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All hobbies can be expensive when you go above a certain level of insanity. I turned my back on aviation when I left Embry-Riddle, OK I kept up my helicopter license for a while but decided other persuits were better for me. I played with cars, offshore boat and a few other things but this...

I worked at University Swaging Corp. in Seattle, now a division of Primus or somethin in Woodinville. As I understand it there are about 10 HEMTT's in private hands. I usually see one per year come up for sale. Typically for a nice one, the price is north of $70K. I'm told by a military...

I'm sure with the size of the ram and seal friction, double acting would be required, adding a helper spring seems stupid, or perhaps not. Threading the ram only adds complexity and makes mfg. more expensive than necessairy. "I'm still not sure how the tube with the handle fits into this. It...

Richard, it's too bad you are so far away, I have a M977 in the garage you could test it on. :-) For the HEMTT anyway, a concave saddle pad for the walking beam ends would be ideal, both front and rear. I haven't found anything yet but I'll let you know. Sounds like an awesome place to work...

OK, I think I got it. If you install an air fuse like devise out at the tire this could be easily achived: http://www.norgren.com/document_resources/DE/10.7.001.pdf With something that could be as small as 1-2" long this device with nothing more than a housing, a ball (or a shuttle valve with...

That's purty Dave!

I'll go grab the hard copies of my latest TM's. I only did a search of the PDF versions of the manuals (700+ MB), not flipping through the hard copies. The pump unit looks familiar somehow, but I don't have one. Must have a single piston pump with a check valve on each circuit with the hand...

That is a slick looking jack in your avitar, looks like a HMMWV lower control arm.

If the pictures are of sufficient quality and you have a good camera, I've taken a digital pic of a photograph with very good results. stalwart -at- mac -dot- com

Richard, you have any pics or diagrams of the jack you are talking about?

I've only had slow leakage problems over MANY months. I just go by the many posting about A3 owners problems and the issues they seem to have with them. I'm a really big fan of computerization, but sometimes engineers take a design a bit too far with too many critical components. They must be...

Sorry but I seem to be at a dead end, at least with the TM's I own.

It was one of two, one for parts, that I looked at for Jane. I told her she could have a Champ but "not that Champ". They are listing the parts vehicle, and it was WAY worse than the one I was looking at.

It would be very simple to modify the system using 2 air solenoid valves, either 2 gages or a two needle gage, a selector valve and a rocker switch. Simple, elegant and would work as long as the seals work in the hubs. You could also get over any leakage worry while driving using a adjustable...

Looks like they really over thought the plumbing on the A3, are you sure it not a British design? On my Hummer H1, it is simple, all lines are charged from the front/rear/all/off wheel selector to the tires ALL the time. I guess they thought a Private was too busy to select his own tire...

My TM's only mention a bottle jack and the use of jackstands. The photo I've seen in one TM looks like a common 20 ton jack.

I'll take a look at my TM's in an hour or two and let you know what I find.

I have a M977 HEMTT, but I don't have the jacks that are standard issue for the truck. I use a 20 ton floor jack, NOT a bottle jack, floor jack that weighs 600 lbs.

I had a real nice one, M42A1 but it was a pain to haul around 10.5' wide and 50,000 lbs. I ended up trading it for my V100 Commando. My wife REALLY misses it, and I must admit, so do I. aua

I had one 6TL reverse polarity while in my truck. I couldn't figure out why I got 0 volts in series and 12 volts separately. I was using a digital meter and I never look at the polarity, just the reading. After about a minute it came to me, you'd think I had one connected backwards but that...