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    I found a new LMTV parts source

    Certainly looks that way.
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    Starter replacement

    Actually the Honda Element was produced in East Liberty, Ohio for the US market. This is now a global economy. Guess which pickup truck is the "most American" now? https://www.motorbiscuit.com/the-2020-toyota-tundra-proves-its-more-american-than-the-ford-f-150/ Yep. It's the Toyota Tundra...
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    Starter replacement

    They are ugly as sin and I wouldn't own one, but I did have a customer with 470k miles on the original drivetrain. Hard to call it a POS. I may not like it and I may not want one and I may even disagree with owning a foreign car in general but anything that can last that long on the original...
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    By all means copy the factory bracket. If you can get your hands on one to copy it would be even better but then of course why not just use it unless it's on loan..... But I don't see a problem if you copy it faithfully. I think we can all agree that the OP's design of hanging it off the...
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    IDK if any of you have seen Sean Fillner's YouTube videos about attempting to install a RedDot hydraulic AC system. Fun stuff and I applaud his innovation and tenacious resolve to make it work..... Spoiler - He eventually gave up and installed the proper brackets and a belt driven pump. "If...
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    Totally. My TIG is setup most of the time for aluminum - we use a lot of tubing for intercooler piping, coolant hard piping, etc. For something like that bracket I would use MIG though since it's like 10x faster on 1/4" steel plate. Or run arc with your TIG setup - that would work great too I'm...
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    Yeah the scalpers like MWE can f*ck right off. They don't get my business either. The brackets though.... I mean you've got material costs which is not just the steel - you have an idler in there and several fasteners. Having someone make them like Tom is doing would cost as much as he is...
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    They are quite substantial (1/4" plate) and duplicates of the actual military version - two piece with the adjustable belt idler. Not like the cheese that MWME sells for $299 where the compressor is the belt tensioner. I mean sure - I could make my own. But I don't have the jigs and plans, and...
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    Please help identify an FMTV manual

    It's just a single PDF. Archive.org generates all those other files like torrents and other indexing tools it uses for it's search engines and so forth. You can download the single PDF or all the of files and the single PDF will be one of them. Look for the 28.3 Mb PDF. Edit - here's the direct...
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    Please help identify an FMTV manual

    LoL. The way I see it - if I can own the truck then I can own the schematics. If I wanted to I could buy a truck and reverse engineer the schematics. All it would take is time and money. It's not like these are schematics for a weapons system - it's a cargo truck. Stewart and Stevenson even sold...
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    Please help identify an FMTV manual

    These are the real deal. Promise.
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    Please help identify an FMTV manual

    If someone would like to put this in the TM's section - here's the schematics for the A0 through A1R Gen IV all in the same PDF: https://archive.org/details/fmtv-schematics-a-0-a-1-r
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    Government pays about $600 for the voltage regulator on my 260a A1R truck. Midwest Military Equipment wants $950 for the same part from Niehoff. So who is the criminal here?
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    Eh.... not really. If you had to buy every part of an AC system for a 15 year old civilian vehicle from the dealership - probably would be about the same. At my shop we do a fair number of AC compressors for example and when they are purchased from the dealer they tend to run about $650...
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    The mount he sells does include the idler. I ordered around the end of November and had it within about 4 weeks. Wiring harness was the longest wait - just got it last week. But that's the last piece. As we get closer to warm weather and surplus dwindles the wait times will likely increase and...
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    Shelter/van body mounting options

    I considered a lot of different options and came to the conclusion that buying a 1079 or 1087 was the most economically viable and solid engineering option. For cargo handling I'll be looking for a 1084. Gives you all the space, all the weight, and the crane to get things in and out of the...
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    LMTV Air Conditioner

    I ordered it a while back at end of November along with all the other parts and that's the last piece I am waiting for you to send me. I've got the pulley and a new fan installed already and started working on the condenser. I can't wait to drive it with AC this summer! Rick
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    AC Compressor Mounting Bracket Plans

    Are we sure about having that much weight and belt tension pulling on the gear case? I know cracked gear cases happen when the air compressor/PS pump engine block support bracket bolts work loose from vibration. Just curious if there is precedent for CAT using similar mounting configurations.
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    LMTV Air Conditioner

    Sweet! That's all I'm waiting for is the wiring! Rick
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    Its finally here!

    Definitely carefully inspect that PDP board. They are known for solder cracks and mouse pee doesn't do anything nice to solder or electrical connections. You will want to pull it (carefully document where everything goes) anyway to check the wiring under there and especially the ground point on...
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