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Y Yeah that's me. I'm doing the hose kits.

Better to start with questions - I rather prefer to conduct this sort of discussion as an interview to determine if YOU are a candidate to properly own an FMTV. Any of the various models of military surplus trucks (FMTV and beyond) can and do work well for the *right* owner. 1. What is your...

100% agree. Sadly though..... No one would pay the price I would be asking if I really did go through a truck the way I have with my own personal truck. Even Acela ignores things I have felt the need to address. And then I wouldn't even consider selling it till I put 5,000 miles on it personally...

Don't need to replace the line for a pinhole. Just get a push to connect coupler, cut the 1/4" out with the pinhole and jam it back together. 5 minutes if that. 🤷‍♂️ DOT plastic air line and PTC fittings are brilliant. They started using them on the A1R and it makes servicing so much easier.

Replace every check valve. Not worth even taking them apart to inspect. Cheap Haldex COTS parts.

Huh. Completely deleted at some point. My A1R doesn't even have that bracket. 🤷‍♂️

https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/dana-diagnostic-tool-software.221541/#post-2587857

Forget the 3.07 gears. Waste of time - get ECO hubs. The 3116 is getting really old and tough to find parts for. You can upgrade to the 290 HP fueling parts, and swap over to the 3126/C7 turbocharger - the Borg Warner S300. Should get you up to about 300 HP. I wouldn't take the 3116 truck...

MME is definitely one of the worst examples of a "surplus scalper". Can't imagine they have many return customers for their trucks and I'm sure they are using the same Chinese crap on those that they are selling on their website. Our trucks have enough problems from age and Army abuse without...

Plenty of Meritor NOS units on eBay. The ones the military purchases now use the bolts with the Nord Locks and the small head that snaps off at the proper torque.

Wow! I had no idea they were having the wheel valves reproduced. That's scandalous. Shame. The new version from Dana no longer use that stupid chunky elbow at the valve stem that's such a pain.....

NO! It's NOT a plug. It's an open breather port. If the water was over that point then the transmission is likely FULL of water. That vent is where the transmission will puke out oil if it is overfilled. You will likely ruin the transmission if you even start the engine with it full of water...

The transmission body has a breather that is located more or less right below the PPD/LBCD behind the spare tire carrier. It's easiest to access with the spare tire lowered. It is NOT extended to the height of the front hub/axle and bell-housing breathers since it's screwed directly into the...

Change all the fluids. Alternator should be fine. That's the whole point of the Niehoff brushless design - it's dust/water proof since it is completely sealed and submersible. Clean all the connections of salt water and residue of course.

That is typically a result of the breather on the axle tube being plugged up. Have you cleaned and flow tested all the front hub and axle tube breaher lines and the various junctions behind the frame rails, etc? All of them tee together and head up behind the cab.

Not sure on the purpose behind a battery disconnect at the alternator. A1+ trucks already have a battery disconnect at the rear of the battery box. AC compressor is normally mounted on the drivers side, not the passenger side. But there's multiple ways to do it. The bigger problem is the cab...

Here's the software from Dana's site: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/lmtv-ctis-question.162326/post-2553950

If you are getting a difference between front and rear then the problem is somewhere after the Tee that splits the control line between the front and rear QRV's. A partial blockage going to front tires could cause the control air to preferentially go to the rear at higher pressures. Is this the...

What's it doing?

The new gaskets from CAT are coated metal. No more aramid. And Loctite 515 is a beast to clean off and not my first choice. No thanks. I would rather use Hylomar. But the gaskets CAT sells now are installed dry.