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  1. NormB

    MEP ground rod kit/slide hammer info

    Thanks, 319. I'd looked into one of these last year when I bought my 802, just didn't get around to it. Great price, took advantage of a 30 day free trail for SG (again, I've done this before). BTW, if you're EVER thinking of installing a ground rod - or several of them - nothing beats the...
  2. NormB

    Uh-oh: Water+Spur Gears

    [thumbzup] That's a riot. I've started with several of those one hour" jobs, only to be puzzling over the fit/finish, hardware, figuring out what else needs replacing, or just not getting everything together for three hours but I'm learning, learning to use the manuals, online resources, and...
  3. NormB

    Getting engine shipped Houston, TX to Hampshire, TN

    Thanks, already have drop off available, just curious about what it might/will cost. Be nice to have a spare as I intend to get my HMMWV down in a year or so.
  4. NormB

    Getting engine shipped Houston, TX to Hampshire, TN

    Hampshire's between Columbia and Hohenwald off 412, about 30 miles west of I-65. Question really is how much would/should a 6.2L NA engine with IP, no manifolds/starter weigh on a pallet? I'm looking into shipping quotes, but anyone headed this way/route in mid-July I can negotiate with. I'll...
  5. NormB

    steering wheel cover? anyone use one?

    Thanks. Starting playing around with wrapping one of the spokes today (foliage) before I get into wrapping the wheel. I'll post pictures if it works out.
  6. NormB

    Saraland, Alabama m-998 Mechanics?

    Glad to help. It's what I live for. NB
  7. NormB

    Saraland, Alabama m-998 Mechanics?

    SS user was "AIRBORNEROBM" and I got in touch with him through uship, which quoted me $1050 initially, then it got down to $923 for the trip. He's near Madison, AL. Ask him.
  8. NormB

    Saraland, Alabama m-998 Mechanics?

    At work right now, between patients. I bid on a truck in Nashville last fall - missed it by $50, which is probably a good thing - and there was a shipper, guy who posts on this board who's based in Alabama who offered to go up to inspect the truck for what I thought were reasonable rates. I...
  9. NormB

    What's the correct type of bolt

    Ditto, with exceptions. Sometimes it's better for the bolt to give than the frame. Like fuses. Sometimes fuses will sacrifice themselves for more expensive electronic components, sometimes they tough it out. Here...
  10. NormB

    steering wheel cover? anyone use one?

    THAT is awesome. I've got several hundred feet of 550 cord around, it might do the trick, seems to have with yours. I'll give it some thought. By the way, what diameter is your wheel? HMMWV is 14.25", yours looks like it might be wider. Thanks.
  11. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Ah, family time. My daughter, studying abroad ('straya, James Cook Univ.) returns in two weeks. Says she'll drive the HMMWV this time. Scared her just to ride in it. The bumpers you want, HPG has: 01-185-0404 BUMPER, WINDSHIELD FRAME (FOLD-DOWN) 2 $4.68 $9.36 I replaced mine a few months...
  12. NormB

    steering wheel cover? anyone use one?

    Been all over the web looking for one. Looking for simple, leather, that will lace on and fit a small-circumference wheel like the one on our beloved HMMWVs which reminds me of the wheel on my first car, and English Ford Cortina. My wheel's dissolving. I did some searching on this, last post...
  13. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Thought had crossed my mind, but ATF is slicker than snot on teflon. Had to clean it up.
  14. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    What I did with MY HMMWV today: Ran out to ACE to pick up a 4" aluminum expandable dryer vent hose, fabricated a fancy hook out of a coat hanger to connect to the spash shield (I seem to recall seeing something like this in the motor pool around 1980-something), wrapped a wet towel around the...
  15. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    I found TWO of the 28V solar panels on fleabay for under $50 each in the past year. $35 plus about $6 priority S&H for the first, IIRC. One for MEP-802A genset, other for this HMMWV. It's the same panel. Has desulfating/pulse unit with the kit. I don't understand why the whole kit runs so...
  16. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    drained transmission fluid overnight, took pan off this AM, cleaned, and I mean cleaned it inside out. No chips, just a little metal sludge/dust on magnet (it's a 3L80). took a steel brush to the pan, some steel wool, acetone, air, and hit it with some black zinc primer and 383 green spray...
  17. NormB

    What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

    Busy couple of days. replaced fuel tank and rear propeller shaft yesterday. Muffler was Saturday. Today, took fuel filter off, finished replacing all fuel lines, then did the part I haven't been looking forward to: bleeding the fuel lines. I poured ten gallons of diesel into the tank while I...
  18. NormB

    Question: reinstalling fuel tank vent line and transfer case under armor plate

    Question resolved. :jumpin: Norm
  19. NormB

    Question about Dual oil filter kit 57K4411 4330-01-533-5641

    Would appreciate it. Thanks.
  20. NormB

    Spindle Locking Nuts?

    www.flashoffroad.com/hmmwv/hubdanger.htm references SOUM-00-017, SOUM-00-014 Also see PS mag issue 578 (psmag.radionerds.com/images/d/d7/PS_Magazine_Issue_578_January_2001.pdf) Was going to pull wheels to drain hubs, now I'll inspect them for this too, although the truck WAS in service until...
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