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Well I'm not looking for vindication of what I have done but I have been the only who has posted to the thread in 3 weeks, with zero responses. I though some of it might be helpful or useful information, maybe inspire some feedback. It seemed like there wasn't any interest and I'm not posting...

Since there doesn't seem to be much interest in this thread it will probably be my last update. I mentioned in a previous post that I purchased some visors and they wouldn't fit because of the extra hard top brackets. Today I started looking at how to mount them. It actually was pretty easy...

The likelihood of all 4 breaking at the same time is low HOWEVER if 1 breaks all the breaking force that wheel was applying is now transferred to the remaining 3 brakes. That is an increase in workload of 33% which is likely to break another half shaft. Then you are down to just 2 doing the...

If I'm not mistaken the tow capacity of the HMMWV was around 3400 lbs. I have a curb weight in the 5500 pound range and a payload weight of 3200. The tongue weight should not exceed the payload weight. With that said, the HMMWV was not used to tow tanks around, they would more likely have...

In a prior post I mentioned that I replaced my headlights with OEM Military LED Trucklights. When I mounted them the studs were too short. There are 2 reasons for this. The first is simply the stud length is shorter than the original standard headlights. Also the housing design has a...

I came across a local company/guy that has some of these seats NOS, identical to the kit in your picture. The price was reasonable compared to the $1000 + shipping regularly found on the auction site. So I bought a set today and started the install. Total of 43 rivets drilled out and the new...

You have picked the wrong vehicle for the application. It will never do what you are asking safely as it was never intended for that. In stock form is has a towing capacity of around 4000 lbs. I suspect you don't understand the drivetrain at all. The hubs are all gears at 1.91:1, if you...

I was going for 96 but I'm lisdexic.

It's just spring tension from the number plates that hold it in place. The half-moon piece has slight depression at the pins that prevent it from sliding off.

Here's a picture of my number location.

I completed the LED conversion. I replaced all bulbs with LED's in the Turn, Marker, Stop and Running lights. I think the regular incandescent bulbs are brighter in general but not enough to matter. I feel the benefits of the LED's outweigh the brightness. I also changed the headlights to...

Today the project was to change the pitman arm. First remove the two nuts, the castle nut on the pitman arm to steering link ball joint and the pitman arm to steering box. That was easy. Next, using a puller separate the pitman arm ball joint from the steering link. No way, no how. I have a...

I think you need to start by finding someone in your elected government that sides with you. There is some good info in this thread ... https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?184699-HMMWV-Bill-in-Washington-State-Testimony-help-needed including the fact that the military vehicles are...

Tonight I test fitted the drivers seat. I like the way it came out. It's still a tight fit for me but not much worse than the original seat. Overall once in there is a little more room than the original. The back of the seat is all the way against the cab and the shelf behind the seat...

I picked up a pair of Subaru seats today. I think they are heated seats so that might be a bonus in the winter. I also ordered a heavy duty pitman arm. Should be here tomorrow. I think there is going to be a rear window in the cab in my near future.

I believe that is what I already have for a passenger seat. In looking at those seats they seem to be very expensive. I found 2 Subaru seats locally for about $100. I'm not really interested in the authenticity of the seats. If It was $100, I'd give it a try. For $500+ I'm going to pass.

When I was messing with all the lights and troubleshooting I noticed a box hanging under the dash. I didn't bother with it much yesterday since it wasn't what I was working on. This morning I decided to check it out and it was a solid state flasher unit. I went looking for it's original...

Yes, I live in Augusta.

I also got a chance to examine the entire steering system today looking for my 3" side to side play. I check all the universals in the steering column and they looked good (expected that). I crawled under the truck and the idler arm is all new and solid. The tie rods ends seem solid also...

I found a complete set of nos lights on the auction for less than $200 shipped. I thought that was a pretty reasonable deal considering mine were mostly original and rusted and corroded inside. Since this is my first (hopefully my last) Humvee and I am not real familiar with the electrical...