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  1. Retiredwarhorses

    S-788 Shelter Info

    I have the TM for the shelter...but it shows nothing about about power....student driver on G503 has a 788 shelter. you might want to Ping him. when you say aux power, I assume you mean to the external auxower receptacle on the outside?
  2. Retiredwarhorses

    M923A2 Alternator wire help

    The ring connectors correspond to the size of the terminal...one is ground, one is pos, and one is super small, then there is a female rubber connector that goes to male on the wiring harness. assuming this is a 60amp alternator. i just replace the 60amp gens, the cost to refurb is the same or...
  3. Retiredwarhorses

    Hummer interior panels from Indiana to calif

    I have an older gentleman in Indiana who has a hummer he is converting, I need to get all the leftover interior parts to calif, SF Bay Area...or somewhere closer. No real weight per sey...
  4. Retiredwarhorses

    flat tow HMMWV

    I see the pic, but the TM does not refer to anything as a pump. They are just wet sump...not saying it isn't, but just from what I know...either way....the correct method of flat tow has been discussed and I think agreed upon. its best to disconnect the drive shafts.
  5. Retiredwarhorses

    flat tow HMMWV

    Being I have rebuilt my fair share of 218's and 242's, please show me in the TM where the pump is....
  6. Retiredwarhorses

    HMMWV Battery / Requirements

    I'm sorry, that is my wholesale price from my Distributor. It's not retail...but yes, that's what I get them for, that also requires cores come back to them as well. there was a time when the price was through the roof, back in the Early stages of Iraq and Afghanistan that the prices were IIRC...
  7. Retiredwarhorses

    5-ton-Atlanta Auto Show- M923A1

    All cockpit lights for NVG were converted to blue long ago in the military, Blue is better on the eyes in NVG environments. flashlight lenses in our aircraft were blue as well....we used blue in aided and unaided flight.
  8. Retiredwarhorses

    wipers work but no washer fluid

    If the wipers work you are getting 24 to the motor, there are 3 connectors in the A-pillar P W G, Park,washer, ground. washer is wire 71, 27 park, 57 grnd personally, replace the squirter motor...of you can't hear it go on and off, it's 95% chance it's bad. no uncommon, they get gunked up I find.
  9. Retiredwarhorses

    HMMWV Troop Seats for 4-man config?

    I have the 2 C-pillar pieces...they are cut out of a left and right sponson....while you can find right sponsons all day Long, try to find a left, without paying an arm and a leg. i also might have the center roof support bar coming in as well.
  10. Retiredwarhorses

    HMMWV Troop Seats for 4-man config?

    Here is my 1st GMV build and all dressed up for the Tower park show.
  11. Retiredwarhorses

    HMMWV Troop Seats for 4-man config?

    I have built several GMV's, there are several variation of Bed enclosures, the ones pictured have always been problematic because finding the correct material to match the side slats has been impossible., everything else can be fabricated.
  12. Retiredwarhorses

    HMMWV Battery / Requirements

    The 6TL prices seem to be all over the place IMHO....I always used them in my HMMWV's till the price went through the roof several years ago...these were alway from my supplier, so at that time I went with Optima Red tops and used the adapter trays so they sit in the battery tray meant for the...
  13. Retiredwarhorses

    12 bolt thread size?

    Just replace the stud....they are cheap, always carry some for spares. $2.53 ea at kascar 12342758
  14. Retiredwarhorses

    New tri cooler Oil/Trans/Pwr Strng

    It won't fit....it's too long, it for the ECV radiator. Also, I have seen 2 type of these....one with the cooler inlet lines that allow hose clamps and have the oil cooler nipples, and one that requires special connectors for all the fittings. but if you can make it fit....it would serve its...
  15. Retiredwarhorses

    What is the substance on the inside of the Hummer/other tires?

    Run flat lube....a packet goes in each tire...this is so you don't destroy the run flat if you run on them. i never put it in....that stuff is a mess.
  16. Retiredwarhorses

    M998 Startup Precautions after sitting for 7 years

    All fluids, drain the fuel tank....buy a new fuel tank plug and install new. not uncommon for trucks that sit that long that the injecotor pump get gummed up...so at some point, if you get s no start, open the IJ lines and see if you are getting fuel while cranking.
  17. Retiredwarhorses

    Fried my S3 eess

    Is you light set for everything off?
  18. Retiredwarhorses

    Identify this wire connector thing-a-ma-jiggy???

    Adding reverse lights is easy for a hmmwv, the shifter has the threaded hole already in the side of the shifter, you just need to buy the detent switch that screws in, run the wires to the rear light, take power off of the running lamp that is on when the light switch is on...it's only used at...
  19. Retiredwarhorses

    Identify this wire connector thing-a-ma-jiggy???

    They are just common splitters, used for power or ground....I use them all the time for lighting, I never cut into my wiring harnesses.
  20. Retiredwarhorses

    1025 hardtop restoration question.

    Also, look in the 24p TM, it shows the turret breakdown...
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