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It's only paranoia if there's nobody out to get you :-) Seriously, I've seen a truck (with the brake set) roll on ground that, as far as I could tell, was flat. Of course the brake had gone out of adjustment... Since I know that the parking brake isn't reliable, I always chock it. It takes about...

+100 I wouldn't EVER park my HMMWV without a chock. My drive is not an exceptionally steep slope, and I adjust my brake regularly, but I wouldn't trust the parking brake. Even on relatively flat ground I chock it. I chock it in the Walmart parking lot, which is flat as a pancake... I think...

I tried a set of those and they wouldn't go. Maybe the wrong thread pitch? This is the cover (not my picture, obviously) Thanks Juan. That's the one, but the TM doesn't seem to call out the measurements of the screws.

So I've tried four different size/pitch screws in the little metal cover on the back of my 60A alternator, but haven't had success getting them to screw in. Both are missing (?) so I don't have one to check against a thread pitch gauge. Anyone know what these are so I can stop that thing...

Ghost Hunters of Kansas/Kentucky?

So last week my 88 developed a small coolant leak. About a hand span worth of coolant on the driveway in the morning. It was so slow that it basically dried out if I didn't drive the truck for a day. Life was pretty busy so I didn't get to checking it out until today... I picked up my kids...

Because it amused me :-)

Those look sweet. It too cold here in the winter to run those, but a set would be great for summer. Nice work.

I buy lots of Legos "for my son" :D

I wouldn't NEED to (there's a tire machine at school), but I'm thinking I want to try that starter fluid/torch thing for myself :-)

Thanks man.

Thanks for the info. I don't drive my truck on the highway, and I don't air down the tires, so those probably aren't a big issue for me. For the moment, I'll put the wheel that has the run-flat in it on the front and the one without on as a spare. Then when I get beadlocks I can take the...

All, I've attempted to use the search feature here and I've googled without finding a definitive/satisfactory answer, so I'm turning to the experts... My truck had two tires that needed to be replaced. One has a slow leak (air it up every two or three weeks) and another was down to 10% tread...

You can bake the moisture out of them by heating them up (warm, dry air from a heat gun) and then seal the hole. My understanding of what's happening from similar experience is that if they were assembled in a factory where it was even a little humid, then moisture from the air got trapped...

Be sure to check the alternator after you get the new batteries in. 14.5 volts is not what you should be getting out of it... it should be right at the upper edge of 28 volts if you have a good meter. I suspect if you kill a second set of batteries they won't give you a replacement set free...

Thanks all.

So, the bulb in my air filter restriction gauge has given up the ghost. A quick look through the TM didn't result in a lamp changing procedure... is this another one of those "replace the whole unit" things like the shift indicator?

You need to add something about the satellite-based laser that will fry them if they try to drive off.

Mine are safety wired together (though I live in a small, relatively crime-free town). If you wrap the wire tight and don't leave a long tail, you'd need pliers to get the whips off the bases. I also agree that HMMWV owners are likely veterans and/or gun owners and unlikely to take crap off...

If you're talking about water running down the channels to the doghouse when a four man truck is parked with the nose downhill, I don't think drain holes alone would do it. I don't think there's any downside to drilling (small) holes in each of the channels, but to really stop it you need to dam...