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  1. NDT

    Need LMTV assistance in Fairbanks, Alaska

    Have the GP rep take the caps off the drive flanges on both hubs on the front axle (simple to do with a pipe wrench). Take a look in there to double check the issue is not the wheel end reduction gears. If nothing is mangled in the wheel ends, my advice would be to ship a known good complete...
  2. NDT

    1997 M1078 Smoking Allison Transmission Selector

    Send your controller to Transmissioninstruments.com, he can fix it and tell you what solenoid that board controls, so you can look for causes effectively.
  3. NDT

    M1070(HET) Tractors What are second lives/uses????

    Food truck conversion for sale by someone in Austin. M4 Expandovan transplant. $175,000 is the asking price.
  4. NDT

    Ideas for charging the batteries in an Oshkosk M1070

    On the positive and negative posts of either paralleled battery, does not matter.
  5. NDT

    Pre-Buy jitters, Reliability nightmare horror stories... Please Help.

    The military learned there are some sure-fire ways to deadline a HMMWV: Fording through deep water such that water gets splashed on the hood and sucked into the engine through the air precleaner Neglect to lock the differentials with brake throttle modulation, get a wheel spinning in the air...
  6. NDT

    Rapco Forest green Hmmwv.

    Oops sorry. Looks great for 34079.
  7. NDT

    Rapco Forest green Hmmwv.

    Sorry, but Rapco is entirely too glossy, needs 4 times more flattener added to match CARC.
  8. NDT

    starter motor running in run position

    If it cranks with the switch connected and does not with it disconnected, the switch is defective. Now I see your switch is aftermarket, failure of that is not unusual.
  9. NDT

    starter motor running in run position

    Unusual, but it must be the switch.
  10. NDT

    starter motor running in run position

    Where did you disconnect the crank wire? At the starter or at the ignition switch?
  11. NDT

    No Parking Brakes 1997 M1078

    Some advice. Don't take your FMTV to any shop period. Learn the systems and fix your truck yourself. The hive here has figured out nearly every issue and posted solutions and can assist you. HOWEVER, to assist you, you will need to report back precise symptomatic information.
  12. NDT

    spring/suspension installation problem

    Is that the correct part number spring? Looks too long to me. They don't compress very much.
  13. NDT

    Ideas for charging the batteries in an Oshkosk M1070

    All 4 battery 24 volt US military trucks are wired like your diagram. I prefer two mounted 12 volt maintainers, one on each pair of batteries that are in parallel (the left two and the right two). When it's time to move out, I unplug the "shore line" and roll.
  14. NDT

    Brake Issues

    Two things cause the brake pedal to return. The pedal itself returns by a spring. The piston in the master cylinder returns due to the fluid being forced back into it by the 6 springs on the brake shoes retracting the shoes and compressing the wheel cylinders. It's also possible that the...
  15. NDT

    How to fix squeaky suspension?

    Squeaks mean metal on metal. Something is worn out or needs grease.
  16. NDT

    1999+ 6.5L marine motor, questions?!?!

    That would have to be the ultimate fail to go through all the work of de-marining an engine and installing it in a pickup only to have the truck go 65 mph backwards. I don't have a boost gauge on my 2000 6.5 TD, but I recall safe boost levels being discussed on Dieselplace I think.
  17. NDT

    M923a2 recovery, TX to GA

    If your compressor is toast, have a taxi take you to Home Depot and buy a gas powered air compressor and run that for the rest of the way home. Isn't the usual reason for this issue the sneeze valve stuck open on the dryer?
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