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Safety-Rear Marker Lights Electrical Today I used the very little 15 minutes time I had to wire in the license plate light and the three rear marker lights. As mentioned above, I used the instrument panel spider wire harness. It was the best fit for this project because I needed 4 power outlets...

Safety-Rear Marker Lights Along with the back up alarm, I decided to add the three marker lights. I was unsuccessful securing the M939 under bed marker light brackets. Instead, I was able to source M35A3 marker light brackets for $10/each from TNJ Murray. Recently, I picked up the three NOS...

Safety-MRAP 24V Back Up Alarm Due to the inherit size of this truck, I decided this was a must for the truck. I have many kids in the neighborhood that migrate to the sound of the NHC250. With that, they seem to want to migrate around the truck while it is in motion. I found this MRAP 24volt...

License Plate Mount Well, I wasn't going to do this project but a prompting from a lawyer convinced me otherwise. Last Fall Little League season, a father of my son's teammate informed he didn't like being pulled over. He said my truck was a bit of a magnet and highly advised me I needed a...

Coolant Filter Install, Heater Hoses, Hoses Installed View I installed my Wix Coolant Filter housing. The biggest issue was location location location. Where could I put it to were it was accessible? Where could I put it were I didn't have to remove the side engine curtain? Where could I put it...

Installing hoses Thought this would be pretty straightforward with zero issues. And why not, taking the hoses off was easy!!! The only time consuming parts was backing the hose clamps off. This was not an easy step! Not sure if the type of hose was the issue. Most of my hoses are the new...

Engine Block Heater I wasn't going to do this project because I just don't drive her as much as I want to. But I figured since I have all the hoses ripped out...why not. I went with the ZeroStart because I have heard they last longer than the other ones out there. Heard too many issues with the...

Water Pump Belt Now after reading a few threads about this task, I was a bit leary about this project. Was the waterpump seal going to leak? Would I have to rip everything apart? This first part of this task was remove all the belts as the water pump belt is WWWAAAAYYY in the back (except the...

Draining Flushing Draining Flushing Draining Flushing Draining Flushing I spent nearly 12 hours, no joke, and about 1,000 gallons of water, maybe is was only 100 gallons, flushing the system out several times. There was nothing really to report here other than have patience and don't get in a...

Hey Scott, I know I know... See this is what happens when I get cabin fever. I've got another 5 1/2 weeks of leave left. Hmmm, the projects are stacking up;-)

Hey Juan, thanks for the heads up my friend. The valves I took off the truck to replace with the new ones are actually brass. Glad you said something about it. I already had them thrown into my garbage pail:-0. Looks like I'll have some NOS shut off valves in the classifieds soon;-).

PM-Coolant Draining & Hose Removal First order of business, drain all the coolant out of the radiator. You'll want to have some kind of funnel or hose, a few buckets w/lids, and patience. See the military and it's contractors strategically place the front air hook ups right under the radiator...

BFT Antenna With the BFT platform behind the cab and the BFT display in the cab, it was only fitting to put the proper antenna on. I sourced this antenna from a fellow Steelsoldier and actually got it today. I took several pictures for those of you interested on what this thing looks like. I've...

PM-NHC-250 Belts Here are the belts to replace the aged ones on my truck. I found many of my belts have small splits and frayed edges. Although, I have no problem replacing them as needed. That water pump belt hose is the only one that has me a bit nervous. So I'm replacing it. Then I figured...

PM-Coolant System (Parts) Before I hit a project, I research and plan accordingly before attacking. I'm a bit of a tactician when it comes to projects. It drives my wife nuts. I guess it's a military thing. During the course of the past couple months, I secured the parts necessary to replace...

PM-Fuel Filter Change We had some incredible weather today. Now was a good time to finally get that Fuel Filter changed out. I've had the truck a couple years and have put this on the back burner for what ever reason. I think since the truck was running so well, I didn't want to screw it up...

Interior Cab Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Cd6qEyAyA

Blue Force Tracking Display I'm thinking I probably should have purchased a HMMWV for the latest projects. After seeing a pic of a HMMWV's setup, I was determined to make it fit in an M939 series truck....my style8). I bought a broken BFT Display off e-bay and secured the BFT Display Mount and...

Projects in the making..... I've been busy accumulating parts for my upcoming project while on 7 weeks of leave. Here's what I have so far: 1) NHC 250 Blue Coolant Hoses 2) NHC 250 USGI Belts 3) NHC 250 180 degree thermostat w/seal 4) Wix Coolant Filter Housing w/Filter 5) HALDEX Air Brake...

SINCGARS Radio Mount Project I completed final painting on the MT-6352 mount yesterday. Luckily it was a nice, cold, crisp, and very dry day. It took no time at all for the paint to dry. Last night I braved the 24 degree weather with the tail end of the flu to get everything bolted in. Tonight...