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  1. NormB

    California PG&E outage + generators 10102019

    I’ve been using a Honda EU1000i generator for over 5 years on camping trips, lately - past 2-1/2 years - about 4-6 times a year to my farm in TN while I do construction, infrastructure, etc, running it as much as 24 hours a day 5 days in a row. Got it for running small electronics, as the...
  2. NormB

    Where to buy electric components to fix M998/HMMWV PCB boxes?

    I tinkered around with electronics in HS. I was a roadie for a music store, we provided sound equipment for small clubs and larger venues for bands like Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie, Genesis, King Crimson, ELP, more. Fun times. I built several digital electronic gadgets, radios, Heathkit and...
  3. NormB

    looking for hmmwv half doors.

    HOLY RESURRECTED ZOMBIE POST BATMAN! Coolness. Did Libbster29 keep making these? Does he still make them? I'll find him here and ask directly, but those are awesome.
  4. NormB

    Adding a 240V 30A outlet to an 802A

    I run a fifty foot extension to a spider box inside the house for heaters, window AC, fridge, coffee pot, etc. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. NormB

    fuel filter change

    I have a pair of small - like 5” - vise grip pliers. Got ‘em as a set. The rounded ones hold the damper control rod in place on my fireplace insert - ‘cause we kept forgetting to close it once the box got up to operating temp - the other, more like a pair of needle-nose pliers I use around the...
  6. NormB

    what is this junk in the fuel cannister?

    Cyanobacteria, aka "blue-green algae". Eat diesel, gas. Stuff's everywhere. Good article here: http://www.boatcoachbob.com/articles-boat-maintenance/engines-inboard/prevent-remove-diesel-algae/
  7. NormB

    New guy in NY

    Welcome back. Nice bus. Norm
  8. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    I did when I dropped my tank, cleaned it, changed the sender, gasket and filler hose, and THAT thing. WHAT a bear to get it onto the pickup tube. Took more effort than I’d expected sanding/buffing, pressing it into place. When I die, heaven will be me punching engineers in the face all day...
  9. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    So can a 4 foot extension for a 3/4” breaker bar. solve all kinds of problems. Zombie outbreaks, for example.
  10. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Any particular make/model you recommend? Please don’t say Snap-on. If I had my life to live over again, I would’ve started buying snap-on tools at yard sales/flea markets when I was 20. Now? This close to retirement I can’t justify the price for the amount of use I might get and my kids just...
  11. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Changed out the 60A alternator to 200A months ago, got everything assembled, belts tight, etc. Scrounger stopped by for the alternator, I asked him if he thought everything looked right, he thought the belts looked a little loose. So I tinkered w/ them a bit, gauge WAS showing they’d...
  12. NormB

    HMMWV Overheat Q's and pictures

    I’m wondering if your cadillac valve is bad and/or your line from it to the fan needs to be bled. If it moves a little, it should move enough, or maybe there’s some oil on the clutch friction plates. Just thinking/typing out loud here. I’m sure it’s in the manuals.:?
  13. NormB

    value of a canvas for a m1101

    Whatever the market will bear... I bought a NIB cover a little over a year ago from Flightsource, delivered, for about $275 while I was being offered used ones for upwards of $750. Bows will come at a premium. Poke around, do some searches through NSN-now.com. Good luck.
  14. NormB

    fuel filter change

    Where the heck did THIS come from. No apology needed. No disrespect implied, indicated nor intimated in OP. I was clearly thanking him for his time and trouble finding what I couldn’t. Reading comprehension is fundamental to civil online discourse. Norm.
  15. NormB

    Spider box promo

    One E6 NCOIC in a clinic I worked in Augsburg used to say "Subject to change" any time a policy was noted or suggested. It was like that tag line in the morning brief on Hill Street Blues. "Be careful out there." We'd get our morning brief, order of the day, followed by "subject to change."...
  16. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    I finished the ten rounds, taking the truck for a short drive a couple days, drained and filled five more times until water came out ALMOST clear, finally said the heck with it (I AM running your system by the way), rust color’s coming back again, but I DO have several bottles of Prestone...
  17. NormB

    Spider box promo

    Guess I'm still an Irish schoolboy at heart poking the monsigneur in the eye for a laugh from time to time. I almost always say "evil auction site", and "that jungle site" for Jeff "Dr. Evil" Bozos' site. All in good fun.
  18. NormB

    What do I need to remount hmmwv tires with the beadlock and runflats?

    tires are bidirectional. you COULD swap 'em around until one set's aimed arrow down, another arrow up (from POV looking at the tread from the front of the truck). seals need to be replaced. Nuts are cheap. Self-locking, you can buy a bag of 100 off the evil auction site (or jungle site) for...
  19. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Yesterday/today: Had the ONE warning label, but could SWEAR I also had one with either and RF or lightning bolt symbol around here somewhere, but can't find it - if it ever existed. IS there another sticker/decal?
  20. NormB

    New guy From North Carolina

    Welcome to the madness. Pictures or it never happened. Enjoy. Norm
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