Just won an auction - M1088A1

[aw113sgte]

Yep. The only thing I would add is that it is MUCH easier with a slide hammer bead breaker:

Amazon.com

One of these helped so much, although I think mine had a chinesium spring that busted on the 4th wheel.
I'd really recommend a 3/4 impact as well. My 1/2" DeWalt broke an impact socket and struggled a bit.

 

[williamh]

Yep. The only thing I would add is that it is MUCH easier with a slide hammer bead breaker:

Amazon.com

if you want to do a “workout” while changing tires I would suggest a duct bill hammer.

 

[ckouba]

Yeah, with that slide hammer bead breaker and a Milwaukee 18v impact gun I was able to change out all 5 tires on my truck solo with zero former experience.

I would also recommend getting a 6 ft section of 3/4" pipe from Home Depot or Lowes and cutting it in half to use to help guide/lift the wheel back on to the lugs.

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Yes, ^ this!!!!

Makes it a LOT easier to line stuff up to get a wheel back on.

 

[dwlindsey]

As mentioned earlier, I don't have the truck yet. GovPlanet is "reviewing your EUC".

Meanwhile I'm looking at the pictures in the inspection report and I see a bit of rust on some metal that seems to be around the oil pan. I don't know what that is that is rusted. I'd appreciate any knowledge about it.

 

[dwlindsey]

And there's an oil leak by the turbo. Am I looking at a ndw gasket? Or a new turbo?

 

[Ronmar]

Well in the first pic, that doesn’t look like rust on the hose support plate(trans cooling hoses), it looks like an oil leak and accumulated dust/dirt. Since that is under and to the rear of the turbo, they may be related…

could be a turbo drain gasket in pic 2. Need to get the truck and clean it off to try and find the source or sources…

 

[dwlindsey]

it looks like an oil leak and accumulated dust/dirt. Since that is under and to the rear of the turbo, they may be related…

Need to get the truck and clean it off to try and find the source or sources…

Thanks! That's helpful. I'm anxious to get the truck and get started. It'll be a fun project . . . until it isn't . . .

The inspection report from GovPlanet says it runs, builds oil pressure and air pressure . . . so that's something. Now if all the oil blows out a leak or two . . .

I didn't find the support plate in the TMs, but if it's not rusted out . . . I likely don't need a new one . . . maybe something more serious with the engine.

 

[aw113sgte]

Agree with Ronmar. The location of the oil leak needs to be found and fixed at some point but I don't see a rust concern-at least from these pictures.

 

[dwlindsey]

Well . . . when I won the auction, the GovPlanet website said that EUC approval would take "up to 12 weeks"

It was approved today, 9 days after the auction.

Now I need to pick it up on or about March 26. Anyone have any tips or tricks? Preferred transporter companies?

Dwight

 

[aghumvee]

My dad and I have driven home many military auction trucks over the past 15 years.

Your M1088 looks like one I would drive home after:
Inspection to make sure driveline not bent, parts missing, etc..
2 New front tires/wheels put on
4 new batteries
Check all fluids/top off
Test drive close to site in case you have to have it hauled. (When GL/GP sold on bases, it was easy to test them since we would spend an hour driving around base before hitting the interstates.)

We always took spare fluids, fuel, spare tires, tow straps, etc and had a truck we could pull auction truck to the nearest exit instead of the side if it wasnt a backroad.

The fun part of an auction win was driving it back home!