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I checked my Evilbay buy from a while ago, but there wasn´t a part number anywhere. It was sold as "Rhino spare tire carrier repair kit".

There is a kit available for those parts. I bought one just a few weeks ago. I think I found it on fleabay, but am not sure.

The wire names on these switches are misleading. They don´t have a "ground" wire, going to actual vehicle ground. One lead comes from the battery 24 V +; and the other two are outputs to either the "run" circuit, or the starter (via the control box). The symptoms you have sound pretty much like...

Considering the top speeds that are quoted here, this is probably just a nice story: In the early 90s, I talked to an FAC of the 1st Armoured Div, at that time stationed in Germany. You know in Germany, at that time, we still had that "unlimited speed" on our Autobahns, so traffic was flowing...

In the bottom view picture, this looks like the "old" arctic heater setup. The heater itself was mounted in the commander´s footwell. The exhaust could then either be diverted to that oil pan cover, or could be exhausted to the right in front of the commander´s footwell. (You see that exhaust...

Ah, thanks very much. Pretty inconspicuous, and for sure better than the chain-and-padlock-number I´ve seen on in-service ambulances.

Hey, that´s a neat idea ! I could really use this for my ambulance.... Do you have a pic from the outside ?

I had the same problem on my HMMWV. First, it seemed to be a hose clamp on the heater water valve, but no matter how I tightened that, it continued to drip. Turned out to be bad corrosion on the heater valve itself. The corrosion had eaten very tiny holes into the underside of the valve, so...

The email adress indeed hints to the Czech Republic, a direct neighbour country of ours. The photo would fit that, looks eastern European. But I never heard of that shop. Might be some new business idea someone is trying to launch, possibly with a partner in the US. Not neccessarily a scam, but...

I have a pretty early 1985 USMC HMMWV that has all the insulation parts in your first picture. I think I read somewhere here that this kind of insulation was discontinued in later years. I´m not sure why they did that. Those rubber pads are for sure not a perfect insulation against motor heat...

Wow, that was a great idea. I never bothered to check those, as the auctions are out of reach for us non-US-citizens. But to see how complete some of those trucks are, makes your eye water. An M1045A2, looking almost factory-fresh, with all the trimmings and supplemental armor, and and gone for...

Great collection ! Would you have some pictures of the M996´s interior ? I recently aquired a TOW slantback kit with all the racks and holders, but am unsure about the placement of some.

Three months is a comparatively short time. Topping off the tank is done for vehicles with steel tanks to prevent rust, but with the plastic tank that´s not really a concern. What I would definitely do is use a battery tender. Lead-acid batteries have a pretty high self-discharge rate, and can...

Well, as this truck is more than 30 years old, it could get a "historical" plate, and then many things are much easier (no emissions test, for example). Only the headlights had to be changed to non-sealed-beam, sidelights changed to all yellow, and yellow turn indicators had to be added in the...

Thanks ! Indeed, I can´t even open the hood in the garage, as that roofbox is in the way....

Thanks ! If I remember correctly, it was at Chievres AFB, close to former SHAPE headquarters.

Hi everybody, I´m Arnd from Dortmund, Germany. I just bought a nice 1985 M998 in four-door softtop configuration. Growing up in Germany in the 80s, I almost daily saw US Forces vehicles on our streets. But the real day when the "green vehicle bug" bit me was at an open day on an USAF base in...