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  1. Retiredwarhorses

    Will cheap Harbor Freight tire balancer fit center hub of 2-piece rims.

    I’ve somehow managed to run a hmmwv restoration business for the last 15yrs and assembled hundreds of tires and never needed to balance a single one…if a customer wanted them balanced they went to a local shop that was $15ea.
  2. Retiredwarhorses

    Tailgate Hinges

    Short 3/8 socket on a swivel
  3. Retiredwarhorses

    Tailgate Hinges

    You are doing something wrong, cuz I remove a TG a week…and no, you need the shims, they aren’t for looks, they allow the TG to close properly and align to insert the hooks. Rivnut can’t support weight, the current nut is a stover lock nut, so when you put them back on, just use a regular nut...
  4. Retiredwarhorses

    Transmission Won't Go Into Gear 3 Speed

    First mistake is just driving it around without doing any form of PMCS….even starting it without checking oil and trans fluid levels is asking for problems,
  5. Retiredwarhorses

    Ambac injection pump

    that’s a rebuild tag from the company that did the rebuild.
  6. Retiredwarhorses

    trying to figure out what usmc unit or where truck was

    The M number is the assigned unit number…on Hmmwv’s it’s on the rockers and tailgate, the problem is on the armored trucks is the Rocker armor is removed during Demil.
  7. Retiredwarhorses

    trying to figure out what usmc unit or where truck was

    Your truck was not IED’d and rebuilt, that’s not something they do to rolling stock items like Hmmwv’s and trucks, Aircraft and Ships are repaired when economically feasible. A truck that’s damaged in county is scrapped…not returned to CONUS.
  8. Retiredwarhorses

    Strange Crank No Start Condition

    have you tried to move the fuel cut off armature with your finger while the cover is off? Does it “effortlessly“ move and spring back on its own? ANY resistance will deny fuel….
  9. Retiredwarhorses

    Injector Problem?

    yea, it’s such a crappy engine it’s still being produced today…42yrs later.
  10. Retiredwarhorses

    WTH: White Wall tires on Taliban HMMWV?

    Many countries do this for military parades, quite common. The U.S. military has had guidance for many moons about spraying diesel fuel to the paint jobs to make the trucks appear wet and clean. Alot of that came about when the military had actual military parades, something we frankly don’t see...
  11. Retiredwarhorses

    Fluids for HMMWV

    The brand makes absolutely no difference
  12. Retiredwarhorses

    REV overheating - normal?

    You have a viscous fan clutch, they are always on, lock up varies based on the heat that flows across the unit.
  13. Retiredwarhorses

    Constant 12V for Transmission Temperature Gauge

    you don’t want anything that is contant power…just keyed, unless the draw is so small as to not drain the battery. You can just pull directly from the rear battery…but that could and can degrade the rear battery. Not sure why you need this temp gauge, but its You’re truck. The TOT is readable on...
  14. Retiredwarhorses

    Constant 12V for Transmission Temperature Gauge

    thats great, except your truck is 24v….you can wire a relay to be activacted upon turning The 24v ignition with 12v on the other side, or if you have 4 speed truck you can tap off the 12v feed to the TCM at the transmission relay.
  15. Retiredwarhorses

    Does anyone know where to find a diagnostic tool for the 4L80E? I

    A “good” transmission shop should be able connect up the TCM with the snap-on Diag tool and take the place of the TCM, my shop does/did for an issue I had…the TCM in the box is nothing special and with the schematic, a good tech can make up a quick harness to interface the tool to the plug, it...
  16. Retiredwarhorses

    400amp Generator Pulleys

    The clutch pulley was designed to take the stress off the generator shaft and all if its mounting components when The truck is Turned Off, also to allow the gen shaft to freewheel when the rpm’s spikes And the gen shaft times to catch up to the other spinning fixed components. not uncommon to...
  17. Retiredwarhorses

    New Style Turret Hatch bolt question

    Just buy the bolts in stainless steel, I try and use SS socket cap bolts on all the turrets I install and sell. also, apply a sealant on the bolt before you insert the bolts, that’s how the factory does it.
  18. Retiredwarhorses

    Has anyone Removed the rear ac on a M1114 and used only the front ac?

    You Need a drier and condenser.
  19. Retiredwarhorses

    M1152 A/C blowing hot

    50/315 is not correct…look at an ambient OAT to see what the LOW/HIGH should be.
  20. Retiredwarhorses

    It's alive!!!

    I don’t believe the filter can be installed correctly without the separator…..the separator is all plastic.
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