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As long as they are owned by .gov, they are not supposed to be operated. Even things with no power in them. Rumor has it that a facility took in a non powered tracked vehicle, transplanted a power pack into it and was operating it. When .gov came to inspect, get it back, whatever, they found it...

There is actually a list of people waiting for tracked things. Dunno if it is for a gate guard or what. I do know that another Museum folded and the ARMY has a mess of stuff on loan to them and they are swamped trying to get their stuff out of the folded facility and we just added two more things.

OK, I forgot yesterday, but remembered today!. If what you want isn't there, lemme know what you want and I can take detailed pics. Both of these are still ARMY owned, therefore, we do not run them. They are intact, still have everything needed to function, but not ours, so the only thing we do...

AND, I forgot to give a shout out to a good friend, BLK HMMWV on the tubes. If it weren't for him, the dots wouldn't have been connected to get things printed. He understood the Museum wanted to re-create the tubes and Matt needed/wanted wheels. Some horse trading and things happened. The HUMMWV...

Brent has always been great when I call to ask questions. I would love to get out there sometime and say hey. I hear he just had a DC9 delivered!

No, we do not, AFAIK. HOWEVER, I have not looked completely through the pile of TMs in the library trailer. There are alot that are in stacks and not filed by number.

Been outa town, will take some on Tuesday.

There are two at the Museum. Want pics? Still Army owned.

If you people have seen pictures and videos of the M551 at the Museum, yoiu will see/know it is missing some parts. While it is a runner and a fun one to run/drive, it needs visual love. Today, we received the first 5 of 11 smoke tube launcher end caps. First, a BIG thanks to Brent Mullins! He...

Failed air pack. IIRC, the TM in the deuce section has the wrong info on rebuilding. Sequence of assembly. Pay attention to the order you disassemble. It has been a bit, I do not know who has kits any more. MAYBE Big Mikes Motor Pool. There are two different air packs, a long that was the...

Start farthest away when bleeding. MC, Air pack, Rt RR, lt RR, rt INT, lt INT, pax FT, dr FT. Are you adding fluid, is it empty/low before you re bleed? Does your truck still have the fording stuff attached? A failed air pack can push brake fluid out of the blow by tube if all that stuff is...

Yeah, the rotors are pretty messed up. I was thinking the same on the strobe and other lights, but, nobody there in the dark. Did you see the tail rotor? It is in the shop. Came out good!

I went to the Museum today. ANNND, being the dip shiat I am, saw the manufactured item and forgot to snap a pic. It looks fine for a display piece. Nobody will know it ain't real. The cowls are painted....again, no pics. 1970's army aircraft green, not the dark CARC green.

M5 One of the volunteers, an ex-tanker, made a bbl out of wood. Haven't seen it yet, probably tomorrow when I go pick up a trailer.

Dunno. There is a place out this way that has been known to have once fired stuff. I do know someone that can load inert 40mm. Things are in the works....

Also did some work with the engine cowls. The co pilot cowl had the pivot frame/hinge wired up. Had no idea why until I messed with the pilot side cowl. The rod thet the cowl slides outward on and pivots up into the lock position was missing. I made a new rod. Since we have nothing to glue...

Also found something VERY cool! This aircraft, in it's last airworthy condition, was part of the Los Alamitos, CANG. I got to read, hold the logs for this. Last flight was logged by the pilot as a ferry to Fort Ord for decommissioning. I believe that is where the M% gun site was removed as well...

Gave it a bath on Tuesday prepping for paint. It, the paint on it is chalked and faded pretty bad. Some of the volunteer kids did some scrubbing on the tail, what a difference between the color it is to what the scrubbing reveals to what it SHOULD be! Now I know what the dark stripes on the tail...

You ain't kidding! Two center mount points and a V-band clamp at the inlet. Unless you consider the plumbing and harnesses as mounting points!

How do the hockey pucks center themselves in the cross member holes? What is the durometer rating on them? What length sleeve did you install into them to get the correct pressure into the mounts to isolate the vibrations the engine creates from the chassis and keep things from walking around...