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    Just won an auction - M1088A1

    Make sure you are turning the left hand lug nuts RIGHTY LOOSY. Left hand lug nuts are left hand thread. Right hand lug nuts are normal thread.
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    Just won an auction - M1088A1

    Yes that is the approved method to change tire. Bottle jack under the axle. If you need the suspension unloaded you have to pickup the chassis with a crane.
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    Just won an auction - M1088A1

    Jack stands under the axles is the only approved location. They updated the BII with a bottle jack saddle on the A1P2. Worth picking one up IMO. If you need the wheels hanging you have to get creative. The military makes extensive use of overhead lifting devices. Overhead trolley cranes and...
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    Just won an auction - M1088A1

    Expensive! I've used these guys for other aviation stuff: https://pilotshq.com/products/phillips-66-x-c-red-spec-aviation-hydraulic-fluid-gallon-can-mil-prf-5606h
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    Just won an auction - M1088A1

    We have lots of cute sayings in the Army. "Ain't no kill like overkill"
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    ECO Hubs Who needs 3:07 gears?

    Must be a difference with the older controllers. I don't experience exhaust brake issues at all. There's actually a really steep grade near my house that is between me a groceries many times. Coming down that hill I might have to use the brakes for a couple seconds once to bring the speeds down...
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    Operations during volcanic ash fall

    Oil bath is honestly VERY GOOD under these specific conditions. Apparently volcanic ash has a lot of microscopic glass shards in it and they cut and rip their way through the paper elements poking tiny holes in them like micro-bullets. Attempting to blow the stuff out will probably just damage...
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    Just won an auction - M1088A1

    Step one is to fill the air-operated pump at the back of the cab. It takes MIL-PRF-5606 Aviation "RED" hydraulic fluid. Make sure it's full. Any airport will have this. You will probably have to rebuild the latch and the air pump. Once you get the latch working and refill the fluid level though...
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    ECO Hubs Who needs 3:07 gears?

    Huh - my WTEC-IV gets into 7th gear about 78 MPH and will stay there lower than that. It's not necessary though and not the efficient speed to be driving anyway. I don't personally find the difference in off-the-line performance to be an issue for me. Never noticed much difference, Very slight...
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    What is this and what does it do?

    It's a "gazinta" Gazinta tha dumpsta. Newer trucks got AGM's and this got filed under "Extinct" like the Dodo. It's also about the most laughable excuse for "test equipment" I've encountered. Throw that thing away so it can't defile anymore batteries with it's "probe" please.
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    LMTV FMTV front axle outer seal replacement

    If they are the steering drag link and tie rod boots, here's the solution to that: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/tie-rod-and-drag-link-dust-boot-part-number-and-links.206375/
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    Battery Minder(s?) for LMTV M1078A1?

    If you have a 100A alternator truck, then the recommendation is two group 24's. The 6TL is a little big and definitely don't go to AGM's like the 6T-AGM. That alternator will thank you. Though regulator failures aren't uncommon on older 100's so don't count on that saving it.
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    LMTV FMTV front axle outer seal replacement

    Probably fine. I use Amsoil water resistant grease because I've used it for years on lots of stuff and I'm an Amsoil dealer and stock it at my shop on displays in the lobby so it's always handy. It's more important that you do it often and consistently with the SAME grease each time (or at...
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    Operations during volcanic ash fall

    My 2008 had a fingertip sized hole rotted through the rubber reducer off the back of the filter housing where it necks down into the intake plumbing. Before any such operation (and really you don't want holes on the engine side of the filter anyway on any truck) I would be inspecting the entire...
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    Battery Minder(s?) for LMTV M1078A1?

    You do NOT want to do that. Not that way. If you want to plug it in to a maintainer get one of these and hookup to each battery independently. Charging the 24v bank with a 28v maintainer will imbalance and kill the weaker of the two. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FYS6CL8
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    Front Window Defrost Guide

    Always consider what the folks that come to the Estate Sale you leave behind will think. Don't want to end up as a 60 Minutes episode about the sick MONSTER that derived great pleasure from slaughtering our innocent cellulose brothers and sisters and then displaying them literally on the dash of...
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    Front Window Defrost Guide

    Filthy dead tree carcass in your cab?!? Ewe. I hear that some sick fools like to mechanically or electrically manipulate dead tree carcasses in their "workshop" for pleasure. Horrific. 🤮
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    Front Window Defrost Guide

    Helps with the indicator lamps in the annunciator panel as they tend to wash out in bright sun.
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    Front Window Defrost Guide

    If you make the curved channel you could use the front rubber edging like the original but leave gaps for the air to blow directly through to the glass. Just cut the weatherstrip into like 6" segments and leave gaps for the air to flow through.
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    What Did You Do With Your Aux Cooling System

    I don't think so because that doesn't seem to be a thing on the 4x4 trucks without the aux cooling system. If it was a databus thing then the ECU would be doing it on all of them since they all use the same ECU programing other than HP/TQ and they definitely all use the same TCU with no changes...
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