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If all the gauges and transmission acted up at the same time, I'd be thinking about troubleshooting the electrical system. Have you done the supplemental ground harness on it? I could be off, but electricity seems to be the one thing that is common between gauges and transmission control...

The Army version of "waterproof" is that the truck won't get damaged by water. Comfort isn't even in the top 10 considerations they look for in equipment.

Nah, the trucks were never waterproof, the electronics they put inside were. I remember talking to a tanker once. Everything on the inside of the tank was waterproof. If someone would forget to seal the top hatch they might find their tank filled with water the next time they went to check on...

I think those tires might fit. The ones I see all weigh about 120 or so lbs, so with aluminum rim they won't be all that much more weight than the stock wheel with run flat. Only issue I see here though is the weight is all going to be further out. Any imbalance is going to be a lot worse...

While there are a couple companies that make an adapter to put MRAP wheel on the 8x6.5 bolt pattern, the issue comes in that these are basically a semi truck beadlock rim. I can't tell you for certain, but I don't think anyone makes a low enough profile tire to put on these rims and still make...

Pressure washed the BEOD. No idea how many years it's been sitting out, but it's now free of moss and lichen. Then not long after this pic I proceeded to drop my phone off the edge and onto the gravel (it survived).

The clamp feature is just to measure the amount of current being used. So for just getting it running, no, it doesn't really matter. Where it gets used mostly is seeing how much load you are putting on the gen and balancing loads. Most of the time you're just going to be checking for...

Looks like the radio power supply cable. Comes up through the floor near the doghouse, right?

I ran mine for the first few months on a pair of old car batteries. I've heard stories though that if the batteries aren't the same size/capacity, bad things can happen, so as soon as I got mine licensed (about 4 months after picking it up) I splurged on a GOOD pair of batteries. Not Hawker or...

My only issue with TreadWright is they specifically call out the HMMWV tires and give them no warranty, saying they are an off road only tire. I suppose, given the price compared to surplus tires it's all about the same, but still irks me when a company won't stand behind a product...

Put a new inner boot on the front driver's side half shaft. What none of the videos I watched having to do with removal showed was the guard under the brake disc. Maybe it's just on the A2 vehicles or something (can't be bothered to check the TM for it as it doesn't really matter. Feeling...

Basic clamp on meter for voltage and current, Klein makes a decent meter. There are cheaper ones out there that will do the job, but Klein is about the minimum brand/quality I would buy for my own personal use...

Cavitation occurs in diesel engines with wet cylinder sleeve type liners. The detroit 6.2/6.5 aren't a wet sleeve type engine, they're typically directly bored into the casting block (unless someone had it machined to add a sleve, but it's still typically going to be into the native block...

I would argue that for 2 12V batteries in series with nothing to balance them, using a 12V charger on the one battery that is undercharged WOULD be the correct tool for the job, because a 24V charger will still overcharge the one battery in order for the lower charged battery to be brought up to...

Not quite sure where the 6 volt question came from. If it's related to the charger he is using it looks like a 12V 6 amp charger, which is just fine for charging one at a time.

Pretty much every vehicle I've heard that was described as "runs after jump starting" doesn't have batteries in it. If it DOES have the batteries, there's an even chance they'll be toast, but some chargers like the NO.CO have a repair function that may or may not save them with enough...

The Hardy Diesel generators look pretty good if you have a lot of multi-day outages on a regular basis, but cost twice as much as a comparable Generac (and that's not even counting the transfer switch). I've seen Generacs with over 4500 hours on them still running great (but then I've also...

When it's not too hot, the fan just freewheels. Or somewhat close to freewheeling, there is still a little bit of friction in the hub through bearings and such that the fan spins a bit, but only a little bit as the air resistance slows it down. This would be unaffected by engine speed. From...

If your shim is worn out, the surfaces it rides on may also have some wear. If that is the case you would likely need different thickness of shims to bring the end play into spec. I did try looking for a while, I couldn't find any shims specific to the NP218 transfer case. If you have anyone...

What do they install then? I'm just curious from a professional standpoint I've had more trouble with Briggs units than Generac (Briggs bought out several lines of Generac units to get their start into the home standby world) Kohler has had a few issues in the recent past as well, their...