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  1. CARC686

    Central FL M1031 project

    Does RGB light bar mean what it sounds like? Off road disco roller rink floodlight? I didn't know that existed. Sounds ridiculous and I might want one for myself.
  2. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Went looking for cottontails, jackrabbits, and rattlers today. Rabbit scat here and there, but no rabbits. Empty burrows. No luck. Climbing the hills, I was so preoccupied with keeping the rubber side down, I did not notice the elevation gain until I looked behind me and took in the kind of view...
  3. CARC686

    CUCVRUS Repair Projects

    Long time, no see, Rick. Hope you're doing okay.
  4. CARC686

    M1009 rubber flooring no longer for sale?

    Pretty sure this is what you're looking for: https://www.rockauto.com/en/parts/acc,1915340,flooring,1264 I've got one in good shape, but you're awful far away. Only ever installed the back half. I yanked it out because it was trapping water. If you order one from Rock Auto, paste this into the...
  5. CARC686

    Gas millage dropping down from 18 MPG to 15 MPG

    Another peculiarity to my truck is that the IP timing is extremely advanced, but the Warhorses guys will tell you that you have to do that with a HMMWV pump on a NA 6.2 anyway because it's the wrong pump. For me, it was the right pump because it was new in box for $700. If you start feeling like...
  6. CARC686

    Gas millage dropping down from 18 MPG to 15 MPG

    Just whatever you do, don't let a welder tell you it's a diesel, so you don't need mufflers. I mean unless you want people two miles away to think you have a big block.
  7. CARC686

    Gas millage dropping down from 18 MPG to 15 MPG

    I would assume altitude reduces MPG, but I got an even 20 out of my 09 driving up and down the mountains. Flatland here is at about 4k feet. I'm running a HMMWV IP on a NA 6.2 with an open element air filter and turbo mufflers. I dump a quart of 2 stroke in with a full tank. Sounds like a lot...
  8. CARC686

    Fuel Cap Repair help

    I don't know that it would break. I just anticipate the worst outcome and have layers of backup plans.
  9. CARC686

    Fuel Cap Repair help

    Just cut it short so when it breaks off, you can push it in and install another one. You can snip them to a point with a good pair of shears or wire cutters.
  10. CARC686

    Fuel Cap Repair help

    Y'all are seriously overthinking this. I'd have cracked my cap in half putting a blind rivet in it and replaced the whole assembly with a civilian unit by now.
  11. CARC686

    Fuel Cap Repair help

    Maybe put a flat washer under the head to encourage it not to snap off the umpteenth time it goes for a swing at a gas station.
  12. CARC686

    Fuel Cap Repair help

    You're right to be worried about breaking your cap. You can occasionally find a used one on eBay for entirely too much money. It's cheaper to replace the entire fill hose with a civvy part.
  13. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    After you mentioned they were just about 5/8", I found some grommets in my junk bin and glued the bump stops into them with a dab of silicone. Saves me having to send them back.
  14. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    There's no telling. Civilians owned this truck for 10 years before I got hold of it.
  15. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Anybody got a lead on rubber door stops? I ordered GMK414440373S from Parts Geek. The holes in the door jamb are 16.3mm, but the parts they sent have 9mm flanges, so I'm sending them back.
  16. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Those Mile Marker electric 24v HMMWV winches that go for a grand on eBay: The jukebox is vinyl and CD with Bluetooth and USB. I had a USB stereo on a big fairing I put on a Yamaha 1900 about 15 years ago, so it's familiar to me and probably what I'll use to load up the tunes. I got the Elvis...
  17. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    The 3M Combat Arms settlement hit my account this morning. Considered ordering a HMMWV winch and Engineered Vintage mount. Ordered a jukebox instead. It will get more use. Remind my desiccated corpse of this decision when you find it holding a shovel in the dunes.
  18. CARC686

    Fuel under air filter and intake.

    I replaced mine last year. I want to say 5/16", but that's my best guess and I don't stand by it. If you lay on top of the engine, you can reach under the intake and yank it out from the firewall side without having to remove the intake. Then, you'll have a hose to take to the parts house.
  19. CARC686

    Fuel under air filter and intake.

    Agreed. Could be a tiny leak. You just don't notice it until it has made a mess, kind of like how my water heater flooded my house one drip at a time. If necessary, you could put florescent dye in your fuel filter to help you find it. When the IP goes, the truck will start and die immediately...
  20. CARC686

    Fuel under air filter and intake.

    I'd replace the rubber hose from the filter before I had the IP rebuilt on a good running truck.
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