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Hi,
I have been documenting my M998 purchase and repaint and other things related to it in multiple threads both here and over on G503.
I have not put together a single start to finish thread and thought that may be helpful to anyone that reads about what other people did for their projects (such as myself).
So here goes....
I bought the truck in August from GP at Ft. Bragg. This was not the first EUC I have had done so the paperwork process was very streamlined. I had just had a EUC on a trailer back in April. I was able to get the truck in September and immediately began working on it.
I started as a 2 man setup in all tan. I removed all of the 2 man stuff and then gave it a very long and well needed pressure washing.
I scrapped the paint where it needed to be scrapped and primed with rattle can aluminum primer. I then got Behr paint from Home depot and painted it in the 3 color NATO pattern. I installed the rear seatbelt stuff and the 4 man soft top framework and cover, as well as new seatbelts in the front.
I already had 2 high back seats up front so I got the correct high back seat bases for the rear seats and bought 2 seats on epay for the rear.
I knew I had a ticking noise in the flex plate area and ended up dropping the transmission to find a still usable but badly worn flex plate and broken torque converter. I replaced both and put it back together. This did not make the noise go away, and I am still looking into it.
I have replaced some of the lights around it with LED's and will do the rest of them in the future, as well as putting JW Speaker headlights in.
I have installed the radio antenna mounts and 1 antenna. I have also Installed all new insulation and floor mats in it as well as NOS wood on the tunnel.
I did some digging in the old paint before I painted over it and found the unit and bumper numbers. When I repainted the truck I went back with those numbers to keep the history of the truck. In digging in the paint I found plenty of evidence to show me that my truck had been painted over to be tan and was CARC'ed in 05/06. This is also when the unit it was assigned to would have had equipment going through reset. I cant tell for sure but it is plausible that my truck spent some time over seas, but I'm not sure. Most units around that time were rotating into equipment that was already in theatre, not bringing their own. So who knows.
I also found evidence that my truck had not always been a 2 man setup, much of the seatbelt MWO had already been done on the rear seats.
So that's where I'm at with it. In the next year I plan to install a 100 Amp neihoff alternator that I have and get a radio shelf and put a AM/FM type radio in it. I will also finish changing over the lights to LED's and maybe a few other things like a airlift rear bumper or reddot AC.
Thanks,
Corey
I have been documenting my M998 purchase and repaint and other things related to it in multiple threads both here and over on G503.
I have not put together a single start to finish thread and thought that may be helpful to anyone that reads about what other people did for their projects (such as myself).
So here goes....
I bought the truck in August from GP at Ft. Bragg. This was not the first EUC I have had done so the paperwork process was very streamlined. I had just had a EUC on a trailer back in April. I was able to get the truck in September and immediately began working on it.
I started as a 2 man setup in all tan. I removed all of the 2 man stuff and then gave it a very long and well needed pressure washing.
I scrapped the paint where it needed to be scrapped and primed with rattle can aluminum primer. I then got Behr paint from Home depot and painted it in the 3 color NATO pattern. I installed the rear seatbelt stuff and the 4 man soft top framework and cover, as well as new seatbelts in the front.
I already had 2 high back seats up front so I got the correct high back seat bases for the rear seats and bought 2 seats on epay for the rear.
I knew I had a ticking noise in the flex plate area and ended up dropping the transmission to find a still usable but badly worn flex plate and broken torque converter. I replaced both and put it back together. This did not make the noise go away, and I am still looking into it.
I have replaced some of the lights around it with LED's and will do the rest of them in the future, as well as putting JW Speaker headlights in.
I have installed the radio antenna mounts and 1 antenna. I have also Installed all new insulation and floor mats in it as well as NOS wood on the tunnel.
I did some digging in the old paint before I painted over it and found the unit and bumper numbers. When I repainted the truck I went back with those numbers to keep the history of the truck. In digging in the paint I found plenty of evidence to show me that my truck had been painted over to be tan and was CARC'ed in 05/06. This is also when the unit it was assigned to would have had equipment going through reset. I cant tell for sure but it is plausible that my truck spent some time over seas, but I'm not sure. Most units around that time were rotating into equipment that was already in theatre, not bringing their own. So who knows.
I also found evidence that my truck had not always been a 2 man setup, much of the seatbelt MWO had already been done on the rear seats.
So that's where I'm at with it. In the next year I plan to install a 100 Amp neihoff alternator that I have and get a radio shelf and put a AM/FM type radio in it. I will also finish changing over the lights to LED's and maybe a few other things like a airlift rear bumper or reddot AC.
Thanks,
Corey
