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. You NEED it. It is lonely sitting out there in a field...

. Well, there are several folks on here that have HMMWV's registered in Florida. Asking the questions from somebody who has already "lived it" should get you some good information. Don't know the specifics, but a 20 year old truck is very different from a 19 year old as age pertains to...

. You just put the kit in the valve - right? Any chance to shoot it with some soapy water to look for bubbles? Maybe you fixed one and something else close to it is also leaking. Any chance you could connect the truck to "house air" Maybe CHOCK THE WHEELS so nothing goes wrong - and...

. Welcome to the outfit! As Ken mentioned - those Technical Manuals (TMs) are your friend. Lots of good information in there an if you sit down in your recliner, I am willing to bet you that you will be asleep before you skim the first 20 pages. The tough part with these things are learning...

. Really interesting... As I was looking through the pictures I had the same comment as @NDT - about how clean the bottom of the block was. You definitely Done Good there! Guessing that you bent the oil pickup tube back down to the bottom of the pan too?

. Maybe we can post a picture of the wear ring and seal - and a part number?

. Yes Sir! Funny how that works... Blue paste is all Mechanical - no smart phone required - just raw brain power and logic. A lot like PlastiGage for another purpose.

. Generally the new seal that is a little smaller - with a wear ring included - comes in one package. I don't think you will find any military part numbers for seals configured that way. An old guy at the parts counter who can reference the standard seal part number to a seal and wear ring...

. Motor mounts are not as awful as they seem. A floor jack with a 2x6 on its end up to the flat spot where the pan bolts up to the motor lifts the engine. JUST A LITTLE so you don't chance breaking parts on top of the motor against the firewall. Make your lift point more to the front of the...

. Yes Indeed! Nothing like a little propane, maybe some heat tabs for a really bad day and some MREs in the kit. It amazes me how the solar panels are always on top of the house. Climb up there to sweep it off and fall and break your neck... We have a few of those solar farms here that are...

. Well, it isn't cheap but it is self-contained and it looks like you could feed a defroster hose and a hose to your side of the truck too. If this winter in Texas is like last year - two might be pretty nice. A big piece of cardboard covering about 3/4 of the radiator might be good to keep...

. Yes! And some "Engineers Blue" on the clean dry gears will keep you from setting the PTO in too deep - or not deep enough. Sometimes also called "Matching Blue" but however it is named - the goal is full contact between the sides of the teeth. Not deep enough and you break teeth In too deep...

. Any chance that the voltage regulator - GUESSING - would be external has contacts that are stuck closed?

. Get yourself a REALLY bright flashlight and look down in the fuel tank. It has been sitting for about a year? It may be that you have an algae farm growing in your tank. Then you went to start it up and slurped that nasty goo up into the fuel system... There really isn't anything good to...

. Welcome to the the outfit new guy from Minnesota! :) Sounds to me like you have a running truck. That seems to be a common thing where pieces were cobbled together in the military - or after that when they were released to the civilian world. Nice well worn gears - and a new gear in the...

. Seems like a reasonable plan. Casually looking this afternoon, I didn't see a transmission cooler. Seems like there would be something to cool it. Heck, even a simple pickup truck has a cooler out front... Guessing that you do remember that the TM's call for about 1500 / 1800 RPM or...

. Those TM's that we keep preaching on will make you smarter. You will learn the names of some of the parts that will need your attention - and make it easier for you to get help too. Plan on going to sleep the first time you try and sit down and read the first twenty or so pages. Nobody ever...

. Suppose a light few drops of Marvel Mystery Oil in the lines in front of the valves would limber them up?

. You didn't mention how long the truck might have been sitting. Six weeks? Six months? More? You could have an air problem (you mentioned 60#) and it might just be water from condensation in the brake lines - that eventually flow downstream to the wheel cylinders (brake cylinders). Not...

. Well, I assume that you got your TC back into gear... I have had that sort of problems with mine and it was loose linkage. Lots of WD40 has helped make the PTO cable slide more smoothly too.