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  1. coachgeo

    So what is in your....... Engine? (how to search parts break down for your engine)

    ok.... so here is how you look up your engine online. Armed with your engine serial number in hand . go to website https://parts.cat.com/en/catcorp/PartLookup?fbclid=IwAR0mukSHkQw8z-ivtLAwA0v4RWqsaQejwjFqnkMvjmGkzY37kBfOWkEjx7M . input serial number of your engine in the [equipment] box ...
  2. coachgeo

    Cracked U oil line thread??

    somewhere buried inside someone's thread in here is a discussion about the U hard oil line in the area of the Governor that cracked. Includes a picture of a nice replacement (looped) to reduce vibration hardening..... if I recall right anyone recall anything else about that thread that will...
  3. coachgeo

    Trailer "DUMP INSERT" anyone done it? (am doing on an M105A

    Did lot of searching but seems folk have only done a conversion of existing bed to dump bed. How about a truck bed dump insert installed in the trailer bed? Clean and easy.. and transferable to other trucks or trailers if sell or ?? Picking up a used insert for an 8' truck bed along with...
  4. coachgeo

    RE: Sticky LMTV/FMTV Quick Parts Reference Spreadsheet

    RE: Sticky LMTV/FMTV Quick Parts Reference Spreadsheet its been updated ... made more readable as well. You can also PM me with suggestions. Wes is on the road a lot etc.
  5. coachgeo

    White MTV burning side of road

    video posted on Facebook. with following information... Glenn Highway, on the hayflats going TO Anchorage. Driver is ok and unharmed. 10:00pm Have not been able to find same video on Youtube. Happened only day(s) ago? (20th?) Does not appear to be Duckworthe's. Does not appear to be...
  6. coachgeo

    test to get rid of red

    fail
  7. coachgeo

    EOD body cooling system help

    https://www.med-eng.com/products/personalprotectiveequipment/medengeodiedd/bcs4bodycoolingsystem.aspx since last I looked there is no TM's etc. for these cool suits and Med. Eng will not help a private person with info...... sooooo.. checking to see if any one has experience in here with them...
  8. coachgeo

    Intake air tube from Air Cleaner to Turbo 3116 M1078

    Intake air tube from Air Cleaner to Turbo on 3116. Part of it is plastic corrugated bendable floppy tube (Runs from outside of cab; at air cleaner to under the cab)... the other part in the engine compartment isss??? metal? Carbon fiber??? what is diameter of each? Got to come up with...
  9. coachgeo

    request pics of grounds associated with Bridge

    putting out a request for anyone to shoot pics or drawings that show location of the grounds on actual truck that fall on and near the bridge behind the cab that the Polarity Protection Box/Air Cleaner/Spare Tire attaches... AND most importantly where they go to from there. Truck working on...
  10. coachgeo

    A1R M1078 rear track bar setup is???

    Have not had chance to work on my track bar relocate in over a month. We got bracket plans but not yet at a point of no return on the brackets. Someone mentioned a FMTV expedition truck with a different track bar setup so it got me wondering what they might have done on it thus..... digging...
  11. coachgeo

    Wet..... Dry.... torque on lugs

    have not found it in TM's yet.. though it may have bit me 5 times and I still don't see it.... What is the torque rating for nuts on WET lug bolts (aka anti seize etc.) when tightening lug nuts? Dry is 400 to 450. but wet? Same question for bolts that hold two piece wheel halves together? Or...
  12. coachgeo

    Breaking beads.... on non aluminum

    Seths video and resulting comments brought this up (will link here) In comments to Seth's video shown here and on Facebook of breaking bead on aluminum tire it was mentioned that steel wheels are a total different animal. Someone brought up they used a hydraulic bead breaker and showed pic of...
  13. coachgeo

    What have you done WITH your FMTV ( trips, Rescues etc) NOT: fixes, updates etc

    Use this thread as the place for your trips, adventures rescues, etc. that do not warrant a whole new thread. For updates/fixes/repairs that do not warrant a whole special thread use- What have you done TO your FMTV For those.... "she kicked my arse today and other mishaps; like flat...
  14. coachgeo

    OT but relevant to out big trucks cause our cousins are participating... DAKAR 2019

    Our FMTV cousins are participating... DAKAR 2019 best under covered motorsport event in the world. THE DAKAR..... https://www.dakar.com/en XXXXX' yearly seems to have the best commentary and educated discussions on trucks like ours and other 4x4's in the Rally. Adventureriders usually the...
  15. coachgeo

    Stiffening bracket for cab?

    see these on occasion but not a mention of them on here that I've seen...... what are they and where do they go? Am thinking their for a heavier up armored cab that will need stiffened? 2590015315399 FMTV MTV LMTV CAB STIFFENING BRACKET CT116
  16. coachgeo

    difference in chassis MTV and LMTV.. can you swap them?

    granted some MTV are longer...... but beside that...... could one cut off the hucks from one to remove the items different (rear shock tower, or mounts for inverted leaf spring for example) and then just swap everything over after drilling appropriate missing holes?
  17. coachgeo

    "THE BUTTON" (A0) engine start defeat

    all's good for me. (for now) but another's plight made me wonder....... if you have an unknown truck delivered to you (or someone wanted to help and messed around in the Power Distribution Panel) and said truck ends up one with a no start senario (tries; but no go) there is lots of things to...
  18. coachgeo

    FMTV Trailer from Chesapeake, VA to Middletown OH (no bed)

    M1082 rolling trailer only.. Bed removed... been told it pulls fine. Brakes are chambered but should work. NO lights on it right now. Not in a huge rush so as late as early this summer is fine but sooner the better when it comes to being respectful to the seller who said he can store till I...
  19. coachgeo

    Thanks

    Thanks to all of the folk in here who offer advice, point folk in right direction (even if already missdirected) etc. Like they say...... we learn more from our (and others) mistakes more than we do from what has been done right. Extra big thanks to those new-sh folk on here who appeared over...
  20. coachgeo

    three 49" tires from North MI to Southern OH before the snowww flys

    Have bids running on Uship for these three 1400 R20's (no rims) with fork lift assist on both ends.......... but figured I should open to members here too. Should have done earlier my apologies. So far to beat Uship offers (that expire on the 14th) one would need to be around $220 or lower...
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