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Installed a conventional rear view mirror. Mounted it just above the wiper switch. Wiper switch not blocked at all. Used a piece of flat stock and the military rear view mirror NSN 2540 00 054 7201 you can get from a few different surplus suppliers. Works perfect. Centered view right...
Put two MVCC wreckers to good use. Removed the box from a members M109 so he can replace it with a deuce bed configured with simulated armor that eventually will become the "Grimm Reaper" Vietnam era gun truck. More pics and video to follow. That's my wife on the wrecker controls lifting the...
Thanks "Retiredwarhorses". Makes the one I have one of the first M998s built. Picture of it next to to some serious hardware. Separate thread to follow. MVCC was invited to display our vehicles at the grand reopening of the 4th ID Museum at Ft Carson, CO in Colorado Springs.
I have M998 serial number 000337 obtained from Ft Carson, CO previously assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group there. Delivery date 2/4/1985. This has to be one of the very early units delivered to the Army. Question is did AMGeneral start at 000000 or some other higher number. Not...
Went down to Ft Carson with the M936A2 to pick up my "new" M998. Had a large recovery kit of fluids, belts and batteries. It was listed as "does not start" and I did not not get a chance to preview it. Intent was to get down there, check all the fluids and give it a good physical inspection...
Here is a YouTube link to a video of some of the southern members rolling north towards Denver. The Pinzies are members of the Pinzgauer club here in Denver and joined up with us for the convoy north. Pretty impressive column.
youtu.be/tjXTTJcCoL8
Here is a link to a slideshow showing the MVCC rolling 21 vehicles in the 2016 Denver St Patrick's Day Parade.
http://mvcconline.org/catagory2/images/2016%20St%20PATS%20parade/photopage.html
My fix. Makes you monitor the temp but I do that regularly anyways. Cooler outside temps and the temp never gets above about 190 doing nothing.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?83932-Actuator-Air-Fan-Clutch-for-M923a1/page9
ODFever, I have another four letter word for you COLD Temp Thanksgiving morning here will be around 0 degrees along with some of the previously mentioned four letter word. Was just in down in Tampa. Not near 0 to say the least down there. :)
Let me check on the links. Try these or copy and paste. The original links are working here on a different computer and my IPAD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3vHP_RxRcY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hln5B9pvcK0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAYiUOlgaDM