AC for the MK48 LVS

Can anyone help with a NSN for the AC kit for the MK48'S. I found the red dot kit for the HEMTT (4120-01-526-9153) but I don't think they are applicable to the LVS.
Thanks in advance!

The cabs are different NSN's so I imagine they aren't directly compatable. However like everything I suspect you can make it work.

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I have three of the universal heating/AC kits left.

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I can't speak to the interior, but the cabs are structurally identical except for the MK having a rear window behind the driver's head.

on the mk48 there is no fan belt everything is hyd driven or cam driven so putting a belt driven ac should be a challenge

I think you will find it very difficult to get a unit out of RED DOT. They don't want to sell to civilians. Even Oshkosh does not want to sell MK48 parts to the public...or so I have been told by BBF...even though they WILL sell Oshkosh parts for the HEMTT. Go figure!

bbf said:

on the mk48 there is no fan belt everything is hyd driven or cam driven so putting a belt driven ac should be a challenge

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Then use a hydrolic compressor like they use on construction equipment.

Red Dot has a R9976 compressor that is hydraulic. I sure would like to figure out if the LVS kit was pretty much the same at the HEMTT but with a hydraulic compressor. Even a NSN might be helpful. Best info I could find was a RFQ around 2008. Those trucks are a nice poor mans alternative to the HEMTT, but with the 109 degree days we had around here it makes you think twice!

tcody said:

Can anyone help with a NSN for the AC kit for the MK48'S. I found the red dot kit for the HEMTT (4120-01-526-9153) but I don't think they are applicable to the LVS.
Thanks in advance!

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bbf said:

on the mk48 there is no fan belt everything is hyd driven or cam driven so putting a belt driven ac should be a challenge

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Has anyone figured out an AC unit for the MK48?

I've seen a couple of threads looking, but no solid answer on one that someone has actually installed.

A couple of photos below from when we tried out the MK18A1 by loading & unloading a 20' container. With contents container weighed about 10,000 lb and it picked up without a grunt.

Note to John Appel- I've thought about converting a dump truck bed I have to use with the MK18A1. The one photo shows container at about the maximum angle. It would work only if what you were hauling wasn't sticky. I had hoped it would go a little steeper, at this angle it probably wouldn't dump a load of dirt unless it was bone dry or you had lined the bed with visqueen before you loaded it.



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I am going to put together a dump bed for the mk48,thanks.

I plan on installing my AC unit on the SEMTT. However it'd only be of any help to you guys for how to mount the AC box. I'm running a NHC250 engine.

This is one of the few pics I have found with what I think is the condenser mounted on the top of the MK48 radiator FWIW. Would sure love a shot of the interior!