Recent content by Carboarius

Here's my M220

Count me in. Thank you!

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I cut 13 and a half inches off one side of the bows for them to work. Sorry it took so long, things have been crazy.

The length I gave before was for the legs for the troop seats, I missread the question. Sorry about that. The bows are off a 5 ton with drop sides. I took one leg off a bow and placed the whole set up in the truck, I then marked the overlap and cut it off. When I find the pieces I will get you a...

The 302s are a blast... plenty of reasons to keep 'em.

Asking all the hard questions. I don't remember off the top of my head, I just measured the overall length and subtracted the depth of the short holes, around 8 inches I think... I will have to look this weekend.

Slowly but surely working on getting the engine torn down . . .

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I got it from NAPA, it is one of the geared ones so you turn a crank to spin the block over. It looks a lot more secure now that the generator and air compressor are off the block, but the straight six is still a large mass hanging wayyy out there.

I will see about an overhaul video. I managed to get the engine pulled and on a stand. Haven't had a chance to tear into it yet, but I can tell you things are a lot easier if you open up the center floor plate of the cab and don't forget the top bolt of the bell housing- speaking from...

The engine is a 2.8 liter inline- 4 cylinder turbo diesel. Torque is 230 ft lbs at 2000 rpm with 132 bhp at 3600 rpm. The mortar isn't real large. I think the main thought process when they were designing it was the fact the Humvee didn't fit in the Ospreys and they needed something that would.

Sort of. Designed to fit inside the V-22 Osprey it was intended to fill the role of a jeep: light utility, reconnaissance and fast attack vehicle, as well as being a prime mover for the M327 towed heavy mortar. Used by the US Marines since 2009. The confusion stems from the fact that the...

Man those look nice. Probably two as I added a M220 to the herd this summer. No harm in not getting things done, life kind of gets away from us sometimes. An M135 is a whole lot of fun to take off road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0c51UCfrVQ

Yikes! Almost two years since an update. :whistle: The quick run down is that the truck has been a lot of fun, it has attended a couple car shows and numerous camping trips. Troop seats and a rear cargo cover were reconnoitered for her and a couple new friends joined the herd. On the last...