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  1. sue

    HMMWV rear caliper internal parts

    I thought, PLEASE someone correct if I’m wrong but AMC eagle calipers????? a while ago I thought someone said they were the same????
  2. sue

    Heavy white smoke cold start

    White smoke on a cold start diesel, that’s like saying the sun is hot.
  3. sue

    M35A2 Generator

    And were you at in Oklahoma? We’re in Tulsa
  4. sue

    M35A2 Generator

    If ?? you have access or the capability to do a little welding and metal fabrication I would just by a 24 volt “one wire “ alternator. $95-125 Amazon. Easy peasy. And depending on your powerplant ( cat C-7 etc.) there might be a bracket that you could order or do some looking at a truck...
  5. sue

    Disk brake questions.

    A lot of the “monster” truck guys run the 2 1/2 axles ( along with the 5 ton) and they run disc brakes. I would see about a little research in that area. my background is aerospace and l am amazed that when there is a problem most of the time a whole lot of engineering is wasted on...
  6. sue

    Disk brake questions.

    about 4-5 years ago there was someone who made a full disc brake M-35 and if memory serves me this person used the brakes off of a ford F-700 ? no and I can’t remember how the hubs were, but it was a slick install.
  7. sue

    Loss of power. White smoke.

    Little unleaded (5-10%) in the colder temps might??? help
  8. sue

    Mounting and balancing the tires

    Ask a good jeep, off-road shop who would mount Balance them. And tell them they go on your Lifted one ton truck, negative on military.
  9. sue

    RFID Keyless Ignition

    If it doesn’t have a self driving mode what’s the point?
  10. sue

    Power Steering noise and problem

    And some people make the mistake of using power steering fluid
  11. sue

    Fans mounted on the radiator

    Hmmvee
  12. sue

    Fans mounted on the radiator

    We mounted a 14 inch fan in a pusher configuration, toggle switch works good when we’re in city traffic or off-road.
  13. sue

    My m925a1 build "Brutus"

    And I am curious if you know about the “real” brutus? Any nam vet that was on hiway 1 in the day knows about brutus.
  14. sue

    M35A3 Rim Restoration and Tire Swap Project (Picture-Heavy)

    Pictures would have been a better explanation. Imagine you have a 6 inch bolt, but the elevated clamping force only comes in to affect the last 2 inches. Grind maybe 3 inches a little bit and your Not fighting the full running torque of the nut.
  15. sue

    M35A3 Rim Restoration and Tire Swap Project (Picture-Heavy)

    No, you would still have at least a 1/2 inch of threads above the nut, you just wouldn’t be fighting the entire length of the threaded stud. threads would be at least 3 quarters away around the entire length of the stud with a 100% about a half inch above the nut.
  16. sue

    Hurricane Beryl and Mep 803

    One of these days being smarter and better prepared than everyone else is gonna go to your head someday. Good job! we tell everyone of our kids and family, minimum of five gallons of drinking water in jugs at all times In case of problems.
  17. sue

    M35A3 Rim Restoration and Tire Swap Project (Picture-Heavy)

    All the A3 tires rims that we have done, we lightly sand (grind)the inside of the wheel studs (rim to rim half studs)next to the hub center about maybe a quarter of the diameter and with the rim torqued down should have about a half to three quarters of an inch of full threads above the nut...
  18. sue

    VA General liability ins for HMMWV

    $1900 a year, that’s like 6 times what we pay!!
  19. sue

    Marine Corp vs Army humvees?

    Here in okieville, offroad or not,never had a problem
  20. sue

    Have your CAT had its Asphaltene today???

    We have several diesel vehicles. And some set for a month or two. If we see that we are going to be traveling or for what ever reason we drain or siphon as much fuel as we can out because we can use it in another vehicle. say with a hmmvee or a m-35 pour a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the...
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