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My brother was driving the M1008 last week, and it blew a power steering hose. I don't know exactly how or why, but the hoses are probably 40 years old so it's not entirely surprising. He had to drive it about a mile or two back home after it blew and it lost a load of fluid. I ordered some...

I noticed today I'm missing the nuts that hold the top of my power steering pump bracket on. The parts list in the TMs just describes them as "nut", and searching the NSNs and part numbers don't get me anything either. Anyone know what size/thread they're meant to be? The TM also shows two...

My M1008 died last week, I'd taken it on a trip a couple of weeks ago and it had been sitting since then. My brother went to pick it up last friday so we could do some maintenance before taking it on another trip, and it made it about 20ft before it died and would not restart. Did try to...

I need to do some welding on my M1008. On my other vehicles, I normally just disconnect the negative connection and make sure the ground is good before I weld. No problems doing it that way. But that's one battery on a 12v system. What do you do with the two batteries on a 24v system? 'do you...

Last weekend, some friends and I were invited to the former home of the USAF's 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, here in England, RAF Upper Heyford. Though it's now been repurposed as a business park, the flightline is still largely intact, and the Upper Heyford Heritage Center put on regular bus...

Just looking for some info on the usage of the red/yellow squares on the rear of vehicles. I know what they're for, but I'm looking for some info on when they first started being used, where they were used, and which branches/units used them? From what I can gather myself, they are/were a...

Got a hard shifting issue so I took a look at my vacuum lines and found a couple of likely culprits, some rotten hoses and this thing that connects to the vacuum valve on the IP. But the question is, what is it? The TM helpfully just lists it as 'adapter' and, the NSN turns up nothing...

I'm working on restoring the cargo cover frame that came with my truck, it's mostly complete, just missing all of the straps. I've found some that work for the four corners, but the top strap is giving me some issues. I've got the part number, but the only place that I can find one for sale is a...

So, bit of backstory. Had a crank/no start issue on my 1008, wasn't even attempting to fire. Little bit of diagnosis later and we realize it's not getting any voltage to the glow plugs, even though the relay was getting 12v in, was clicking on and off as it should and the WAIT light was...

As the title suggests, I'm hoping to try and find some information out about a vehicle. My M1008 came from of one of the USAF bases here in England, and would've almost certainly passed through the DRMO/DLA office at Molesworth when it left service, so I'm wondering if they keep any records...

I've owned my M1008 for a couple of months now, it's all good, but I've been wondering about the manner in which it starts. Every time I go to start it, it after waiting for the glow plug light to go out, it fires up pretty much instantly. It fires up so quickly in fact that it can be hard to...

I've been trying to diagnose a bouncy speedo and a complete non-functional fuel gauge on my M1008, looking for some advice. For the speedometer, the I think I might've figured it out, but I'd like to see what others think. The problem I have is that the speedo bounces and makes a whirring...

Long time browser here, picked up an M1008 last month so I can finally join in. No stranger to military vehicles or American vehicles, my other project car is a '90 S10 Blazer, my dad had Jeeps while I was growing up, and the guy who lived next door to my grandfather had a yard full of...