Steyr's contribution to US military trucks

[audiocontr]

You take the one on the left and give me the one on the right. Simple!

[David Dunn]

Well, the seller got the truck up on all six and in his shop where he took some pics and did a vid of it's first burp

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/ ... 20in%20NC/

[undysworld]

It's got to feel good to hear/see that thing start up!

[David Dunn]

Oh, it sure does.
Next is to see if it will move, a very expensive electronic auto trans to buy/repair. I think it'd be cheaper to buy a 712 But, where's the fun in that? ... been there, done that... this will be the one to get me committed, OR guarantees I'll never be messed with

Not that anyone does now...

[andy]

Nice Dave, congrats to ya.

Cheers

[David Dunn]

Well, the truck is on it's way!
Received some pics of it and a bobbed 5T loaded on a flatbed.
I'm not going to say the M1094 is heavy, but speaking to the driver today, he had to cancel picking up 2 motorcycles on the way..... and well, let's say he can't fill his go-juice tanks completely, either .

[mopar]

cool you must excited to get it. I know I would be.

[David Dunn]

I am excited, though still in the "collecting" mode of info and basic electrical parts... As dumb as it may sound, I haven't yet been able to determine the exact circuit breakers that were used on it ( and am 99% sure of the relays).
If I don't get some info tonight, I may get some inline fuse holder and crimp spade terminals on the ends so I can get some basic circuit operational and hopefully drive the truck off the flatbed...which means I need air pressure for the brakes.
I can understand most MV guys disliking the FMTVs, it is heavy into electrics ( and some electronics). Within the power distribution panel (aka fuse box ), there are 29 circuit breakers and 20 relays (all missing) and to the best I have figured, it needs 5 relays and 5 circuit breakers to move (which should give me key gauges too)... and if this doesn't digust some of you, the truck has an onboard mixture of 12v and 24v systems. Over half the relays are 12v,including the trigger for the 24v system, also intermingled in the power box ( which can make for a nice fire if the voltage relay is put in the wrong socket).... oh and the one thing we try to keep people from doing... it taps both sets of batteries for 12 and 24v (yes , it has 4 6TL batteries)

What the Heck did I get myself into!

[krick3tt]

Dave,

Where are you keeping all this stuff? I remember your shop yard years ago and It doesn't seem to have enough space to hold enough
vehicles to equip the armory you are collecting.

Morris

[David Dunn]

OPP#4..(off property parking #4, aka Tankland Museum) Once restored, it will go on display

Any further information would compromise my strategical ability to get out of California in a hurry

None of the collection is currently at OPP#3... the staff has his and others vehicles there now... you'd think he owned it..

[Jim LaGuardia]

Ha ha Dave

[edzz]

But David why would anyone want to leave the PRC?

[David Dunn]

Don't laugh Jim... the driver's close enough to your house right now that I could redirect the drop.

He'll sure be glad to be rid the truck... idiots on the road are trailing like flies on a horse's rear staring at the beast

[4x4Pinz]

hey dave, I talked to a buddy of mine in Afghanistan that works on these things for our troops. Is there a specific publication that you need? He thinks he might be able to get me some of the technical information. He said there are a ton of variants of these trucks so he would need a little more info to make sure he is trying to track down the right manuals. I only get to email him once a week so it is slow going but might be of some use to you. Let me know.

[David Dunn]

Thanks for the offer, but I already have the complete set of TMs for both the LMTVs and the MTV on CDs .. thanks goodness! the MTV set alone is over 15000 pages
But if you have a line on a clean LVAD cab...

Well the truck's here. It was offloaded Sunday morning at the museum. I sure do have my work cut out for me
My initial observations showed more body damaged than in any of the pics. ... but even in its current disrepair, still one, cool cool truck
Here are some of the first pics...and for a scale of size...none of the people seen in the pics are pigmies and are 6'
A lot of the pics are for reference to areas I need to address.... I don't remember if I posted the pic, but the storage brackets for the davit are the same as what are used in the Haffies and Pinzes for rifle mounts
http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/ ... n%20SoCal/