What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

[Mainsail]

spray some soapy water to find out. Even a slow leak will generate bubbles.

Better to verify that it actually is the O-ring leaking than do all the work only to find a pinhole in the tire or rim (unlikely, but not impossible)

Pulled the wheel after work, soaped the valve, the bead on both sides, and bubbles appeared in the hole there, whatever that's called. I tried to re-torque the bolts but it didn't change. I popped the small half off and the o-ring looked OK, but replaced it with my spare (ordered five just in case). No bubbles now. I put exactly 35psi in and I'll check it tomorrow to be sure.



The tire guy said he had a lot of trouble with two of the wheels, and he put those two on the rear. This is the weights on that wheel - 46 1/4 oz weights. I'll keep my eyes out for one or two more 12-bolt wheels locally. The other back wheel looks to be the same.

 

[Coug]

Pulled the wheel after work, soaped the valve, the bead on both sides, and bubbles appeared in the hole there, whatever that's called. I tried to re-torque the bolts but it didn't change. I popped the small half off and the o-ring looked OK, but replaced it with my spare (ordered five just in case). No bubbles now. I put exactly 35psi in and I'll check it tomorrow to be sure.

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The tire guy said he had a lot of trouble with two of the wheels, and he put those two on the rear. This is the weights on that wheel - 46 1/4 oz weights. I'll keep my eyes out for one or two more 12-bolt wheels locally. The other back wheel looks to be the same.

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I first read that as 46.25 oz of weights not 46 x 1/4oz weight and thought something was seriously wrong.
12 oz out of balance is a lot, but still within realistic amounts.
As I said in my recent post, one of mine was 9 1/2 oz out of balance.
Still, yikes.

 

[Mogman]

12oz is not ideal but not "out of bounds" for a tire that size, tell those guys to man up and get some bigger weights!
IIRC the max for the Centramatics was about 12-15oz so I could be running close to that without any wheel weights.
Does not matter how you get there, if you are running down the highway smoothly (this of course is a relative term) you are good!!

 

[Gcelevator]

Pulled the wheel after work, soaped the valve, the bead on both sides, and bubbles appeared in the hole there, whatever that's called. I tried to re-torque the bolts but it didn't change. I popped the small half off and the o-ring looked OK, but replaced it with my spare (ordered five just in case). No bubbles now. I put exactly 35psi in and I'll check it tomorrow to be sure.

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The tire guy said he had a lot of trouble with two of the wheels, and he put those two on the rear. This is the weights on that wheel - 46 1/4 oz weights. I'll keep my eyes out for one or two more 12-bolt wheels locally. The other back wheel looks to be the same.

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If you were in Florida i could give you 2 ok wheels. Find a way and they are yours.

 

[RJTM998]

Pulled the wheel after work, soaped the valve, the bead on both sides, and bubbles appeared in the hole there, whatever that's called. I tried to re-torque the bolts but it didn't change. I popped the small half off and the o-ring looked OK, but replaced it with my spare (ordered five just in case). No bubbles now. I put exactly 35psi in and I'll check it tomorrow to be sure.

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The tire guy said he had a lot of trouble with two of the wheels, and he put those two on the rear. This is the weights on that wheel - 46 1/4 oz weights. I'll keep my eyes out for one or two more 12-bolt wheels locally. The other back wheel looks to be the same.

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Jeez that shop need to buy some 1oz weights.

 

[Mainsail]

If you were in Florida i could give you 2 ok wheels. Find a way and they are yours.

Appreciate it! The shipping on them is probably pretty steep.

 

[Gcelevator]

Appreciate it! The shipping on them is probably pretty steep.

I guess, specially these that i have still have the tires and runflats installed.

 

[Eslurf]

I installed a 24v to 12v step down.

 

[rcamacho]

Cooling stack all done
Headlight assembly back on with missing oil cooler brackets.
Hood hinges were a bear . Corrosion around SS pin almost seized. Galvalytic corrosion between hinges and aluminum headlight housing. All fixed up now and with corrosion prevention tape between dissimilar metals.

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[M1165A1]

Replaced a badly corroded washer pump on the M1152A1. I thought it should take 20 minutes, and it would have if I was smarter. But I spent 30 minutes trying to reseat the self locking retaining ring inside the washer tank before I realized I could just chuck the ring and risk a leak since it would not be a big deal.

If I need to replace one of these again I will buy the pre-assembled tank/pump combo.

 

[m715mike]

The low beam on my passenger side headlight was burnt out, so I replaced both headlights with new LED’s from @fuzzytoaster. The bad one on the passenger side came out in pieces.

Before:


After:

 

[rcamacho]

Interesting beam pattern. I’d like to see what it looks like projected on a wall at proper adjustment height


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[firemedicz]

Put it to work hauling loads of dirt..

 

[Mogman]

Put it to work hauling loads of dirt..View attachment 893848

Welcome!!

 

[Gcelevator]

Did an oil change at 3000 miles. Had to clean a big mess i did.

 

[m715mike]

Interesting beam pattern. I’d like to see what it looks like projected on a wall at proper adjustment height


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I had the high beams on for that picture.

Ok…. Call me the slow one in the family…. What do you mean by “proper adjustment height”?

 

[rcamacho]

Ah, good overview here. Presume low beam adj may also be in the TM.

Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply

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[rcamacho]

Urethane hood bumpers

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[rcamacho]

Replaced RF lower ball joint.
The joint was worn and the nut was installed loose. Caught it in time before the taper bore was worn.


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[Gcelevator]

Was able to finally get the AC up and running. Way easier than i thought