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Start with the simple and easy stuff. 1. Replace the fuel filter. 2. Take the return check valve off and clean it out. 3. Get some fuel line and hose clamps and replace any flexible line that you find (if the above doesn't work).

Welcome. Not many British vehicles here (too darned expensive to import them), but plenty of British L1A1s, SMLEs, Enfields, and Brens have been imported.

I would think that 13-14 mpg around town is about average. It takes a LOT of energy to accelerate a +5000 lb vehicle to 35 mph.

I do forensic investigations for insurance companies and see stuff like this regularly. One old guy had extension cords plugged into extension cords plugged into other extension cords with all kinds of things plugged into them. The house caught fire from an overheated extension cord. He was...

Take off every electrical connection between the battery and starter and clean all the terminals and inspect them for internal corrosion.

Check your voltage with the batteries connected and the engine running to get a true voltage reading. If it is too high, I think that there is an adjustment.

Isn't the adjustment on the FDC? I guess I should have asked, do you turn the fuel up the same way?

What if the FDC is bypassed? Can you still turn the fuel up?

Sorry, dude, you didn't explain that the ignition was off and the key was out. Go to the TM and find the schematic and follow the wires to see where they go and that will give you an idea what could be wrong.

I would say that the M1009s still running are past their expected working life. Face it, there aren't many 1985 vehicles still driving around on the streets. Most any vehicle can be kept running indefinitely if you have the money to keep fixing it.

What does the voltage read on a volt meter.

Sorry, no Purple Hearts for self inflicted wounds.

Your batteries are not fully charged. At full charge you should get about 13.5 vdc, NOT "just over 12 volts". Charge them back up and check the output of your alternators by putting a volt meter across each battery with the truck running.

As tm america says, you need more than 12 vdc to operate 12 v equipment and keep the battery charged, you will need about 14 vdc. Some converters are adjustable so you can bump it up a bit.

Thank you for your service to our country. If being at Bagram is like being onboard a Navy ship, there isn't anything to do when you are off duty so you end up saving a bunch of money. I have bought a winch truck, but I think that instead of paying the extra grand for a PTO driven winch, I am...

If you take a screwdriver and short the large battery terminal on the starter to the small start terminal, you will bypass all the start wiring. If it cranks, look for bad solenoid circuitry, if it doesn't then look for bad power connections or a bad starter.

Unless you catch the thief red handed, the police are unlikely to do anything. There is no money in property crimes. They would much rather bust a dude for having a single joint in the car so they can seize his vehicle.

For the TM's break the links down so that you can search for a particular type of vehicle instead of pages and pages of sometimes arcane and cryptic descriptions.

One tiny bit of constructive criticism; when large flat sheets of steel are heated in a fire, they warp. Next time you do a fire damaged vehicle, always distort large flat metal surfaces.

It would probably be a much cheaper hobby than collecting the real thing.