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It fixed itself after I put some miles on it. Must've had air in the system, Ive been keeping an eye on the fluid levels

Where I am the Army owned/outfitted, still in service HMMWV equipped with them literally have airlift spray painted on them in typical Army stencils with arrows pointing to hook points. Not a huge leap of logic there.

Was there a 2wd HMMWV?

I'm an army contractor that works with aviation and motorpool all day every day for a living. There's 40 some odd HMMWV right outside my office door and about half of them have airlift bumpers- exactly the nomenclature everyone uses for them on post. They are straight up not designed for impact...

Absolutely nothing about the airlift bumper is designed to resist impact. It's for moving attachment points off the body enough for aerial slings, per the name. An airlift bumper would just be another expensive part you'd be replacing in these scenarios You're a grumpy old bumper salesman...

Putting an airlift bumper on a Humvee for rear end traffic accident protection is about as effective as wearing a parachute on a commercial airliner. It's not gunna work in the 0.00001% chance you even need it anyway. Enjoy your pretzeled frame and destroyed $1000 bumper to save yourself a...

Insurance would have a bill, not me. That's what it's for. Besides these aren't daily drivers. Not much risk

The black kettle looking thing by the firewall with the sight glass on it is your power steering reservoir. Power steering pump does a bunch of jobs on the HMMWV, it also powers your brakes and the fan clutch so make sure it's topped off and functional. It uses dextron 3 (basically ATF) not...

I will add another note: you can just about rest assured nobody has serviced the portal boxes, diffs or checked the spindle nuts and cv axle (sometimes called halfshaft) bolts since it left the service. It's pretty important to do that, and even if the truck is an intact driver there's no...

This forum will have you believing anything less than mint condition is a total loss. Working on them isn't difficult, powertrain parts can be fairly expensive but for the most part it's not terrible- The engine and transmission are about as simple as it gets though. Most people selling hmmwvs...

The MTRs just straight up fail all the time, mostly sidewalls. When it isn't a sidewall failure the belt separated. Junk

We have some trucks with MTRs and some with Baja's at work, let me tell you right now the Baja's are worth every extra penny they might cost on the open market. It's not even comparable man. I have MTRs on my personal HMMWV and I'm just waiting for one to fail to swap to Bajas, definitely...

Brakes are very firm and extremely sensitive just like all the HMMWVs I've ever driven on post. Steering has a pronounced pulse of easy/moderate force required to turn the steering wheel in both directions both stopped and at speed. I may just replace the pump for insurance since it's integral...

Okay I found the reservoir behind the pump under the generator, derp. Mighty nice of them to bury it in there with no protruding fill neck. The level was in range on the stick despite the operation of the power steering itself having all the tell tale signs of being low on fluid, I'll attempt to...

Your description makes sense and I will look closer for a cap on the pump this afternoon. I will return with pics of what I have if I can't find it there.

The upside is there's no whine even when it's hot 😂

This is how it came from the USMC out of Yermo. When I get off work I'll have to look again to see how the lines are routed specifically and I'll snag more pictures- I was kind of expecting to get told I was dumb it's right by xyz use the search function better.

Down to what I assume is the power steering pump that also powers the brakes. It's a pulley accessory directly under the alternator. I can see a high pressure line and a low pressure return coming from that device. The lines feed the steering box, that Cadillac valve and the brake master. I...

2009 M1123 6.5 NA 4L80E in very good running condition. No leaks, none. Zero The only problem I'm having with it is the power steering feels very much like it has air in the system/low on fluid- however the black lunar lander fluid reservoir typically near the fuel filter on the top of the...

I am going to build a pressure bleeder out of whatever sprayer I can come up with tomorrow, that part seems pretty straight forward. I tried to manually bleed (pump brakes and hold while soldier B bleeds at the wheel) and while reading this thread I noticed people were talking about bleeding at...