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New M1165 owner

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I've wanted a HMMWV since leaving the service in 2005 and was finally in a position that I was able to pull the trigger on one. The truck sat in storage for five years after the previous owner bought it off GovPlanet to build for himself but never got around to building it out. He's the local "go to guy" in my area for repairs and parts with multiple storage units of all kinds of surplus stuff and HMMWV parts. Everything works and it runs great but it will need restoration on a lot of things over time and I don't want to wear out my welcome always bugging him with questions or pay him to do all the work. I haven't seriously wrenched on anything since high school but one of the main reasons in purchasing the truck was to get my kiddos out into our new shop to wrench on it with me because I working on things and it's a good life skill for them. I'm in a few Facebook groups, and I've seen a ton of YouTube videos. Other than those two resources and this forum is there any "go to" website or blog people use for how to guides on these vehicles? I have the TM's from this site as well but I'm old so the digital books aren't my thing and I need to get them printed.

Thanks for any nuggets of knowledge you may have to share.
 

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