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What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

Rmtaunton

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Out with the old IMG_2066.jpgIMG_2067.jpg

In with the new IMG_2075.jpg

And now I need the hydraulic pump, crank pulley and fan , oh and duel voltage regulator

They broken when it was originally pulled let me know if you have any or where to find

Thanks folks

Robert


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Rmtaunton

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NormB

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Changed out the 60A alternator to 200A months ago, got everything assembled, belts tight, etc. Scrounger stopped by for the alternator, I asked him if he thought everything looked right, he thought the belts looked a little loose. So I tinkered w/ them a bit, gauge WAS showing they’d stretched, then they stretched some more.

Tightening the PS pump belt is NOT an easy one-person job. The $15 3-D printed 1/4-20 threaded rod adjuster gadget I got off of ePay broke at about 40 lbs. Worked the first time. So what else? 1/2” breaker bar from the bottom? Just TRY and get a good angle while the truck’s parked, not on a lift; even at that I don’t think it’s easy.

This made it easier:

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Got the PS belt to 90lbs, then got the alternator/waterpump trio to about 90lbs, give or take about 15 lbs. Meaning the belts, while “matched” don’t all read the same. Within specs, however.

For the generator I used what I did before, a 3/4” round breaker bar with a four-foot galvanized steel pipe I used to adjust barrel alignment on FN-FAL receivers many years ago.

Good to have more than one hobby.

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[h=1]“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. ”[/h]Archimedes
 

therooster2001

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Oil change and tightened up the transmission pan. 12 ft / lbs is not a lot, but the bolts tightened up, hopefully that will stop my minor drips that seem to have developed over the past couple of months.

I did notice that when reversing and applying brakes it felt like more noise then when going forward, but maybe it’s the engine noise drowning it out. Either way, feels like I need to check brakes just to be sure.

I had not been able to drive it for three months. I did miss it.
 

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I bought a 2" strap wrench to tighten the alternator with 10 years ago. Still works great!
Any particular make/model you recommend? Please don’t say Snap-on.

If I had my life to live over again, I would’ve started buying snap-on tools at yard sales/flea markets when I was 20.

Now? This close to retirement I can’t justify the price for the amount of use I might get and my kids just aren’t hands-on mechanically-inclined enough to deserve an inheritance like that which would likely wind up at a yard sale anyway.
 

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TOBASH

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Looks like a control rod for a rear end of a fully adjustable rear axle. Readily available but "some assembly required" Great idea!!!
 

Frost0071

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That's a pretty work of machining! Did you contract it, or do that yourself?

And are there internal threads of some kind for the loosening. tightening?
Thanks. I made it out of an 1" hex bar and cut some LH and a RH thread for 1/2"-20 ball joints through it which makes it now pretty easy to get belts tensioned.

I might build me version 2.0 sometimes with some little improvements but I don't plan to sell this. If somebody would like to build it I could make a drawing.
 

TOBASH

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Thanks. I made it out of an 1" hex bar and cut some LH and a RH thread for 1/2"-20 ball joints through it which makes it now pretty easy to get belts tensioned.

I might build me version 2.0 sometimes with some little improvements but I don't plan to sell this. If somebody would like to build it I could make a drawing.
Drawing would be awesome.

Specifically identifying ball joints and source and tap/dyes and source and length of hex rod and source.
 
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