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Received Western Kentucky fiberglass doors and prepped them for paint. Very happy with the service and quality of these doors.
Painted bottom of hood, radiator, around air cleaner intake and painted shackles. Will paint exterior as soon as weather cooperates.
I have finally finished nearly all of the prep work on the exterior of the truck. Interior is already done. As soon as it warms up I will be painting HMMWV black.
Then will be replacing all the shell connectors, installing Blue Ox soft top and Western Kentucky Hard doors.
Thank you very much. That is exactly what I needed. Not sure why I couldn’t find it. Probably started with bad information and kept heading in that direction.
I’m having trouble finding this gasket or grommet for my air filter housing. It is part 34 on the attached diagram. Any suggestions, ideas or thoughts on this?
seems odd it is no longer available and no replacement has been made. Is it necessary?
thanks
Keep posting your progress and don’t forget photos.
I am nearly done with my restoration and have to say that money aside, it has been well worth doing. The project was never and “investment “ but an experience. And having a civilian H1 is nice but it’s not a HMWWV and that’s what I wanted.
Thinking of purchasing these from tirerack.com
WRANGLER ENFORCER MT - SIZE: LT37X12.5R16.5
they are expensive as heck but I’m not really wanting to buy used or new old stock tires that are nearly 10 years old.
I assume the run flats are still used in this tire but am waiting on confirmation...
If I use a battery kill switch it solves the problem of the wait light not flashing after the first start. Essentially it’s like disconnecting batteries each time. Are they any reasons that this is not an acceptable fix rather than a new box?
Glow plugs work every time after I disconnect the battery and hook them back up. I base this on the fact that the wait light blinks, voltage meter fluctuates and the fact that the truck starts right up.
however, once shut down, even if it is cold outside and the truck has not been started for a...