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I'm cross-posting this from my obscure blog so that somebody might actually see it, and comment on it! ;) The blog version has the pictures inline where they make more sense; this one has the same content, with most of the pics attached at the end. I have a HMMWV, as astute viewers of my avatar...

I just picked up an installation kit for mounting an AN/PSN-11 "PLGR" GPS receiver in the HMMWV. Part number is 57K3233, NSN is 2590-01-420-4179, and Mr. Google tells me that it's the "old" style of installation kit. I wild-guessed that it's probably more appropriate for my truck than the "new"...

One of my recently-acquired M1009 CUCVs (and my favorite, and the one I'm most likely to keep) was an Army military police truck. A plain red light behind the grille and a 24V mechanical siren under the front end are still present, but the wires were cut in the engine compartment, and the...

One of my recently-acquired CUCVs has paperwork in the truck indicating that it has at least one blown head gasket. I bought a block tester kit at NAPA to help me figure out whether it really has a blown head gasket, or if that was just written on the paperwork to make the truck fail so that the...

Is there an equivalent Chevrolet model and year that can be used to look up M1009 filters in the shelf-hanger books at the local auto parts store, when I don't have a list of part numbers or cross-ref numbers handy? Last time I was a Pep Boys, I tried looking up 1986 (the year of my favorite...

Ok, dumb question time! :roll: My -10 PDF says the proper tires for my favorite fresh-from-GL M1009 CUCV are "10 R15LT". That looks like an OCR error, and the CUCV FAQ thread agrees with the tires that are already on my truck: Uniroyal Laredo A/T 31x10.5R15LT, load range C, max load 2250 pounds...

Maybe I'm going blind, but I didn't find the correct M1009 bridge plate number to use in the -10 manual, the TM 43-0001-31, or in a quick search of the CUCV forum. I also looked on the dataplate and loading plate in my truck. Do any of y'all know what it should be? How about for the M1008?

I made low-ball (?) bids on six of the CUCVs out of Barstow in GL event 3547, not really expecting to win any. Well, just my luck, I won four of the danged things! ;-) I hired a towing company to pick them up for me yesterday. They used two flat-bed wreckers, each carrying one CUCV on the bed...

I just got my paid-in-full invoice on four CUCVs at Barstow, CA, that I need to transport to Riverside, CA. I don't know if any of the CUCVs run, and if possible I'd like to stay at home and let the trucks come to me. ;) I did at least head out there to look at them before bidding, though. Many...

Occasionally, I've idly considered that it would be nice to have a 6.5 turbo and 4L80E transmission in my 1986 HMMWV. I believe that I've read that the 6.5 turbo more or less drops in, but the 4-speed transmission and newer model of transfer case require frame and/or support modifications. Do...

Hey, everybody. I've been distracted by a home construction project for a quite a long time, and I've been ignoring this board and my trucks. My project and my move are still in progress, but things are winding down to where I can start to think about starting to think about trucks again...

I've often wished that my M543A2 wrecker (part of the old multifuel 5-ton family) had air brakes with spring parking brakes, instead of air-over-hydraulic with a driveline brake. Yeah, I know that all of that air plumbing would be difficult, but I'm expecting to need to replace the air lines...

About four years ago, I won various items such as an M105A2 trailer, a couple of M103A3 genset trailers with 10kW gensets on them, and four 2.5-ton trucks in GL auctions. As is typical for GL, the paperwork accompanying them was thoroughly screwed up. Form 97's had registration numbers instead...

I have an unusual and annoying problem: A family of bees has decided to move in to my M543A2 wrecker. The front door to their hive is a hole where one of the mounting bolts passes through the wrecker body, right behind the center left wheels. To make matters worse, I have a flat tire right there...

Since the topic of "how hard is it to work on a deuce" just came up, I felt inspired to snap a few pictures and share them after working on my M35A2C today: http://www.nf6x.net/greentruck/mgtr_070630/mgtr.html Time for a nap in front of the air conditioner now... :)

I've always thought that Bjorn's deuce with a crane looked really neat and quite practical, and lately I've been wondering if my needs might be better served if I put a similar crane on my M35A2C and then sold off my M543A2 wrecker (which I just use as a yard crane). About the biggest job I...

Do any of y'all know what it would take to put a hydraulic lift gate on a deuce (such as my M35A2C)? I've never used or installed a lift gate before, so I don't know how they generally attach to the truck's frame, whether any random lift gate I might find would be easy to adapt to the deuce's...

Are the cab reinforcement kits for installing M66 ring mounts available on the surplus market? If so, then who has them and how much to they cost? Adding an M66 ring to my M35A2C is on my long list of things to do when I scrape up enough loose change... :wink:

I'm looking for information about the AB-1386 Quick Erect Antenna Mast (QEAM), particularly about how to properly mount one on an M1037 HMMWV shelter carrier. The appropriate TMs are TM 11-5985-426-12&P (covering the mast itself) and TB 11-5985-426-20 (covering installation of the mast on...