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That's why vise grips were invented. I replaced the steering wheel boot on the firewall and my kids weren't around to help out. A strategically placed vise grip works like a third hand. Just have to do the 3-D placement in your head to figure out what abuts what and it's a breeze. Put a...

Look at my posts in "What have you done with your HMMWV today." I actually fabricated a (somewhat bulky) switch box and used 24 volt Marine switch panel I got off amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Marine+switch+panel+24+volt should show...

Deoxit for all electrical connections. Look it up. You can thank me later.

The words of the late Jerry Doyle come to mind here: "Remember, you're a lot happier if you're unhappy and she's happy than if she's unhappy and you're happy." I believe the same can apply to MVs, too. Then again, Saint Valentine wasn't writing letters to a chariot. NB

AFtermarket license plate frame/light. Meant to mention this. I got the frame through an amazon vendor. Looked pretty solid, got hooked into side lighting, worked. Noticed a couple nights ago it was DIM by several factors. I'd already bought a high-output LED lamp and had a BEAR of a time...

That's next weekend. I recently pulled the heater core (because the fan was dead and I couldn't get the screws loose until I had the box out and could apply some penetrating oil and a little torque) and, while it was out replaced the air intake plenum (or whatever) and a couple of short hoses...

Got mudflaps installed, and repositioned the license plate bracket. Had to redo wiring in the thing as the mfr had the wire inside right next to the bulb, insulation melted and coated the bulb. I had some packard connectors with wire pigtails handy so I patched one in, replaced the bulb with a...

Drilled holes and sank a couple of rivnuts into back of truck below left-hand brake light for repositioning license plate frame/light. Plan on installing mudflats tomorrow - bought some 12x18 generic flaps off amazon and some 2-1/2" aluminum angle bracket and flat at the same time. Have holes...

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For some that's as much of a chore as, say, dropping a fuel tank. Congratulations. Norm

Ditto from Maryland, although I'll be relocating to Hampshire, TN (between Columbia and Hohenwald) in a handful of years. Welcome to the group. Norm

D'oh, yeah, it WOULD halve it. It's late, up since 4AM. Time to go home. Dragging people, other stuff, I'll give it more thought.

What round do you use for hunting 500 lb men in Alaska? :funny:

Winch works, have new cable. PRACTICALLY speaking, has anyone else figured out how to get five HUNDRED pounds tension on the end of the cable while reeling it in as per instructions? I printed out relevant sections of TM 9-2320-280-20-3 (10-110.1) today and didnt' see any specific...

You'd have to find the wiring schematic and do a circuit trace to figure this out, maybe. The hood, being fiberglass, connected to the frame via two greased hinges, isn't grounded. (file under "DUH!"). So where's the ground wire(s)? Follow the hood wiring harness to the Cannon plug on the...

Old, bad gasket on top, or on sender unit, or around vent and/or filler hose. Find your truck's listing in 24P-1, order all rubber parts from Kascar, Hummerpartsguy or other source. Plan to drop the tank and replace all parts (including drain plug). It's on my list of "todos" for our next...

I looked for a switch panel - found on amazon, for marine use, 24V - once I got it home, measured and cut out sides/back from 0.090" aluminum 12x12" sheet (chop saw with a carbide blade), used 1/2" aluminum angle for corners, lots of 1/8" aluminum pop rivets. Should've drawn up plans, did it...

Finally plugged a home built switch box in to panel/gauge lighting, haven't wired/routed power line yet, next warm day I'm off. It was almost 55F today, no wind. Helped son with one of his headboard projects, he helped with the winch - works great.

replaced screws holding tunnel boards with 8-32 nutserts and 8-32 screws today. Eight all told, now I'm thinking about replacing ALL the screws holding down padding/insulation/cowling with same. A little time-consuming, but a little zen-like, too. Nice feeling of accomplishment as I know over...

Dr. Evil Porkchop ran an ad a while back, I came across it while scrolling through the ads. It may or may not last, but it's how I remember the last HMMWV I drove, late '90s, IIRC (maybe early 2000s). I kept the switch unit for a spare - you never know.