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Looking forward to hear how that charging relay works out. I'm only using two batteries for the truck. The other two are set up (for now at least) as house batteries for the hab. I like the idea of being able to charge my external house batteries with the alt but never drain the truck...

As you said, I'd just bleed a little out of the transfer case. Simple. A little messy but what isn't with these trucks...

Troop step bumper? Vending machine mounting point? Or built-in bar-b-que grill for bonfires?

I'm gonna have this printed up some day. Used to be able to buy them online but they stopped selling them. Yeah, make 'em think...

Replying to me? Perhaps I wasn't clear. I was replying to Awesomeness. Reread the above. He brought up the barn door tailgate and I said I'd never seen one. He also brought up the step bumper and I'm not sure it's the same, but the image I posted is of an S&S OEM step bumper for the troop...

Guy said it was off a Freightliner. It's sectional and I've got it in pieces. With the lower sections and the rear off it sits pretty well on the S&S cab roof. My "plan" is to incorporate it into the roof rack (both as air deflector and storage cubby). But I'm still a couple years away from...

You might want to price new glass. Unless someone with used is local, you'll be surprised to find that new is typically cheaper than "surplus" in this (and many other) LMTV situations. There's a glass vendor who sells and ships new (the company name escapes me at the moment, but someone here...

When anyone walks up and asks I like to tell them "if I cared about fuel economy I wouldn't have bought an army truck"

Never saw the barn door tailgates. Did run across this a few years back.

I'll test that theory someday...

My old 3116 truck had 230hp and got 7mpg. It SUCKED just going over the causeway bridge here to the beach (it would drop to 45mph on the slight incline). My M1079 w/C7 has 330hp and gets 5mpg (but it's a heavier truck). It does 58mph w/o slowing while going up anything I've driven across three...

Yeah, I suspect that it might not function w/o batteries but don't know for sure. I know that if any DC power is applied, it automatically begins to charge. So there might be some sort of requirement to complete the circuit. The good news is that the batteries can be had from Amazon for...

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I know the unit will run on 120v with dead batteries but not sure about no batteries. Be damned sure you tape off the battery leads so they don't short (because it should in theory go right into charge mode and there's metal bits that hold the batteries that could arc out. Do you not have the...

Battery powers the motherboard basically. It would go in the slot top/left of you image there. You should see two tabs it sits between. Rechargeable and can get replacement on Amazon for cheap. I don't recognize that panel...

So I took the dog to the beach today for a swim (it's been hot as hell, damned climate change ie: summer). I was down a few miles from the crowds with nobody around for a quarter mile either direction. The dog is mostly oblivious to birds 90% of the time but oddly she will track aircraft (and...

Also, is it the right controller for the truck variant? Because A0 controllers don't work in an A1R, etc, etc, etc

Well I've not rebuilt one before, but the "hissing" is almost certainly air. It could be a hole in the hose, a crack in a fitting, etc. Yeah, you need somoni to activate the pump while you get in there with a spray bottle of soapy water I'd think. On the bright side, it's not a M1079 with a...

In Texas, amber is not an issue as long as non alternately flashing I think. Red, white, or blue ARE an issue for most civilian vics. Unless you fit into the emergency vehicle category, school bus, or commercial tow truck you can and will be ticketed for certain colors in Texas. They don't...

Easy way to tell is to look for the ones with a dozen or so strobe modes. In fact you can incorporate various strobe modes into the mix with the right switch or controller.