soft and new. I plan on removing all the wiring professionally so that maybe someone else can use it. Idk. The accessory brackets on this engine are beefy and huge, wow. I confirmed that the engine still rotates on the crank bolt, hoping it’s enough to get all the torque converter bolts off without issue.
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Slowly cleaning this up since a lot of the factory stuff isn’t going back in this. Went through the breather lines and made some corrections so that all of that stuff still works. Almost have all the wiring removed. I plan on selling the wiring once I’ve finished removing it all. Really great condition with the only thing cut on it was where they removed the 24v connection for the radios. Part of the lift kit should be here tomorrow, so I think I’ll at least have the rear tires mounted up early next week.IMG_4736.jpegIMG_4735.jpeg
 
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Dropped the fuel tank today, sheesh. If you ever wanted to know how NOT to drop the tank let me know -I’m an idiot.

Started off fine, disconnected the lines through the access panel.

removed driveshaft

Unfastened the hose between each tank side -for sloshing fuel???

removed fuel filler and vent tube

Then went to drop the tank…. And here’s where it went wrong.

I should have realized that 2 of the fuel hoses are connected to the heat shield on the forward part of the tank. Ok I fixed that.

went to drop tank and it almost came all the way out, but the damn brake rotor guard kept it from dropping all the way. And that’s about the time I realized the tank was completely full of fuel.

what a damn mess. Glad that’s over with, now to air out for a bit.
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sail78385 said:
Dropped the fuel tank today, sheesh. If you ever wanted to know how NOT to drop the tank let me know -I’m an idiot.

Started off fine, disconnected the lines through the access panel.

removed driveshaft

Unfastened the hose between each tank side -for sloshing fuel???

removed fuel filler and vent tube

Then went to drop the tank…. And here’s where it went wrong.

I should have realized that 2 of the fuel hoses are connected to the heat shield on the forward part of the tank. Ok I fixed that.

went to drop tank and it almost came all the way out, but the damn brake rotor guard kept it from dropping all the way. And that’s about the time I realized the tank was completely full of fuel.

what a damn mess. Glad that’s over with, now to air out for a bit.
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Yeah, that looks like it sucked.
 
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Body lift was supposed to show up yesterday, but apparently it’s not coming till next week -dang. Should be cool. I’ve got some other stuff to chip away at anyways. Started cleaning some stuff up and thought it was interesting that the 2 small lines on the fuel tank are in a loop -what’s the point? Looks like junk to me. Had some Holley and ICT billet parts show up. Took some advice and added some mounts to the fuel tank spacers for the body lift.
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Your truck probably had a generator at one time or a heater that was diesel powered, one feed one return so they just looped them when they removed the equipment
 
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