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What tires are you running now? The Michelin XMLs seem a lot harder to get balanced than the Goodyears I used to run were. Every so often a goodyear would come out wrong, the XMLs seem to come out wrong half the time, even when I get them professionally mounted (although I claim I mount them fine).

Found it; https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?154062-FMTV-Air-Conditioner-Hybrid-Completed-Installation Post #1, the picture of his dashboard. Of course now I can't remember if the zerk/thing is above or below the bracket. Mine is an actual zerk I want to say, with the bearing and...

Yeah the Unimog people told me the same thing about the sign, except, I've never seen that. A guy on here, on one of the HVAC threads (black dash if this is running bells, he added A/C successfully), he has something on his door. It's like a rectangular olive drab thing, I remember it from one...

When the lower bolt was last assembled it was not loc-tited, and the last time I put it on I didn't use a torque wrench and then didn't inspect it for a year. Maybe a couple times I pulled on the alt to see if it was loose. I even had a TODO to PMCS that before I left because I knew it was an...

My alternator bracket didn't fail. A bolt fell out. Which was - and I have admitted this over and over to anyone who will listen - loose. A loose bolt worked out. Once it fell out yes it snapped off. Who can blame it? I'd feel suicidal too if my owner maintained me that poorly. About the water...

Also, I read the report. Michegin Scientific. They didn't mention anything about accessories on the engine cracking, or the water pump. They did mention of course the flywheel but we all knew that. If you have another report that says water pump covers crack, I would love to read it. And I...

I had driven the truck for tens of thousands of miles, and yet the water pump broke enough to be a detectable leak a few hours after being overheated so bad steam was blowing out of all the coolant hoses. You're saying that's a coincidence?

And you think this static part cracked because it was shook? I'm scratching my head at that one. Why that and not the oil pan, valve cover gasket, or innumerable other static parts also bolted to the same engine.

The housing didn't crack. The cover cracked. To be pedantic, but I think it matters for the purpose of this discussion. The cover it turns out is CNC aluminium and the housing is made out of something else, some kind of steel or iron. It's not outside my imagination that they have different...

So earlier on this thread there was a big debate about my failures, people talking about bolts coming loose, vibrations, all that. I examined the old water pump closely and it failed by cracking on the front cover plate (A $40 part). This is more evidence towards my original theory that the pump...

Why do I have a grease zerk (that is not connected to anything) and a bracket thing on the inner driver side door? It looks like something is supposed to go there. I looked through the -10 and couldn't find anything.

Got the air clutch replaced. The holes were not lined up with the bolts on the old one, so bodged up an air supply and it came loose after I hit it with a hammer a few times, thankfully. Wonder how you get one of those off if the clutch is busted and won't release. The water pump gave me a start...

A picture might help.

I don't think anyone advocates reading the TMs cover-to-cover like they are bedside reading. I have a FMTV, not a HMMWV, but, the TMs are probably some of the best service information I have seen for any vehicle that wasn't an airplane. They even tell you how to fabricate many of the special...

Lol what. Last time I needed batteries I just went down to oreilley's - literally - and bought some 6TLs. Took 15 minutes to swap all four.

Well done. If my truck ever moves again hopefully I can get around to this... haha. Let us know how it turns out!

So, I have to ask, how did this come to be?

I'll PM you when I know my schedule.

Nice!

Remember that time I drove up to Seattle for Christmas, missed christmas, and then stayed for a month... Picked up the radiator, fan etc from Will yesterday at UPS. Going to give it a go this weekend if all goes according to plan.