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  1. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Funny thing you mentioned that, a chainsaw came across my thoughts as well. At mom and dads on the farm, their primary heat is wood so we cut a lot of wood and have many stihl and husqvarna saws but last year I went to the dark side and bought an Oregon 40v cordless saw. I bought it for my dad...
  2. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    I finally had time to reconfigure the batteries down to two from four. When I had bought it, it had 4 group 24s in it so I pulled out all four batteries and the battery tray all together, which i wound up just drilling the heads off the bolts for the tray and knocking them on through to avoid...
  3. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Looks good. I need a whole cover kit for mine as well, maybe some day lol. Was your’s from the lots of them sold off gov planet, the past couple of weeks?
  4. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Sincerely thank you for the explication and not just saying I’m wrong without explaining. That explanation and video makes since. Honestly though I’m not to worried about it though considering it’s a non commercial play/farm truck that will maybe see night driving three times a year. Plus their...
  5. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Yea it’s a 12 volt system for the lighting. I’ve always been told and in experience using a white bulb is quite fine behind a colored lens and Im not trying to be a smart butt by no means, but the original bulb was warm white originally same as the led. Only difference now is it’s brighter and...
  6. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    The headlights and marker lights both came from Amazon. I’ll link them below. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097MQQC1N/ref=twister_B097MPJNFT?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1...
  7. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    After using the truck a few times in the dark recently, I decided the headlights needed to go and 95% of the marker lights were burned out. So I bought new headlights and swapped the bulbs in the marker lights over to led. The first picture was the new headlight on the left with the original on...
  8. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Honestly in my opinion it wasn’t to bad just a little time consuming. The three bolt heads on each hydraulic cylinder are 24 mm but a 15/16 shallow socket will work if you don’t have a 24. I tried at first to use a large snap on 1/2 in power bar but I couldn’t budge them. Plus I felt that I was...
  9. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Had my drivers side hydraulic cylinder start leaking for the suspension compression system so I did what most would. I removed the whole system and capped the outlets at the manifold. Took a little while but nothing hard. Much cleaner now on the frame. I still have to paint the frame back green...
  10. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Lol yea the pan was just a cheap 65qt tote I had tarps in. I definitely change the filters regularly and always have extras on the shelf if needed.
  11. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    No where near a big project, but finally was able to squeeze some time to change the engine and transmission oil, filters, and the fuel filters Monday. It was its first change since I got the truck so I was half expecting some sort of ugly to show it’s face, but luckily everything was normal...
  12. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    I probably would have went back with the push pins again but the passenger side had already had the rivnuts installed so I just made both sides match. New the push pins do hold very well unless you have to remove them a few times and even the other variant that expand when you push the center...
  13. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Finally got around to finishing out the new door panels on the truck. When I got the truck the drivers side had the the plastic panel with the “Christmas tree” push fasteners half missing and no window regulator handle. The passenger side had no panel no outside door handle and no hardware at...
  14. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Honestly it’s not to bad to plum them up. between the crane and using a large tamping bar to pry with at the bottom of the hole you can actually move them around pretty easily. As for why some of them are squared off, right down the hill from the hay shed my cousin has a portable sawmill and he...
  15. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Yea I must have overlooked that one, will do appreciate the heads up
  16. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Used the truck for a purpose finally lol. Set the 14 poles for the hay shed today. Barely had enough reach but made it work. Worked quit well actually. Found two more hoses that showed their face weeping so I’ll address them soon enough.
  17. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Ha i had ordered the exact same thing from him not 2 weeks ago for my truck. Ordered them on a late Friday afternoon and they showed up that following Monday, seriously fast shipping lol.
  18. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Most everyone around here mostly focuses on two to three cuttings on regular fescue and such, unless they dabble in alfalfa and such which they attempt more cuttings. We only deal with fescue and orchard grass mix so two is usually the norm. Plus with the unknown weather conditions we don’t push...
  19. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    It’s the last bit of acreage from the first cutting. Would have finished a few weeks ago, but blew out the lift cylinder on the disk mower. Between having to wait on a rebuild kit and the wet weather, it got pushed back. The last couple of days of dry weather allowed us to finish it off.
  20. Godspeed131

    What have you done to your FMTV or LMTV today

    Finally got around and found some time between baling hay to replace some hydraulic hoses on the m1084 for the crane. Got around 7 changed out to stop the leaks for now. Still have a few of the original ones left that will need changing out soon, but finally I can operate it without taking a...
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