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  1. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    That’s very interesting Steve I always thought automatic transmission can’t use any major slippery liquids Motor oil huh ? No wonder those Allison transitions are bulletproof units.
  2. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    in the humvee and humme rh1 world there is terminology called the vampire, when cooling loop brakes inside theT case, it floods with extra ATF that supposed to go through the cooler loop, it makes the oil go up all the way to filer housing through air tubes, the transfer case starts to leak...
  3. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Here is an example All second and 3rd generation Toyota Tacomas use very similar transfer case, all aluminum , split housing, Two main gears and chain, run by gear oil from factory.
  4. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    95% of transfer cases are aluminum housing, As far as chain goes, it’s just a connector between two gears nothing else, in fact if you examine 242, it would have been so much easier, tiny bit costly and probably forever solid unit. If they added the 3rd sprocket to make it a gear drive instead...
  5. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    OEM doesn’t mean always good or accurate 🤷‍♂️ ok granted, my T case chain lasted 60.000 miles, with ATF, I am sure gear won’t extend its life any longer, however why not try something that could be better in other ways. I’ll keep you guys updated as mileage goes up, I am so far at 780 miles, I...
  6. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    few reasons why I chose gear oil instead of ATF, i drive a lot, my transfer case gets hot, I had to replace the ATF every 15 to 20.000 miles, it was cooking inside and envaporating I had enough of that, gear oil a lot more heat tolerant than ATF. gear oil is also a lot quieter than super thin...
  7. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    I was just fortunate it wasn’t taken, California charges flat fee of 45 bucks for those plates to buy and 50 buck each year. My Hummer plate says H1 USA that was also available in 2018
  8. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Very cool I still have those 7k half shafts at the back, my humvee has about 300k miles They are starting to make ticking sound.
  9. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    My almost brand new M1123 getting washed . 48 miles on it. Thank you guys for paying your taxes on time.😇🤣
  10. HUMMER H1

    Any issues with running old surplus 37’s

    Shots fired
  11. HUMMER H1

    Any issues with running old surplus 37’s

    Mr TOBASH was supposed to come to California so we could go adventure with his humvee but he is too busy repairing human body parts.
  12. HUMMER H1

    Any issues with running old surplus 37’s

    awesome After you finish the humvee, drive the heck out it, 300.000 miles on mine and counting.
  13. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Sequoia national park today I replaced the transfer case chain few days ago and now I am running with gear oil instead of ATF.
  14. HUMMER H1

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    ❤️❤️🙏 Thank you very much, my old humvee never let me down😁🙏
  15. HUMMER H1

    Difference in parts ( pictures)

    what was the original 1985 humvee rear spring rates ? my humvee didn’t come with variable rate springs, and those new ones are 2200 lb rate,
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