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    CapePrep reacted to Awol's post in the thread AWOLs 1997 M1097A2 Build with Like Like.
    Built a bracket to install a rear view mirror. It would have been easier just to mount it on the driver side windshield, but my ocd...
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    CapePrep reacted to Mogman's post in the thread OUT AND ABOUT WITH MY HMMWV with Like Like.
    TEXAS Those are the state flowers in the foreground, the Texas Bluebonnet. EDIT, of course I am biased but I think the Texas Bluebonnet...
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    CapePrep reacted to Awol's post in the thread AWOLs 1997 M1097A2 Build with Like Like.
    It's CV Boot day. All the outters are getting replaced. Surprisingly the inners are still soft and pliable.
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    CapePrep replied to the thread Highway Cruising Speed.
    2001 1097, 6.5 w 4 speed. 55-60 at 2200ish. Has plenty of power to do more, but just more comfortable at that speed and RPM's. I must be...
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    CapePrep reacted to Awol's post in the thread AWOLs 1997 M1097A2 Build with Like Like.
    I also popped open that mystery cannister on the firewall. It looks like a secondary oil filter system.
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    CapePrep replied to the thread Oil pump.
    Rule of thumb is 10PSI per 1K RPM..do the math
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    CapePrep replied to the thread New HMMWV owner with questions..
    Welcome and hope you are a hands on guy. Great rigs to learn on. I get a sense you are "budget minded". Just saying, parts for these...
  • CapePrep
    CapePrep replied to the thread Wait light not coming on - but starts (2006 M1097R1).
    If you are getting a quick flash on the "wait" light, than that shows the actual light is good. You need to get a DVM and start checking...
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    CapePrep replied to the thread AWOLs 1997 M1097A2 Build.
    Nasty. When I mentioned earlier about the oil change due to water in fuel tank, this is what I was referring to! That transfer pump...
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    CapePrep reacted to Awol's post in the thread AWOLs 1997 M1097A2 Build with Like Like.
    Forgot to post these pics. This is what the IP looked like inside when I first got it. Absolutely disgusting. The fuel looked like mud...
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    CapePrep reacted to Retiredwarhorses's post in the thread Hmmwv reliability with Like Like.
    Really? The hmmwv is 38yrs old…the JLTV is NOT replacing the hmmwv, it’s supplementing it, the JLTV has the worst NMC rate of any...
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    CapePrep posted the thread Cooling Fan Awakening! in HMMWV.
    Temps starting to rise here in the Northeast and have experienced the cooling fan kicking in! Holy Sh$% batman! That baby is moving some...
  • CapePrep
    CapePrep replied to the thread AWOLs 1997 M1097A2 Build.
    Did you do an engine oil change? With the water in the fuel tank and assuming they tried to start it that way, some could have made it...
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    CapePrep reacted to Awol's post in the thread AWOLs 1997 M1097A2 Build with Like Like.
    So I threw some new batteries in, fresh fuel running off a can, new fuel filter and glow plugs, and it fired right up after bleeding the...
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    CapePrep replied to the thread AWOLs 1997 M1097A2 Build.
    I did some research and NAPA has a good "industrial"" battery if you decide to go with new, which might not be a bad idea. Of course...
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