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Your goal is evidently not the same as that of those who commissioned the army monograph. You want to know why - as you can see if you read the monograph at the link posted (I have), this monograph does not address why, nor is it intended to - it simply says what happened. Which is exactly...

There is not a baseline comparision - as I see it, they determined the average life of the engine was 9-10000 miles. To paraphrase a recent famous quote "You go to war with the equipment you have". These folks were evaluating how their equipment was holding up - not how equipment they might...

Could be - but the IP factory made without the FDC are actually the oldest ones, as used on the LDS-427 (they will work fine on the LDT). The Bosch part number will tell us for sure. I'm familiar with the gov program to bypass FDC, not seen one that was removed as part of that program. DD

If this were my truck I'd probably go through the following steps. Turn on the master switch, get out of the truck and put my hand on the fuel tank to see if I can feel the slight vibration the in tank pump causes (the low air buzzer would keep me from hearing it run). If its not, check the...

Not too handily if you plan on using them as duals. These trucks began as the M41, which used 14.00-20 tires in a single wheel configuration with the wheels having a different offset than those in dual wheel configuration. The M54 was a dual wheel version of the M41, using 11.00-20 tires...

You could replace the existing tail light with a M561 Gama Goat tail light - which should be a straight swap IIRC, and with a little minor rewiring do the same with the right. The goat lights have a much larger lens area, but the same size housing as the stock lights.

I am as big of a fan of this engine as anybody - this is a quote from an offical Army monograph of logistics in Vietnam (Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-600389), so don't argue with ME about what it says. The author of this monograph, Lieutenant General Joseph M. Heiser, Jr., had...

As others have said, the in tank power lead is hot when the accessory switch is on. If you can't hear/see the fuel pump running, but the lead is hot, check the fuse under the cover on top of the fuel pump mounting plate. Best wishes, David

The air compressor suggestion earlier is a great one, and fairly easy to check (especially if you have the special compressor wrench, but it is not impossible to check without it) Pull the compressor belt and see if the knocking goes away - if it does, then obviously you've found it. I...

Bypassing the FDC eliminated the possiblity of an internal FDC leak allowing fuel to dilute the crankcase oil. It also allowed them to optimize the vehicles fuel economy. As the Army is now supposedly a single-fuel army, this in theory eliminated the need for a multifuel engine. All true...

I once bought a truck from DRMO (this was long before GL) that had the pump a little out of time (one tooth, IIRC), which caused a preignition knock, which was loud at certain RPMs. To answer your question, it is likely not the pump itself that is knocking, but the fuel delivery that is...

Mike, If I read your post correctly, you are saying that you have no brake pedal without air. If this is the case you have a serious brake issue. I'd look hard at the air-hydraulic cylinder. The brake system on the deuce is a power-assisted hydraulic system (power brakes, with the power...

He'll not learn more from me - he is in Houston, Texas - I don't drive there so he won't run over me or my family. BUT, for a man who'd never checked the brake fluid, and doesn't know how to, in a 20000 lb truck to come on here and start talking trash just proves what kind of idiot he is. He...

This may well be one of the stupidist scammers of all time. If we only knew who to contact, this ol'boy is trying to sell property of the Federal Government, I'd suspect that carries a pretty hefty penalty.

Nope - more like a gasoline engine - that is what the design started as. I've not heard of anyone putting over 50000 miles on one. But then, who but Uncle Sam would push one of the hot, rough riding, but great trucks that far!!

Having driven a few thousand miles in these trucks over the past many years, I'll give you a couple of tips regarding the use of the parking brake as an emergency brake. Indeed should the service brake system fail at low speed, yanking the parking brake on is a great first step, but I'd sure not...

As to the first - I'd Plastigage the rod bearings. If you are not familiar with this product or its use, just Google - or go by NAPA. But before that I'd check the timing of the injection pump - while the chance that this is the source of your trouble is remote, checking it is so relatively...

Oh grand wizard, this truck was in fact built in 1965 by Kaiser-Jeep , as both the mfr's SN and the registration number are from the 1965 series. Best wishes, David Doyle (still compiling VIN data)

How fitting that you post this on Thanksgiving! Truly, you should give thanks that you, your family, and other motorists have been enjoying your vehicle without injury thusfar. Unlike all passenger cars produced in this country over the past several decades, your truck has a single circuit...

The trucks originally had Holleys on them, the military went to the Zenith. Engine design dates back to the 1940s, maybe earlier, I've not looked. Wrecker tips the scales at about 33000 lbs, bridge truck about the same (most folks don't understand just how substantial that bridge bed is) -...