spankybear
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I have just picked up a M997A2 and have some questions. But first let me tell you the condition. It is a non runner so I have no idea if it runs. My gut feeling is it will but some things need to be address as they all do before I attempt to start. It is missing the trans oil dipstick and tube. It is missing the top bracket on the alternator and the nut on the bottom mounting bolt. Missing the ignition switch. The oil in the engine was drained. It is missing the power steering filter. It is missing the belt. Missing what I believe is the cold advance switch (right rear in head). There is no coolant. The water pump will not turn. Missing a couple of bolts in the exhaust flanges. Missing one head light, the front amber turn signal lights, the rear tail light lenses. Of course the demil items... but I didn't know they also removed the cab pass through (bulkhead) doors. It is missing the both X doors. The heater valve is frozen. It is also missing the fuel tank drain plug but that's a story for later on...
The body is in excellent condition except the damage done buy the yard gorillas. The paint is really thick on the box and flaking off... the paint on the body is good. There is no damage on the hood as so many of these are. The engine is one of the Melton rebuilds and the trans also looks to be rebuilt as it is painted. While I know this means nothing the odometer say 400 miles. I do suspect that could be correct. It was painted in 2011 and had an IROAN done with the ODO reading of 24 according to the data plate. I do not believe the truck was issues or if it was it didn't see much use. It has all of the NBC tubes, adapters, and hoods in the back all in unopened packages. It has the spreader bar and 2 stretcher slides. One was stowed and the other laying on inside. I have an extra slide. When I removed the oil drain plug to see what would come out the little amount of oil that did was still amberish and not diesel motor oil black. I believe that it only has the 400 miles on the truck (well since the last refresh) But that is just my thought as I know the odo reading could be very wrong.
I hope to have all of the parts where to try and start the truck next weekend. Mainly the trans dipstick and tube and fuel tank plug. The truck did have the tank plug in when I picked it up. I have a retired friend with a big F350 with a powerstroke and a flatbed trailer. I asked him if he wanted a road trip down to Barstow. He said yes and off we went. Little did I know that this truck is long in the tooth with over 400,000 miles on it. It ran amazingly well and had plenty of power. It pulled up the hill with ease and plowed thought the head winds. Mind you this was the day Hillary blew through. One thing I have noticed about old fords is they have electrical issues. This truck was no different. The fuel gauge always point to full... He uses the trip odo to fill up. Well pulling the HMMWV up the hills and with a head wind caused havoc with the fuel mileage... We ran out of fuel in the middle of the Central Valley. According to Siri the nearest station with diesel was 27 miles away. Wondering what we were going to do I say "I bet there is diesel in the Humvee." There was 10 gallons in the tank and in the process damages the drain plug. While it may have not been the freshest fuel I didn't see any water and it got us out of the pickle. I am sure the drain plug is much cheaper than a tow bill. We made fuel stops more frequently needless to say.
It's home and had a good time... even running out of fuel!
The body is in excellent condition except the damage done buy the yard gorillas. The paint is really thick on the box and flaking off... the paint on the body is good. There is no damage on the hood as so many of these are. The engine is one of the Melton rebuilds and the trans also looks to be rebuilt as it is painted. While I know this means nothing the odometer say 400 miles. I do suspect that could be correct. It was painted in 2011 and had an IROAN done with the ODO reading of 24 according to the data plate. I do not believe the truck was issues or if it was it didn't see much use. It has all of the NBC tubes, adapters, and hoods in the back all in unopened packages. It has the spreader bar and 2 stretcher slides. One was stowed and the other laying on inside. I have an extra slide. When I removed the oil drain plug to see what would come out the little amount of oil that did was still amberish and not diesel motor oil black. I believe that it only has the 400 miles on the truck (well since the last refresh) But that is just my thought as I know the odo reading could be very wrong.
I hope to have all of the parts where to try and start the truck next weekend. Mainly the trans dipstick and tube and fuel tank plug. The truck did have the tank plug in when I picked it up. I have a retired friend with a big F350 with a powerstroke and a flatbed trailer. I asked him if he wanted a road trip down to Barstow. He said yes and off we went. Little did I know that this truck is long in the tooth with over 400,000 miles on it. It ran amazingly well and had plenty of power. It pulled up the hill with ease and plowed thought the head winds. Mind you this was the day Hillary blew through. One thing I have noticed about old fords is they have electrical issues. This truck was no different. The fuel gauge always point to full... He uses the trip odo to fill up. Well pulling the HMMWV up the hills and with a head wind caused havoc with the fuel mileage... We ran out of fuel in the middle of the Central Valley. According to Siri the nearest station with diesel was 27 miles away. Wondering what we were going to do I say "I bet there is diesel in the Humvee." There was 10 gallons in the tank and in the process damages the drain plug. While it may have not been the freshest fuel I didn't see any water and it got us out of the pickle. I am sure the drain plug is much cheaper than a tow bill. We made fuel stops more frequently needless to say.
It's home and had a good time... even running out of fuel!
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