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Roger. I was quite surprised when I pulled out the fitting and clean, green coolant came out. But I'll dump all do a good flush and inspect the pipes/hoses while I'm up in it. Good call on removing the pipe to inspect. Yes, absolutely. This truck had "No Oil" on the windshield that was...

Still slowly doing fluid changes and a thorough PMCS on my new-to-me 1097A2 before I get it on the road. Today's task was inspecting the cooling system which had no liquid in the coolant reservoir. Dropping underneath to check all the hoses for leaks, cracks, etc, I noticed the Tee for the...

Short answer is you have lots of options. Military spec batteries are big and heavy because they want to have a lot of reserve power to crank under extreme conditions (really cold) and with engines that are hard to start (i.e.- require lots of cranking time for various reasons) and sit in motor...

Okay- I see the shim on the inside of the latch mechanism. Let me see what I got....

Interesting. I found the AMTECH manufacturer tag and it looks like date of manf is 8/97. Maybe my top is an older/newer design?

No shims that I can see. I'm moving this conversation to another thread I started about my x-doors in general as the conversation is redundant. Here's the other thread for reference: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/my-first-time-with-x-doors-any-specific-advice-or-improvements.224882/

I'll combine another post here as I originally posted about why there was double-sided tape on my helmet top right above the hard doors. Members said it was probably from stick-on rain gutter/deflectors which makes sense. But when I posted a pic showing my door position, I was informed my doors...

I'll look to see if I can adjust the doors. mtf...

After power washing the truck pretty good, I can the doors are in better shape than I originally thought. A lot of what I thought was damage or delamination was actually moss and lichens(?) that came off leaving a fairly good surface. I'll add some pics for input. I also noticed I have keyed...

I took a pic of how much the doors jut out from the edge of the helmet top door bevel. Seems to me the helmet top design would be way better if the top of that bevel extended out another inch to allow water to flow towards the outside edge of the door instead of allowing it hit the seals. But...

As mentioned in an earlier thread, I just picked up a 1097A2 direct from the military. Besides being fairly clean, it came with the helmet top and x-doors which were the primary reasons for picking it up. Being this is my first time ever using x-doors, I was a bit surprised in how 'thin' they...

That's actually a neat little product but I don't think the rain channel will handle more than a drizzle. I see in your avatar that you have a helmet top with x-doors. Any issues with rain infiltration at the top of the doors during storage?

Thanks. I'll remember 'helmet top'...I'm still getting used to HMMWV's. As far as the rain gutters, my initial thought was it's a civilian add-on but since this one came directly from the military, I thought there was a chance it was a MILSPEC item. I agree attaching it with double sided...

Just picked up a 1097A2 with the camper(?) top and x-doors. There's double sided tape on the hard top, right above the door windows on each side, so it looks like there was a window fairing or such stuck by the double sided tape above x-doors. If so, are they still available? If it wasn't a...

WILCO. I'll go slow.

So a quick follow up as I was finally able to spend time on my 1097R1 this long weekend. I pulled the glow plugs after a few curse words as the one on the front left of the engine ( #1 cylinder , right?) was a bit swollen and required some vice grips and prying. As least I had a lot of work...

That sounds pretty straight forward- thanks. Okay, follow up question knowing that I don't have my HMMWV near me at the moment: Are there any marks/lines/dots/etc. on the crank pulley or harmonic balancer that I can use to tell which cylinder is TDC? Or is it easy to tell by looking/probing...

What's the best way to slowly turn an engine over by hand in a 6.5L n/a hummer? I know I can "find" a way to do it but I'm sure there is a best practice where I won't strip or break something in the process.

Knowledge here is free so all is will cost you is money, time, and sanity. If you're overflowing on all those, then yes, pull the trigger.

Haha! Isn't that because of the large federal prison around there? As a kid going to the coast with the family, I remember seeing highway signs saying "Do not pick up hitchhikers". When I asked my dad about it he said it was to help prevent escapees from getting rides. After that I was...