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My 69 442 with a 455 in it (the original 400 gave up the ghost long before I got it.) With TH400 and 3.23 gears... Got a wee bit better mileage than this truck.
My 74 3/4 ton long bed Cheyenne with 454, TH400 and 4.10 Rear Gear, and shell got about 5 MPG...
I'm running with the 2 wire connector disconnected so the fan is engaged at all times.
Fixing to add AC here in the next week so that should cut it back some.
I'm serious I get 13... GENERALLY at the time I fill it up I am putting about 17 gallons in almost EVERY time.
Sometimes WAY less sometimes a little more. but I am filling it til the pump shuts off. then the next whole dollar.
I have to babysit because the pump shuts off almost immediately if...
There are only Two HMMWV on the installation, and one is with the fire department, and one is mine.
The Fire Dept complains no end about their HMMWV it is a Turbo Diesel with the fire apparatus on the back for range fires.
I need to ask the Colonel if I can get a pic of my HMMWV in front of...
for sway make sure your load is more toward the front of the trailer not in the middle. more tongue weight helps prevent sway.
Towed mine with a 16' car trailer the other week and it didn't sway at all on a bumper ball hitch.
May have been told that. When I put it in the car show at work I was questioned about it.
I have the paperwork... its insured, it is legal, it is registered and plated...
People KNOW everything about it even though they don't know what it is.
Yep sort of medium I think taking the place of the 1/4 ton jeep or 151 and the 1008/1009 1 1/4 ton....
We expedient armored with flak vests back in the day. And and ga just like they did jeeps and mutts and m35s
1- How many miles per gallon... in my case consistently 13MPG
2- IS that a REAL Humvee?
3- Is that bullet proof?
4- How did you come to own that?
5- What is it?
6- If you hit my car would it just explode?
7- Can I take a picture?
8- How fast will it go? since replacing the lift pump it will now...
When I did mine I used the factory Reverse light switch and don't recollect where I pulled power but I ran it so that my backup cam comes on when I hit reverse as well.
I'm going to be installing a reddot system. with the hoses that go to the front from the Evap... should be fun, I have the Black Dog bracket and a great deal on a 5 groove V Pulley... Does anyone have a pic of a V belt truck AC Compressor install with a Sanden 508?
FINALLY holds air, two swing and a miss on the 12 bolt no alignment hole O-Rings... finally ended up cutting one and shortening it and sealing with a dab of silicone... wait overnight and add air. Ordered the proper O-Rings but they were too large shrinking in the fridge didn't work either. so...