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    Coolant Overflow Tank Fail!

    The Gov gets rid of bad stuff by surplussing it too so you have to watch what you are buying. At least with Mil Vehicle stuff. If it has the NSN Stamped or painted onto it or there is some label there you can probably figure it is original USGI and it is of the correct quality. If it has no...
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    Coolant Overflow Tank Fail!

    NOS Gov Surplus would have some sort of typical military packaging and labeling. Otherwise it would have most likely have been damaged by water and then any metal parts on the washer bottle would show signs of having been inside a wet box for at least one winter season. If your NOS Overflow...
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    Trailer it ... what trailer?

    I have a Load Trail Trailer to haul my Humvees. 20" deck over with two 7K axles. It is built to be a 14,000 trailer, but is de-rated with the weight sticker, which is OK to do in CA. down to 9,080 lbs. Hauls great. Cost me $6,000. A bit high for low street cars to get them over the rear edge of...
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    Deep Ford Kit

    The kits that have the DWF exhaust with the tip extension pieces are for Ambulance models.
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    I have no words???? Tax dollars at work??

    Some of those blinged up vehicles are returns from Police depts. Yes still tax dollars, but different tax dollars. If they kept a few kids from turning bad in some way it is better than having then sitting where they originally were and them still being auctioned off or scrapped without doing...
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    Transfer Case Replacement Options

    There are halfshafts with a sliding lock out setup on them for front wheel drive cars that are flat towed behind motor homes, but even if they could make one or two for your humvee, you can't use them for driving, because the brakes are inboard of the halfshafts so you won't have any braking on...
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    My fleet

    Nice looking group of Humvees Blackmajic94. Are you ever going to try to get a state title for them?
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    Deuce Lock out Hubs WIW

    I found a set of new selectro lock out hubs for the M35 series trucks. Anyone know what the going rate on these are these days?
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    Help! My HMMWV is throwing major sparks and smoke out from the 200A electrical buss

    The through hull connector is a stud that is isolated from the hull with, for lack of a better word, large plastic threaded body. There is a nut that holds it on the engine side. It is a commercially available item. Nothing special about it really. A boating supply catalog should have them in...
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    Help! My HMMWV is throwing major sparks and smoke out from the 200A electrical buss

    That "bolt" is probably the through hull connector. Positive from the battery to the stud then on the engine side of that connector a wire goes from the stud to the starter main power connection. Early Humvees seldom have that buss bar. Your sparks may be from a loose battery cable connection to...
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    Hmmwv

    A couple thousand more Humvees in the public's hands sounds good to me! I wonder if GL will cherry pick interesting models? It sure seems that if they want to get more than scrap prices, they should just sell all of them, except maybe armored models that might not be allowed. All soft models...
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    Steering modification kit Q

    If you are talking about those kits that have the steering column and a pair of sort of U shaped brackets and some hardware, This is to make the steering column mounting less likely to be pulled out of place. If you notice yourself pulling on the steering wheel when you enter the vehicle, then...
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    Steering Gear Box

    Retrofitted at a later time when they found out that there were temp issues with the Power Steering Fluid on M998's. Slantbacks had them from the beginning probably Ambulances too. That's my guess for what it's worth. The ones that I have had that were very original were USMC trucks.
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    Securing a HMMWV

    Come on man, haven't you thought of what old men have been using for years to keep "punks" from stealing their gas? Just get some hasps! Enough for all four doors, the top hatch and cargo hatch to tail gate area. Then for good measure get one for the fuel tank fill door that you will install...
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    HMMWV Body Panel Tooling

    Trying to make a part when hundreds or thousands may come up surplus at any time is a big problem and even if you include Hummers, the numbers are low.
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    Broken glow removal,Any advice ??

    I found by saving many swollen glow plugs over the years and then finaly testing to see on a removed head, if a swollen tip would pass through the hole of the pre chamber into the cumbustion chamber, that they won't fit through. If the tip is broken and jammed into the threads, you need to...
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    HMMWV odd smoking problem.

    I would say that all the injectors should look exactly the same and have the same part numbers in a perfect world, but there could have been a few that were replaced over the years I guess. The injector lines have a flare fitting so they tighten up really quickly and are over tightened by many...
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    Chrysler Defense HMMWV Prototype

    Yeah,that's a need item. Take good care of it.
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    Learned something new!

    Time for a new injector pump!
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    Prior to painting the HMMWV...Paintable caulk???

    Paintable caulk is just fine, but get a color other than White. They make Tan, Brown and Black. Maybe more colors but I usually use the Tan Color or Brown. If the paint comes off I fugure white would look horrible. Cauld on the steel parts around the antenna opening and across the seam where the...
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