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  1. J

    LED tail lights on the cheap

    So I was wanting to put LED bulbs in the rear tail lights and I wondered if I could just replace the bulbs. So I took apart one tail light and I was surprised to find it was half LED already. BTW, if you want to take apart the tail light to replace the bulbs, you just loosen the straight head...
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    Door stop strap fix

    So the doors in these trucks are stopped from flying open all the way by a strap at the inside bottom of the door. My strap was broken like this. The driver door would get caught by the wind, fly open, and hit the mirrors. The old strap was 2 inches wide and black. On Amazon, I found a 2...
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    Filter Part #'s

    I hope that screen shot from simp5782 does not pretend to show all the parts in an Annual Kit. I have the Semi-Annual kits and it has many many parts in it. Maybe a hundred. There are many small parts. The one thing I did not get in the kit was the maintenance CD which I am guessing shows how to...
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    What have you done to your MTVR today?

    MrChyes, Yes, I complained about that "8 days" being on the truck auctions and GP even sent me an email that I had not picked up my truck after a couple of weeks. I replied to the email and then they replied and said never mind because they know we must wait for the EUC. I guess they send out...
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    7 Ton cargo cover and hardware

    M813rc, "Not trying to be a know-it-all, but offering some constructive advice - the tarp actually goes the other way around on the truck. The triangular flaps should fold from the front around onto the sides, and the side ones around to the back. This will keep the wind from inflating your...
  6. J

    Got my truck

    1100 hours is good. I like a truck that has some time on it. If it has 10 hours on it then I am really worried. Why just ten? Some thing must be wrong if there is just 10 hours. My buddy is active Army and he says they are required to run their trucks every week. They start the truck, do the...
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    What have you done to your MTVR today?

    And another thing I did, was repair the cargo cover I got used. The cover looks good on the truck but there were some areas that were thin and also there were some small holes. So I used the spray rubber stuff to fill in the thin areas and I sprayed a bunch on the holes so that water will not...
  8. J

    7 Ton cargo cover and hardware

    I installed the seats but the pins used to attached the seats to the bed sides were missing. I used 1/4 inch bolts instead and they work but it would be better to use 5/16 bolts. Of course, use lock nuts so the bolts don't rattle out.
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    What have you done to your MTVR today?

    OH! I forgot to mention that if you are missing the bows, you can use 3/4 inch Schedule 40 PVC instead. I was missing one bow and I wanted something there while I round up another one and so I cut a piece of PVC 73 inches long and it fits perfect into the staves corner.
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    What have you done to your MTVR today?

    I pulled my seats out of the "trunk" and put them in. It took me 3 hours to get the seats out of the storage because they were really jammed in there. Plus who ever put them in there did not leave the rope in there to pull them out. So I was crawling under the truck trying to free them up...
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    What have you done to your MTVR today?

    MAdams, I tried your test on my truck and after I pushed the switch and let the accelerator go, the RPMs dropped back down to normal. The High RPM switch was on and the light was on. So the High Idle does not work on my truck. I wish it did because it is COLD here.
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    Got my truck

    If you have to prime the engine, I know how to do it. I guess I should find some time to write that up or make a video. Good looking truck! I am jealous of the ladder you have on the tailgate. My truck came with almost everything EXCEPT the ladder. It should not have hydraulic fluid. If it...
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    MTVR armor?

    There are two different types of armor kits for the MTVRs. I have photos of trucks with the 2 types and I some some additional information on it if you want to know. The government does not sell the armor and as you know, the armor is stripped off the trucks before they are sold. I know my truck...
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    7 Ton cargo cover and hardware

    I have the regular bed. There are 4 staves per bed side and there are 2 sides on each side. So that is 8 and there is one more in the corner up by the cab end of the bed. So you could put 9 sets of staves in if you wanted to. I think two of the sets are very close and you don't need to double up...
  15. J

    Air Dryer air leak

    I found an air leak on my truck. I had started the truck and I was going to clear some of the snow off of it when I heard an air leak. I could hear the leak because snow in the bed was melting and the water was running down onto the dryer. The water ran down to the bottom of the dryer where it...
  16. J

    7 Ton cargo cover and hardware

    Blhar15, you are correct but maybe we should say you need AT LEAST 7 sets. I see that the bed sides have places for 9 sets and the storage rack behind the cab has places for 8 sets.
  17. J

    What are the Tips for buying a MTVR ?

    I do not have any experience with driving or owning the 5 ton but I can tell you a few things. The seats are almost the same. There is a driver seat and a bench seat for two passengers. The bench opens and has storage inside it. The drivers seat is an air ride seat which is nice. There is no...
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    What have you done to your MTVR today?

    I would love to know how to fix the fast idle. When I flip my switch, the light comes on for fast idle, but the idle stays the same.
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    MTVR CTIS problem

    Wow, that is a lot of time spent on the CTIS. But I have heard that the CTIS can be hard to work on. Let me know if there is anything else I can do and best of luck.
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