Hello everybody,
I´m Arnd from Dortmund, Germany. I recently aquired a nice-looking 1985 USMC M998 in four-door soft-top configuration. Have been dreaming about this for decades now, as I grew up in the 80s when there were Humvees cruising our Autobahns all the time. (A pretty rare sight now, with most US forces moved either to eastern Europe or into the sandbox).
- DSC_6475m3.jpg (208.86 KiB) Viewed 382 times
The Humvee has been demilitarized by removing the intake tube and the long exhaust of the DWF system. I´m going to add both again, as I want to stay USMC. The "Army" stencil on the doors is an obvious blunder of the seller; the former USMC markings are still visible under the "sales-paintjob". However, I added an airlift rear bumper, which is not USMC-correct for an A0 vehicle, but that is my personal compromise because of our national hobby of tailgateing. If some smombie mom rearends my Humvee, I don´t want to see any damage to the aluminium body....
I have one question to start with: When I opened my air filter box, a ring of sheet metal dropped out together with the filter :
- DSC_7108m2.jpg (118.55 KiB) Viewed 382 times
The -24 parts manual doesn´t show this ring as a seperate part, so it has to be a component of the filter box itself. The ring looks like it was glued into place somewhere. I think it fits only as an elongation of the fixed tube that basically holds the outward part of the filter, but I wanted to check with you guys first, before I create havoc with the aerodynamics inside the filter box.
Thanks in advance !
Arnd
