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Mine is a toy. I do parades, living history events, veteran affair items, car/air shows, etc. I'm planning on heading to Big Bend in Oct to do trail rides and if you have yours by then you should come down.
Also on the gladhands make sure parking brake is OFF or you wont't get any air. I found that out when recovering my M1082 trailer and couldn't air up the tire until I called NDT and he told me about that little function.
It would have been worth the price for me to do it if I could have avoided this. I don't think you can ever be sure unless there's a failure but the military must have had some reason to go back and change things. It should be a more solid foundation since you're actually bolting the fan to...
Okay I couldn't wait until tomorrow. I took the pressure set up we used to test the radiator yesterday and hooked it to the line for the fan clutch. After applying air and actuating the clutch I was able to stick a standard slotted screwdriver between the clutch bolts and the AC pulley. It...
Keith_J was back again today and we got most of the hard stuff back together. We can't put everything back until the fan gets here and that won't be until tomorrow afternoon. What was accomplished was getting the lower radiator hose, lower fan shroud, new fan clutch, and AC condenser back in...
I have collector insurance through CHUBB. They don't have a "garaging" clause like most collector's policies so I can store my deuce and LMTV outside.
I haven't got the specs on the spacer yet and was thinking I might just shave a little off the bolt heads on the clutch. There was very little...
I seem to have a lot of good friends around here that are very helpful. I'm blessed that way.
The good news on the tow bill is the insurance company said they were covering the whole thing! I'll wait to celebrate until I have the check in hand but she said she was sending it out today. I...
Got the fan off eBay for $110 including shipping and got the new style fan clutch from my local source.
If you have someone strong enough they can lift the radiator straight up to get it back in place with the intercooler then just stick a couple of bolts in to hold it in place and finish the...
Keith_J was able to swing by today to help with the radiator. We wound up throwing out the TM directions for removing the radiator and intercooler together and just unbolted the radiator and came out the bottom. We still had to use the engine hoist and also had to pull the front left tire to...
Never actually had it hooked to the house just to the disconnect box and nothing was working. He knows more about household electricity than I do (a LOT more) but almost nothing about the MEPs. I walked him through basic operations when he picked the unit up 2 years ago and provided copies of...
Thanks Mik! Luckily this way I just had to pull the rear axle shafts and not mess with the drive shafts. Flat towing requires a bit more work to get ready to tow. And WELCOME HOME!
I had him check those and walked him through the switch. I actually had him switch it back and forth a couple of times just in the off chance there might be some corrosion in there. I'm guessing I'm in for a road trip around Thanksgiving to either figure it out or bring it home. I've got a...
I got the insurance claim filed for the tow bill. Now we get to see how good the coverage really is. I'd be surprised if they cover even half of it but I could be wrong.