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Topic: Finished my tire and rim project. |
mckim
Replies: 6
Views: 9297
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Forum: Announcements, News, Humor Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:15 pm Subject: Finished my tire and rim project. |
mine needed a lot of persuasion with a big hammer wielded by my son to bring them back to shape. I have permanent marks on the concrete of my driveway where the work was done
Yeah, it's amazing h ... |
Topic: Tightsteer by Walcks |
mckim
Replies: 20
Views: 27520
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:37 pm Subject: Tightsteer by Walcks |
Perhaps I'm misinterpreting how it works, but it appears to me that it isn't really making it "tighter" (higher force), rather it makes the parts follow each other better by ensuring they are always i ... |
Topic: Where is CH2 of TM 9-8012 |
mckim
Replies: 8
Views: 10269
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:10 pm Subject: Where is CH2 of TM 9-8012 |
We need to PDF a copy of change 2 yet and load it. Anybody read the call for help post Ryan put out?
I've started the discussion with Ryan already. You were included on one of those e-mails. |
Topic: Tires..... |
mckim
Replies: 19
Views: 37553
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:45 am Subject: Tires..... |
The M&S tires my son found to fit original, narrow rims are 650-16 STA Super Traxion. "STA" is Specialty Tire of America. Available from Walck's
If you want the thread on that long, drawn out ... |
Topic: What to do about front turn signal lights |
mckim
Replies: 24
Views: 25114
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:15 am Subject: Re: What to do about front turn signal lights |
1) I found some small LED lights (rectangular, 2"x 1") at o reilly that I like. It says designed for 12v systems, but I thought that LEDs would work on 24v systems also - right or wrong? Where should ... |
Topic: Photo Editor Software |
mckim
Replies: 3
Views: 5800
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Forum: Announcements, News, Humor Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:33 am Subject: Photo Editor Software |
My favorite is the GIMP, which is free. Sort of a photoshop clone, but not anywhere the feature set. But for what I need to do, it gets the job done just fine. One potential hiccup is that the documen ... |
Topic: Whats the worst "bubba mod" you have come across? |
mckim
Replies: 74
Views: 192032
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:14 am Subject: Whats the worst "bubba mod" you have come across? |
Why the wide modern tires on these jeeps instead of the NDT's. Simple the NDT and NDCC's were a military compromise for a vehicle meant to be used primarily off road. They were NOT good performers on ... |
Topic: Warm River Butte, former fire lookout station site |
mckim
Replies: 10
Views: 12089
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Forum: Announcements, News, Humor Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:34 pm Subject: Warm River Butte, former fire lookout station site |
Maybe I can talk Stuart into buying that '3A and I'll keep the M38 - I've had it for only 34 years so far
I think I'd prefer the M38 (especially considering the work I've put in so far ) But b ... |
Topic: Warm River Butte, former fire lookout station site |
mckim
Replies: 10
Views: 12089
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Forum: Announcements, News, Humor Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:44 pm Subject: Warm River Butte, former fire lookout station site |
I'll have the '52 up here in the fall. Currently, it's down at my parents' in southern California, all over the property. I had to move when my new job got the go-ahead. Dad's working on the fra ... |
Topic: Hood Number Prefix |
mckim
Replies: 5
Views: 6820
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:16 pm Subject: Hood Number Prefix |
Yup, you're good. I just now pulled the data and filtered to only show results where the delivery contains a '51' and the hood number is known. It looks like 208 is correct for you, although anyth ... |
Topic: Hood Number Prefix |
mckim
Replies: 5
Views: 6820
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:01 pm Subject: Hood Number Prefix |
Sonny,
Do you know just the last portion of the hood number, or are you trying to contrive the whole thing? There isn't really much of a standard "prefix", but there's a rough idea of what hood num ... |
Topic: Warm River Butte, former fire lookout station site |
mckim
Replies: 10
Views: 12089
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Forum: Announcements, News, Humor Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:48 pm Subject: Warm River Butte, former fire lookout station site |
jbjeeps,
It's nice to see people out and about with their MVs as their vacation vehicle. Gives us other drivers something to turn our heads at as you go by.
Stuart |
Topic: LOCKING HUBS |
mckim
Replies: 8
Views: 10878
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Forum: Technical Knowledge Base Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:37 pm Subject: LOCKING HUBS |
I browsed around a bit and came up with some solutions others have used:
If you go the electrolytic + sodium hydroxide route, you end up creating some nasty chemicals (at least that's my understand ... |
Topic: Another use for your jeep |
mckim
Replies: 10
Views: 11410
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Forum: Announcements, News, Humor Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 2:45 pm Subject: Another use for your jeep |
But your rat looks like a pretty mama. Did you kill here or had her leave for another apartment?
We killed 'em. It appears the same rat made a nest in the engine compartment of my mom's car as well. ... |
Topic: Another use for your jeep |
mckim
Replies: 10
Views: 11410
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Forum: Announcements, News, Humor Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 8:05 am Subject: Another use for your jeep |
If you've ever decided that your military jeep, despite being a multi-purpose vehicle, still doesn't do enough for you, I found the solution. This works especially well for those non-operational proje ... |
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