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I usually jack up both sides and use one as a reference for reassembling the other. It's a jungle in there.

Link: https://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/auction/view?auc=2146341

This command post unit came up on the fire department auction locally but nobody bid on it. I bid and won it at the opening bid of $1. After tax and fees, a grand total of $2.09 out the door. Not sure whether I should keep it or flip it on craigslist, but it works in the M1009 pretty well...

If you need the vacuum pump to pull some clean DOT5 through the system you're welcome to it.

In the 80s we used to fly up the east coast from Charleston AFB headed towards europe, and I would use the Collins 400 watt aircraft HF radios to talk to the CBers in the northeast. I think that wasn't allowed. Anyway, 400 watts with a 37,000 foot antenna spills out over the entire eastern...

Sylvania sealed beams. If that's not bright enough there's 900 watts of aircraft landing light just a button push away.

My plate has never had a light either. So far so good.... :recovry4x4:

This cool bear lives in the woods near my house. He acts all aloof and smug, but I still laugh at him when I see him eating out of the trashcan.

Instead of looking for an option that can result in a $10K fine, maybe you should look at taking an inexpensive and common CB radio and making it look more military. Some OD green paint and a couple fake rack handles on base-station CB would give you the "look", keep you legal, use common...

My mayday plan for field change of the fuel filter uses a small hand vacuum pump connected to the petcock on the filter. Just connect the vacuum pump, open the petcock, and hand-pump until the filter is full.

Mine was the same, except that little pointer on the column tries to rip my thumbnail off even still. Mine never got much easier either- some days it pops right into ACCY and some days I have to wiggle it repeatedly.

When I was a single guy living in the barracks on base at Travis, I owned two fords (old maverick and mustang II). I had the hardware store cut a new key with the maverick pattern on one side and the mustang pattern on the other. So one key would work the doors, trunks, and ignitions of both...

The buzzer you're hearing is the seatbelt buzzer, it's just a coincidence that it times out with the glow plugs. Mine does the same. Buckle the seat belt and try it.

When I worked jet engine test cell, getting the very-long TF39 (C5 Galaxy) engine trailer into the somewhat narrow cell could be challenging, especially since it needed to be placed within a very small area so that the hoist could lift or lower the engine. The tow vehicle we had was a Ford...

Still a mystery. Its gruesome death was NOT caused by the M1009 after all. I retrieved the security camera footage and he's clearly there long before I left for the morning. I backtracked to around 2am when he appears, dead in the grass, but going back a little more there's nothing captured...

Expecting rain so didn't ride the bike to work, and fired up the M1009. Later in the day my wife emailed me saying there was a dead rat in the yard, looking like it came out on the losing end of a fight. When I got home I noticed it was centered between the wheel marks in the grass just...

There are two possibilities that you're having problems with it; 1. You suck. I know it hurts, but none of us are born with the ability to back a trailer. It comes easier to some, and as mentioned you will get better, but it can be a long road getting there. I went from suck to mediocre at...

The TM has an excellent troubleshooting process for this issue. I followed it and found I needed a new gauge.

I'm not sure how we started with the transmission. If the whining is heard while in Park, start by checking the things that are turning when the engine is running, like the alternators or power steering pump. It's a lot easier and cheaper to pull the belts off and run it for a few minutes...

I would like to paint over my cammo and make mine tan. I was involved in Desert Storm from beginning to end, flying combat support and regular trash-haul missions into various airfields. The only time in my career I ever drove the M1009 was in Riyadh, one of the ground support guys let me baja...