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If you are running the winches hard enough for the battery recharging to be an issue, then maybe look at the Milemarker Hydraulic winches instead. 100% duty cycle, so you can run them nonstop all day long, as long as the engine is running. Have you actually run into real life situation where...

Shouldn't be changes to PS reservoir or anything else that I know of. Main thing is the routing of the wire harness past the alternator. With the 400 amp it tends to rub on the alt, and get damaged. Biggest question is, why? Seriously. I've never actually heard of anyone wanting to go to the...

And again, tire lube will make removing and installing the rubber runflat soooo much easier than trying to do it dry. I used grease instead of tire slime, in order to hold the o-ring in place while doing assembly. I would assume it would also help the o-ring slide into it's groove if it...

Disassembly they can stick, so having some liquid tire lube (or some dish soap thinned down) around the edge of the rim to get into the gap as you pry will keep it from resticking itself as you go around

Still referred to it as a water buffalo in the mid 2000's.

What were the tires you were running? If they were the Baja or the Wrangler MT I would be suspicious of a failure at only 7 years old. If they were Wrangler MT/R then you were on borrowed time to begin with. The military had issues with the MT/R tires and mandated disposal of any over 5 years...

If you are nowhere near saltwater then it isn't as big of a deal to use stainless bolts with aluminum bodywork. If you live somewhere continuously damp, or especially near salt, then it's a bad idea to mix stainless and aluminum. If you aren't familiar with it, look up "galvanic corrosion" and...

The M1097R is a recapitalization program truck, upgraded from a different version into a heavy variant. Not an actual factory variant of the truck. If yours has a 3 speed, use M1097A1 in the manuals. If yours has a 4 speed, use M1097A2 in the manuals. Anywhere it says DEX II use DEX III. It...

I pretty much gave up trying to keep track of mileage in mine. Half the time I drive it it's either short trips, towing trailers, driving off road, or going through parades and such, so it isn't going to be consistent anyway. The few times I did keep track, it was between 11 and 12mpg for just...

yes, they should just flip upwards when working properly. The end twist is to adjust cable slack, and not something that will move when there is tension on the assembly.

Also to add, it isn't uncommon for the filter/dryer to be installed backwards/reverse flow by the military. Everything still works, but it's not really doing it's job properly. Any time you open up the system you should be replacing the filter/dryer anyway, and they are relatively cheap...

Use a pressure washer to remove most of the flaked CARC, and a scraper for the big chunks. Really yuo don't need to scuff it much; the CARC will soak up new paint like you wouldn't believe.

The early fording kit uses a different bracket than the later units with fender mount condensers. Not sure the specifics though

Lube order says OE/HDO-10 That's just a 10 weight oil. 10 weight oil is equivalent to ISO 32 hydraulic oil. Hy gard is between ISO 46 and 68 for viscosity It would probably work, but is a heavier weight, so might be a little slow, or might not. Low temp/arctic oil was OEA, which I can't find...

12 gauge is good for 20 amps, 14 gauge is good for 15 amps in the U.S. Just using "12 gauge high current 14 gauge low current" doesn't really cover what kinds of high or low current levels there might be; a 30 or 50 amp connection on the 240V side (or even a 30 or 50 amp 120V plug for an RV)...