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So an after action report. -217 gallons of diesel -3 nights in hotels -4 days on the road. -1,123 miles traveled -$320.00 in roadside mechanics fees -$60.00 oil line -5 gallons of engine oil -3 vehicles almost ran over -1 failed fan clutch solenoid, that I unplugged so I had the fan on the...

I am not as optimistic

I now have truck envy. Thank you Elijah, hopefully one day I can be of assistance to someone as well. At the rate I am going I should be a decent shade tree mechanic on LMTV's if my truck keeps breaking at the current rate. I packed it in for the night in Carrollton. Getting up early in the...

Well.... after a couple of hours a mobile mechanic was able to get me back on the road. The high pressure line on my oil pump broke. The metal was brittle. Waiting to get the truck washed so I don't spend the rest of the drive worrying my truck will start on fire.

I am west of Atlanta. I will ask the fella that is heading my way if that is something he can do. He told me my air box is going to be full of oil and there will be some things that need cleaning out. He said he can pull it off and have it rebuilt and have me back on the road for about $2,700.00.

I will pull the driveshafts when I get to Charleston and have them balanced. I had read about them causing expensive damage. Thanks for the reminder.

Turned out to be a M10x1.5x40 and it wasn't terrible to get back in but sure wasn't fun. Sitting on the side of the road in Georgia about one hour out from Atlanta waiting on a mobile mechanic. He thinks I have a blown turbo. Just another day in the life of an idiot driving a 1998 LMTV 1,000...

Do you know the part number

Buy an old military truck and drive it 1,000 miles after it probably sat for 10 years.... what could possibly go wrong?!

I think I know why I was having a hard time with the starter yesterday, it was working its way loose. This morning it had spun itself off the bell housing.

Thank you, I will stop there on my way through. That was very helpful.

I set off from Palestine Texas this morning and made it as far as Vicksburg MS on day one. Riding down the highway at 60MPH sure does seem to get people uptight but most folks didn't seem too bothered. The past couple of weeks the truck was in for service and to resolve a couple of small...