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ShootER, We must have been there together. I was an SMP/PFC '88-'89. I missed out on the Idaho drill due to my Reserve paper work from A&M not getting there in time. That really bummed me out. I cant believe Lt Smith made General. He was so soft spoken and laid back as a squadron leader...

Just for clarification. After you smelled smoke, you pulled the keys and only then did the starter start to run without you telling it to? When did the starter stop? Have you done the Doghead relay mod? I asked all of that because I think you have two or more separate issues. Drivers side...

I had a set on a M101A2 until just a few weeks ago. No plate. Brake cables did come real close. I actually was able to move them inboard just a bit to clear. They will work. However, a M101 with stock tires pulls empty like it isn't even there. Put the bias HMMWV tires on there and it feels...

1/124 Alpha troop. Armored Cav out of Waco. Oldag89 was in the same unit with me. We just didn't know each other then and have since met here on this website and at the Texas Rally's.

After driving back and forth all week to work. I really like the 4L80E/Compushift combination. I have never driven a stock 4l80E in any vehicle. So maybe they all work so well. Nice smooth shifts right when my mind without looking at any gauges says shift. It shifts. Same goes for down shifts...

Taking a factory hvac system from a civilian truck and putting it on a CUCV can be done. However, the firewall will have to be cut, wiring bus bars moved and maybe move the rear battery tray. Then you have to mount the compressor. Cost and work wise it could add up to more than one of the kits...

I am pretty sure the controller needs a constant 12 volt supply as well to keep its settings. The computer will also need a throttle position sensor signal to know when to shift gears. A 4L80E has 2 solenoids that control the 4 gears. Another solenoid controls the torque converter clutch lock...

Thanks for posting this. I started of in the Guard with the "slick 60." We were very pleased to get the oh so advanced M60A3 with it better targeting system and controls.

Every time I start the truck, the Throttle Position Sensor signal is out of range on the Compushift controller. I could go through the reset procedure and it will work ok. Until the next time I turned the truck on. Very aggravating. It is the TPS or the Compushift? Last Thursday I got...

Why are you wanting the lift? If it is just for show, then go find the cheapest thing you can and slap it on there. To fit bigger tires, then how big of tires are you going too? 33x12.50 tires will fit with no lift. Anything bigger and you start to get into the area where your axles will...

Ken, 38 days since I flew. I don't have any HMMWV engines here in my class right now. So I can't look at them and say for sure what year has the single rear main seal and which year is the 2 piece. I think 1988 was the switch over year. But it could be when GM went to the 6.5 in 1993. I...

I think I figured a few things out. I was panicking about engine coolant temperatures over 210°. GM made fan clutches that locked up enough to be heard at around 225°. The GM manuals say anything below 230° is ok. The 30 year old Banks Turbo manual says anything below 220° is ok for a 6.2...

Another week or so and time for another report. Warthog emailed last Friday morning that he was doing a hurry up trip to my area and I invited him over. He showed up with parts! Nothing better for us mentally deranged gear heads than a visitor showing up with parts. Thanks Joe. He actually...

There are many threads about how to do it, who makes the kits and what works best. Basically, if you just want add on a/c with hot air still coming in through the floor heater vent and defrost vents, go with the NAP kit. I have it in one of my M1009's and it works great. 38°-42° air at the...

Ken, The GEP NA heads are the square stamped pre-cup and the intake manifold bolts are 90° to the intake port surface. The GEP turbo heads are the same casting number but have the diamond pre-cup and the intake bolts are 60° to the intake port surface. A CUCV NA intake can be modified to fit...

I started writing before you posted the battery question, got busy with my students and then finished after you had posted. Cummins starters and alternators are available in 12 or 24 volts. I have never searched, but I am sure there are ways to mount a second alternator to a Cummins BT engine...

4L80E to transfer case. The CUCV trucks all had TH400 transmissions with a 32 spline output shaft. All of the trucks had either a NP208 or NP205 married transfer case. If you find a 4 wheel drive 4L80E with the pedestal/transmission mount bolted to the back of it. Then any CUCV 208 or 205...

I went through this thought process a year and a half ago when I started the Cowdog truck build. GEP 6500, 4BT or 6BT? 4BT was just too much money for the same basic performance as a 6.5 with a turbo and actually less road speed. But, in theory longer engine life. 6BT would be great...

Nothing I own MV wise is 100% stock. I have no problem making something different to fit my specific needs. I have 5 6.x powered vehicles on the road pretty much every day. Here are my observations: The 3 24 volt starter trucks all start no matter the conditions or how long since they last...

I added the long torque rod to the Cowdog truck. None of my CUCV trucks have it, but the 6.2, TH400, NP208 originally Cowdog did. I figured it couldn't hurt. I had to lengthen it 1.5 inches because the 4L80e is that much longer.