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I wasn't sure what truck you have ... yes I think you are correct. If I could find a wiring diagram for your truck it would be helpful. I will make a guess though, it may have the same type of signal generator and the chances are you are losing power to the tach and not the signal. If I were...
Based on your description, I'm going to focus on the tach. I'm not sure about your truck specifically but here is the basic operation of the tach. There is a sensor on the back of the motor with 2 wires. The sensor creates a pulse signal and it goes to the tach. The only thing the tach needs...
Now that I can see in on a monitor and not my phone that is oxidation. If you want to send it to me I'll give it my best shot to clean it up and look for any obvious issues. I won't be able to test it but I can't make it work less than it is now LOL. PM me if you want.
Hard to tell from the pictures but that looks like aluminum oxide, AKA white death, which is aluminum rust Indicating moisture may have gotten into the Box. Might be repairable but it depends on how much moisture and oxidation got to the Circuit board in the TCU.
I came across that in the TM's. Looks like they might have changed them or retrofitted them. I think they also have spacers inside the tailgate for the top 3 holes on each side for the bolts.
Pop Rivets. Our trucks have thousands of Pop Rivets. I never knew how many different types of Pop Rivets there are until I started working on my truck. I bought a bag of rivets thinking they would cover most of the rivets on my truck. Not even close. Since that first bag of rivets I have...
The steel hub was left with a rough surface and pressed into the aluminum adapter. About .001-.0015 press fit. I was going to put two 1/4x20 socket head screws in each side but after pressing in the hub, it was not needed.
The new steering wheel is flatter so I mounted it flush with the...
Here's the back of the adapter after it was painted and mounted to the steering wheel.
The back is relieved for the steering column. Here it is in place.
Here's the finished product. Horn mounted in place, connected and works! The "D" shaped wheel definitely improves entry and exit...
A couple of years ago I bought a steering wheel and adapter for the humvee. I didn't like the look of the adapter and mounts or the horn setup and I put it on the shelf. After mounting the new ignition switch and steering column lock it was time to revisit the steering wheel.
I took the...
I would not put the time into rebuilding it and I put a lot of time into stuff like that. If you have a few hundred hours and about as much money as it costs to buy a replacement, you could rebuild it. That said, in third world and poor countries some guy with a butter knife and can of WD-40...
Ok, so I have version A on my truck and purchased version B. It was just delivered a few minutes ago and now that I have it in hand I see that my picture B is not the complete unit. I am pretty sure version B did not come on HMMWV's. It mounts using a adapter and the hose clamp. The version...
This is kind of a learning question for me. So far I believe A is Early style. C is late style with cancelling. B also has cancelling but I'm not sure it was used in HMMWV's. Seems too short and I assume all HMWV's have a mount and would not need the hose clamp type mount. I have some minor...
Isn't that more like C?
I would love to see a better picture showing the mount. The photos I used I found online and and had the hose clamps on them. Thanks
Here's a couple of examples of Skeleton doors that give that wide open feeling and still help retain the precious cargo. It would not be hard to make a set.