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  1. Awesomeness

    Wrong replacement engine fan...

    There shouldn't be anything stopping you. Have you had this truck a while?
  2. Awesomeness

    CAT On-Highway Preventative Maintenance spread sheet

    Probably not worth a sticky, but would be nice to add to the parts spreadsheet post. Really, we should just cut out the couple small sections of this that actually represent FMTV engines, too. There is only one section for the C7, and 3126, but which of the 3116's can FMTVs have? 3116 (2FR...
  3. Awesomeness

    Curious about best apparatus to put in 3.07 middle gears

    Correct, for a 6x6 you will probably want a transmission saddle, but I still don't think it will require anything fancier than that.
  4. Awesomeness

    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Eh, I don't blame them. There is no money in it here, so it's not going to help their business much. The DIY community wants everything cheap or free, so it makes sense for them to chase the mining and oil companies with deep pockets (e.g. who want it done NOW, at whatever cost).
  5. Awesomeness

    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Rudeness aside, my guess is that when they started posting initially, they really didn't think through who they were targetting. These are the guys at Acela, so by the time they posted here they had already sunk a ton of time and money into starting a real business to sell $100k+ trucks. Most...
  6. Awesomeness

    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    Perhaps, but they weren't really around long enough to find out, it didn't seem. They made a bunch of posts with lofty claims, and within a few weeks they stopped posting completely.
  7. Awesomeness

    FMTV Replacement Door Handle Upgrade

    You're resurrecting a 3 year old post. Not much every came of several kinds of parts FMTV Sales said they were going to make available.
  8. Awesomeness

    hydraulic pump repair kit..... alternative thread?

    I'm pretty sure it's linked inside by Fix document here in my signature. I put links to the sources for anything I put in there.
  9. Awesomeness

    Wrong replacement engine fan...

    Where are you broken down at in Colorado? I'm in Colorado. I tried to warn you in the other thread that you couldn't put the new-style fan on the old-style clutch. I have an old-style fan, if you need that.
  10. Awesomeness

    Colorado Bill SB19-054 RE: (Former) Military Vehicle Motor Vehicle Regulation

    Let me know what you find out. I have one to register too. I plan to play dumb.
  11. Awesomeness

    Colorado Bill SB19-054 RE: (Former) Military Vehicle Motor Vehicle Regulation

    Not totally sure, but the laws are specifically referring to motorized vehicles. Trailers are not motor vehicles.
  12. Awesomeness

    Curious about best apparatus to put in 3.07 middle gears

    Nope. It sat in the saddle/dish on top of the jack. One person kept a hold of the gears, and one slid the jack. It would probably work better with a transmission saddle on the jack, but it never felt overly-precarious. (And I'm not the type of person to do blatantly stupid things that are...
  13. Awesomeness

    Got driveshafts balanced yet? Otherwise, it's like a grenade ready to go off at any time.

    Anytime I look at the Facebook group, I'm amazed by what is asked, and how poor the answers are. I'm surprised they can get the trucks running at all.
  14. Awesomeness

    Caterpillar part number for Engine fan?

    It says "parttarget.com" right in the picture.
  15. Awesomeness

    Got driveshafts balanced yet? Otherwise, it's like a grenade ready to go off at any time.

    There has been a rash of posts on the Facebook page of people destroying stuff because of unbalanced driveshafts lately. One guy cracked his engine block, just like I did.
  16. Awesomeness

    Curious about best apparatus to put in 3.07 middle gears

    I just used a floor jack, and it worked ok.
  17. Awesomeness

    Caterpillar part number for Engine fan?

    Also take note that there are two generations of fans. The original one is all plastic (I've got one if you need it) and uses the rubber bushings to go together. The newer one has a metal center hub. However, if you change to the newer fan, you also need to change to the newer fan clutch...
  18. Awesomeness

    Caterpillar part number for Engine fan?

    If you aren't aware, there is a military TM parts manual (-24P) for these trucks. That's the first place to start for part numbers, then work out from there, trying to cross reference with civilian part numbers. Many of the part numbers in the TM are already civilian numbers, especially...
  19. Awesomeness

    Got driveshafts balanced yet? Otherwise, it's like a grenade ready to go off at any time.

    I will also usually get a shimmy until I've driven it a while. I assume this is the tires sitting a little, and getting out of round.
  20. Awesomeness

    M1078 LMTV planetary hub setup

    I listened to your video a couple times, and I'm not sure if I can hear the gear whine or not. With all the other noises these trucks make (e.g. engine, turbo, fan, tires, etc.), it's hard enough in person unless the gears are really howling loudly. When I first got my truck, I read in the...
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