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  1. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    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...
  2. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    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.
  3. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    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...
  4. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    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...
  5. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    I work on an Army installation.... So it is my daily driver right now.
  6. KKroger

    Quick ? on sway with U haul style trailer

    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.
  7. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    New one this morning at the gas station... Thats a pretty realistic looking Hummer... Uh Yeah... because it is...
  8. KKroger

    Did I use the wrong coolant?

    I like this product from PEAK it is Ethylene Glycol
  9. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    1 how fast will it go? I've had it at 70.... Normally aspirated 3 speed truck.
  10. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    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.
  11. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    Driving... Fueling up Driving some more... doing the math...
  12. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    Nice! But in the military we called them hummers early on.
  13. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    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
  14. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    We called it a Hummer before that was a company so I'll let that slide ...
  15. KKroger

    Common HMMWV Questions from observers....

    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...
  16. KKroger

    Like a "Pound Puppy", it called my name to adopt it...

    aint it the truth?
  17. KKroger

    Like a "Pound Puppy", it called my name to adopt it...

    They just keep wagging their tails until you take them home....
  18. KKroger

    Installing back up lights on the Humvee

    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.
  19. KKroger

    Hmmwv Air Conditioning

    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?
  20. KKroger

    "Old Tires Suck" well it wasn't the age.

    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...
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