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CUCV III Tahoe sold today on GSA. 9 grand. Add 1000 tax and registration, 1000 for needed tires, 1000 for paint, 500 for two batteries. Around 13K to get on the road. Ouch.

Time out. Don't throw parts at a problem, that is a rookie move. Inspect the wiring stem to stern looking for bare wires touching chassis.

The 3 lever light switch has a self resetting circuit breaker inside. You either have an intermittent short circuit, an overload, or the circuit breaker is shot requiring you to replace the entire switch.

Photo credit: US Military Wheeled Vehicles by Fred Crismon

M269 and M270 trailers went behind the tractor wrecker.

The B phase is 16 volts under the A phase. And down to 201 volts which is too low for a 208 circuit. Is your entire 20 kW load hanging on the B phase?

Ha I wasn’t poopooing the baby towbar, that’s all they had back in the day for 50,000 lb loaded 5 tons etc. I have used my baby one forever without issue on 5 tons. But I have seen many in the DRMO scrap hopper twisted into a pretzel.

That towbar is prehistoric, it’s the baby one from the 1960’s.

Got the rails from HPG. They match up perfect with 86humv's bases. Now to find my rivet gun.

Plowing snow looks like. Look for plates from other government agencies like NASA or DOE, they tended to do nice white paint jobs like that one has.

Clean '68. Any idea what Uncle had on the back in service?

If your dash gauge is pegged in the red witb those at battery readings, it’s shot.

With the truck running put your voltmeter on each battery one at a time and you should read 13.8 volts more or less.

All the way to the right in the red field means one of your alternators has a bad regulator and is overcharging. Fix it before driving, you will cook your battery. Verify with a hand held volt meter.

M38A1, 1953, surplused 1970s, acquired 1980, age in 2021: 68 M135, 1951, surplused late 1970s, acquired 1982, age in 2021: 70

In Houston we have 29 haircut palaces with 14’ clearance on the interstates especially I-10. They get hit constantly.

Yeah 11.5 high truck on 3’ high trailer duh what was the driver thinking. Chassis likely has bent frame as well. These as well as 1079s have to ride on drop deck RGN trailers.

11 grand for that? Wth

Blowout waiting to happen

It goes behind the heater. Might help to remove it. Fan control solenoid is cannibalized, but your WTEC control is there thank goodness. Is your PDP in place?