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You would have to have a 24v alternator to charge it. The two 12v's only work because they charge separate batteries, won't work with a single 24v battery.
But a small 24v battery won't have the amperage to turn the 6.2 over with one small battery. you would need a 24v battery that could...
Yup.
Used in moderation, it is fine.
Used like a fool, goodbye engine.
I watched a tech at a dealership spray a steady stream of ether into the intake to run it after a filter change to prime it. Wasn't my truck, but it was the last time that dealer did any work for me!
He has no card, and a manual switch.
If he doesn't push the switch, no current to the glow plugs.
Units have that policy because too many people are idiots when they use it.
To get you out of this pickle, use a very short squirt of ether.
Since you have the manual glow plug switch, no worries about premature detonation from the glow plug heat.
I know ether gets a bad rap, but used very, very moderatly it is perfectly fine on a 6.2 with the glow plugs not...
I gotta agree with the above- there shouldn't be any demil requirement at this point unless somehow it is just leaving government hands.
There are actually a number of Locusts around. And almost every one is minus turret- in the 50's the government demilled them by removing the turrets, then...
Mostly.
The 6.2 has a mostly undeserved bad reputation. They will break crankshafts if you run it with a bad harmonic balancer or broken flexplate, and when it happens every blames "Chevy Junk" instead of themselves for running it with bad parts and not maintaining it properly.
And part of...
A CUCV pickup will meet all your above needs, and do it in a better and far more practical way than the bobbed deuce will.
For everyday use, the bed height is more practical.
Far more comfortable for the family.
The 6.2 will run on pretty much everything the LDT will, except it will need more...
There is a guy here who has at least one, maybe 2-3 running 4-53's. They were pulled from 10k forlifts that ran, but they were parted because monster truck builders pay big $$ for the axles.
Yep. there were some at Bragg as well last week, and they were discussing the demil procedures in the office. The frames and a-arms will be cut before they are sold on a scrap contract.
Ahh the flashbacks of being a young troop in the back of a duece.
Best rides where when a car with some young women was behind ya- we had about a 25% success rate getting a flash:grin:
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