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I am. I sourced those parts at the same time I got the sender. 86humv is awesome like that for always having the right stuff at a good price.
Have you tried SeaFoam or engine degreaser followed by warm water attached to your pressure washer? Set washer at wider angle and be careful not to blow a hole into the tank, but should work really well. The warm (almost hot) water really makes the pressure wash effective.
Not yet, but I also lack a pressure washer. Makes me wish I had a large steam cleaner, as I hear that those are really the silver bullet on getting out this gunk in a hurry. We'll see what the gasoline does, then I can switch to a warm pressure wash with some borrowed tools if it comes to that.
An electric pressure washer is maybe 70 clams. Amazingly versatile, especially in detailing under the hood and removing gum from your sidewalk.
As solvents go, gasoline isn't actually all that great, diesel is a better solvent, and biodiesel is a really good solvent (will eat the paint off of metal with repeat exposure)
I've been doing the same. Started remodeling in January and just finished. Hauled 3 tons (!) of debris to the landfill using my HMMWV and M116A2 radar trailer. Now she's hauling the garage contents to my wife's house nearby. We're finally living in one house. HMMWV is doing fine, despite the tired engine and more tired 3L80.Put her to work this weekend.
Ended up hauling 2200 pounds of yard debris and at the dump had to do it through a lot of soft dirt with no issue. Only issue I had was waiting in line almost an hour to get back out of dump sitting there in the hot sun with no AC or shade!
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Perhaps this is true, but the gasoline sure did the trick. I checked on the tank this morning and it was all the consistency of diesel fuel. What was neat to see was how rapidly the gasoline will evaporate off and go right back to tar. I used my fingers to wipe the bottom of the tank in a fast test and in one minute, watched it go from diesel-like, to oil-like, and back to tar-like.
Please wear benzene resistant gloves
I missed this original message, but I do appreciate the heads-up warning on it, particularly with the chemical exposure hazard. It prompted me (unfortunately, after the fact) to look more into it and understanding the hazard better. During the course of my cleaning efforts, I was wearing 7-mil nitrile gloves. The longest I wore a set was probably about 1 hour. I was washing up between gloves with soap and water, as I usually was de-gloving due to needing something from inside or just finishing a task and taking a break. All of the cleaning efforts were taking place in open-air, outside. For the most part, my contact was via intermittent splashing, as my work was mostly with handled scrubbing tools.
I've seen HMMWV in Rifle Companies using a piece of plywood between the Windshield and B Pillar above the Driver and Truck Commander's seats with the M113 APC dome lights screwed or bolted to, along with map pockets, pen slots, etc. We were allowed to make NON-PERMANENT alterations to the trucks most of the time a piece of 1/2" or 3/4" plywood bought by the crew or senior person, painted black or OD using supply system or AAFES bought spray paint.
