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  1. Mainsail

    MEP-802A GP Win

    All I see so far is the missing knob on the panel and that hose being out of whack- well, and there's no battery.
  2. Mainsail

    MEP-802A GP Win

    It's Item# 9961343 if you can look it up - I think you still can even though it's sold.
  3. Mainsail

    MEP-802A GP Win

    Won an 802A and arranging shipping. I'll have a lot of questions once I start troubleshooting this, but for now... What is happening here? So it sold as a non-runner. Not sure how hard they tried, dude looks like he's had a rough day in the video. 14.4 hours, looks good inside and seems...
  4. Mainsail

    Softer Springs

    I waited to hear from anyone with a ECV truck that had taken the shocks off and tried it without. Since nobody replied, I slid out after church and dropped all four. Easy job - no jacking - took about and hour. Once I cleaned up the tools I drove it about 10 miles to some trails to see how...
  5. Mainsail

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    I drove back over to the other base to get some better pictures. None had front winches and none had spare tire carriers. Several had rear winches. I have no idea what this gauge is: Some of the turrets have one of these glued to the inside:
  6. Mainsail

    Smoke and Knock

    Being both a stickler and mildly OCD, I'm going to correct you that you "may" not drive it until the GP sends you the SF97, and even then you may not drive it until it's properly titled and registered. You can drive it any time you like. ;) In any event, sorry to hear about the find in the...
  7. Mainsail

    Softer Springs

    Thanks, I will give that a try. A web search for the Cepek shocks came up empty. Perhaps they don't make them anymore? Link to a supplier?
  8. Mainsail

    Softer Springs

    I read both threads. Superfluous as in superfluous to my application, not necessarily yours. ;) I'm at work so I cannot go look at the suspension, and I don't have enough tech knowledge to know off the top of my head, but can I just unbolt the bottom of the shocks and drive around like that a...
  9. Mainsail

    Softer Springs

    Has anyone run the Cepek shocks with stock springs in an ECV truck? Or have an educated opinion on that setup? I've read through both threads, but for what I want there's a lot of superfluous information. I don't want a lift and the truck seems pretty level already. Last week I was on a...
  10. Mainsail

    Need help ID M1151 interior rack.

    Should fit three or four 40mm ammo cans.
  11. Mainsail

    OUT AND ABOUT WITH MY HMMWV

    Thanks RWH! The (what I believe to be) 1151s were over in the active compound where I didn't take pictures.
  12. Mainsail

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Guy was selling this switchbox I want to repurpose for the 12v bus, and it came with an IR light. I had no idea where that bracket mounted the light to so I didn't really even want it- even tried to get him to keep it to bring down on the price. $40 shipped for both. Then yesterday I was on...
  13. Mainsail

    OUT AND ABOUT WITH MY HMMWV

    I had to drive over to the "other" base to fill the tank in the M1165 and stopped at the compound where they up-armor the HMMWs. There were two very nice M1151s in there with full turrets and all the armor. No pictures of that area as I would want to ask permission first and nobody came out to...
  14. Mainsail

    Smoke and Knock

    Idle seems low to me. Hard to see the voltmeter, but to me it looked more like the needle *snapped* vs bounced. Seems electrical (for that issue) to me.
  15. Mainsail

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Installed some tie-down provision in the bed of the truck. With the water-dam keeping water out, it also blocks the two tie-down rings. If I take the doors off I have no way to tie them down in the bed, and no way to tie anything else down either. I've had this aircraft seat-track since the...
  16. Mainsail

    Wiring Question on M1165

    :ROFLMAO: That's what I'm talking about, there is nothing labeled Neg - only input, output, and 0V. I see a bolt on the left side of the shunt that is already pretty crowded, I think that's probably the best ground. Made my own mondo ring terminal- notched this washer and soldered the 10ga...
  17. Mainsail

    Wiring Question on M1165

    I'm just starting to work on mine- what a cluster fudge. Step 2 says, "connect the minus cables to the minus terminal of the Orion". What minus cable, what minus terminal?! I'm guessing (which I hate to do with wiring) they want me to connect a wire from the center 0V lug of the Orion to...
  18. Mainsail

    OUT AND ABOUT WITH MY HMMWV

    What you really needed was the bumper sticker: HMMWV - IT'S LIKE A JEEP, BUT FOR MEN
  19. Mainsail

    Govplanet Tires

    It wasn't your telling everyone that did that.... that's the nature of internet auctions.
  20. Mainsail

    M998 STUCK IN THE MUD, FRONT WHEELS NOT EVEN ROTATING

    My experience using BTM was that I needed a bit more than "slightly" on the brake pedal. Only firm pressure on the brakes and overriding that with throttle got me moving again. So the long and short of it is, practice in a more controlled situation so you know how it feels. Learning when...
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