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Hi everyone,
Looking for something cool to get the wife for Christmas for her HMMWV, gave her the truck last year lol. We've been through a lot in the past year with it and I have learned more than I ever cared to know about HMMWV's. None the less, she loves it and so do I, have put about...
No, it does seem to cool well and I’m happy with it. The operating temps are pretty much dictated by the thermostat, and the factory hydraulic fan clutch etc. Mine bumps between 220-230 once up to temp and the fan cycles regularly. I’ve thought about converting to the viscous clutch etc, but...
Installed the Champion radiator, the thing fit like a glove, all mounting holes were correct. It looks great, especially considering the $. Truck runs well, seems to take longer between fan cycles. Will see how it does in summer heat. With the money saved over an OE unit I replaced every...
Had my slant back torn apart this weekend installing the turret and ran it around without the doors for awhile. The kids loved it, but I don't totally trust them with no doors. Thinking of grabbing a set of half doors for the summer. Anybody have a source for someone doing something with cool...
Was it a direct clean bolt in? Yea, seems like radiator shops are fading away into the past. All the ones that were near me have folded. Everything is throw away these days. I might keep the old one and see if it can be recored and have the tanks re soldered. But I do want to get a...
Hello,
Working on reinstalling the turret in my 1045. I have pretty much everything ready to go, parts are all freshly painted and all the little missing pieces have been sourced. The one thing left to decide on is insulation for the roof. There was a guy on the other forum reproducing the...
Well, looks like its finally time to replace the radiator in my 1045. Its been weeping for awhile at the top tank, and getting worse now so...Is NOS OEM AM General the best option, or are there good replacements out there that seem to work well. Not looking to remove the hydraulic clutch at...
The return line was not a normal flare, it has the extended nipple that looks similar to the pressure line. I will examine closer. The box was a wet greasy mess. Thanks