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Active duty Combat and Combat Support units such as infantry, armor and artillery were never fielded CUCVs. The went straight from the M151 series to the M998 series trucks. As CARNAC wrote, Service Support units like maintenance , medical and laundry-bath units were feilded CUCVs. The first...

How much free travel does the brake pedal have and how far does it travel after feeling resistance? If the brakes are properly adjusted it should still stop fairly easily. If there is more than just a little travel after the free travel is gone one or more brakes likely need adjustment. Lance

Bjorn, how fast do you need one? I have a good used one and a NOS one in a airsfift install kit. Do you need the tubing and fittings? I am trying to finish a house so a customer can move in for Christmas and am working long hours an hour from home. It might be the first of the year or a...

Once the towed load gets up to about 6K the truck will be noticeably less spry. You can tow more just be prepared for highway merge times measured in minutes and expect lots of up and down shifting on hills. If the truck has the retrofitted tie down points they are more than strong enough to...

Hello, my name is Lance and I'm an addict..... Good to have you here! Lance

While I'm not a moderator I'd guess the comment about your rights to free speech and to bear arms to be OK. The issue under discussion concerns neither. The constitutional right to "free speech" only applies to speech as controlled by government. It does not apply here. This website is...

Since I have never had a truck with one or worked on one that had one of the new switches all my info is second hand. The drivers and mechanics at he local armory and Support Maintenance shop generally feel that the three lever switch is superior and will use a salvaged three lever before...

The "WAIT"light should only illuminate when the key is ON and the engine is OFF. As soon as you turn the key to ON, it should go out and stay out whether the engine is cold, hot running or stopped. I'm too full of turkey to try and muddle through to an answer for why it is on when the engine is...

The easiest way to make a deuce into a cab-over-engine truck is to run it at about 55 MPH into a bridge abutment. :twisted: Seriously, given how close to the max axle weight capacity the front axle is already, the combination of a cab, the extra mechanical linkages and the supports right over...

Hello Nate. Good to have you here. Are you ashamed of where you live or are you worried about the guys with the black helicopters finding you? :smile: I hope to see you around. Lance

Good job guys! Thanks for all the good info. Thinking about this upgrade is making me feel like I've got a bad rash and it's time to scratch it! Am I correct in understanding that no steering movement happens within the 1/4 turn of slack or is it that there is some movement, just not power...

Hey, are you guys using a marinade on those pork chops or a dry rub? :roll: Threaded fasteners hold due to the bolt being stretched and providing a clamping effect. That can be modified by the nature of the clamped assembly, dirt, thread condition, rust, lubrication, galvanizing, etc. Using...

The pulsation and flop is normal, provided the belt is properly tensioned and that it's the correct belt and not undersized (an undersized belt will tend to flop due to alternate stretching. Remember that when a belt leaves a pulley it is trying to fly off into space at a tangent but it is...

Over on olive-drab.com you'll find the chart with the number codes for the wiring circuits for the lights and light switch. MILITARY VEHICLES: M-SERIES LIGHT SWITCH There is a complete chart with all the M-series wiring numbers called out, too. Take the cover off the frame rail where the...

Yup. A winch would be no problem. The slave receptacle gets all the electrons the batteries and charging system can produce. The Robo-tools impact wrench will remove any thing on a CUCV but sometimes needs hardware broken loose first on a deuce and larger trucks. We use a combination of a...

Welcome home! Where in WNY? Our farm is outside of Auburn, in CNY, but I'm from Amherst and Nancy's from Elma. Lance

Go for broke! Stretch the front end, add a spring leaf or two and drop in a Cummins QSK78. Sure, it weighs 25,000 pounds but it cranks out 3,500 HP and more than 10,000 pounds of torque! :twisted: Seriously, has anyone used a DT466 or other DT engine with an AT? John Tennis tells me it...

That idea goes far enough back that we had one with a 8 track stereo in the back of our mortar fire direction Center Gama Goat in 1976(?) and got the idea from an "old timer" We had to use rubber shock mounts to keep them from rattling apart. I don't think modern solid state stereos would be...

Don't sweat the red fluid if it seams to be the thickness of gear lube and doesn't smell like ATF ( gear oil will typically have a sulfur smell). It is dye used in rebuild and assembly shops to help spot leaks. About 23 or 24 years ago, when I was a mechanized infantry Maintenance and Service...

If the truck registration has any kind of a business name on it you'll be in, at the least, a dark gray area. If it has your buddy's name on it you should be OK. A Google search of "Do I need a CDL?" came up with: Do you drive a combination vehicle when Do You Need a CDL at The Unofficial...