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  1. NDT

    '42 GPW script Navy jeep

    I think that is inaccurate. Navy would have painted everything visible gray. Probably not under the hood but for sure the wheels and protruding frame/bumper.
  2. NDT

    Help ID a part.

    Put your cover back on the air hydraulic unit or rain will enter through the muffler, I learned the hard way.
  3. NDT

    Mission Impossible..(?)

    We tried to restore a tank that had been sitting on the beach once. I used a needle scaler to break off the rust. The steel plates that remained were half the original thickness. It was a lost cause.
  4. NDT

    Has anyone done an in-frame 3116 rebuild?

    My guess was moisture in the crankcase from sitting. The blowby was possibly water vapor.
  5. NDT

    Has anyone done an in-frame 3116 rebuild?

    I had major blowby until I changed the clean appearing engine oil. Blowby gone. Worth a shot.
  6. NDT

    Where to buy electric components to fix M998/HMMWV PCB boxes?

    Naomi Wu is the Chinese electronics industry poster child. That's her in the middle.
  7. NDT

    Where to buy electric components to fix M998/HMMWV PCB boxes?

    Newark is one vendor. Good luck, not having any luck diagnosing mine.
  8. NDT

    Information needed on Banks "power" setup

    HMMWVs have plenty of weak points but I never thought the 4L80E was one of them.
  9. NDT

    Information needed on Banks "power" setup

    I don’t think Banks sold any of those upgrades to Uncle.
  10. NDT

    Hmmwv serial # / year of manufacture list

    That is incorrect, that is the body number not the serial number.
  11. NDT

    M35A2 Rims scrap price

    Big big NO NO to put tires in the trash, dumpster owner could get a huge fine and back charged for fishing those out of the refuse truck, tires need to be dismounted and properly recycled, costs me $6.00 a tire here in TX.
  12. NDT

    Smoke problems

    Later HMMWVs have some kind of particulate filter in the exhaust, maybe retrofit it?
  13. NDT

    Hydraulic hose fittings?

    Yes there is a small line. The valley is all block casting so it does not hurt much to have a pond there.
  14. NDT

    Dist. & plugs

    Well it should come as no surprise that it wouldn’t start with #1 at tdc and the spark occurring at #4. Easiest is just change the plug wires to match the distributor, more difficult is to properly time the oil pump to the distributor, I would only do that if you are using stock shielded...
  15. NDT

    Paint on CUCV frame

    It is my opinion that that black paint is the same black paint used on all GM truck frames mil or civy at the time.
  16. NDT

    Truck uncontrollable after bump.

    Sounds like “death wobble”, jack up the front axle and see if there is play in the knuckle king pin bearings.
  17. NDT

    IronClad assurance on GovPlanet

    I bought a fork lift from them with “Ironclad assurance”, supposedly fully operational, when it arrived, numerous hydraulic components were smashed and the main mast cylinder was frozen, GP told me “Oh sorry, see the fine print, hydraulics not covered by our Ironclad bs assurance”. As far as I...
  18. NDT

    Got my MK30 Today

    Was that a GP sale item?
  19. NDT

    Where to attach a recovery strap

    OMG if you rip the pintle out of a deuce that will take a 1000 tons of pull . . .
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