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I'm planning on coming at least one day if Wes (Simp) will be there, as he picked up some stuff for me that hopefully he will bring along. If so I'll need to bring the truck to haul it all back home.
I got a reply today on Facebook from Tim. He's preparing for a class he will be teaching at Heritage Life Skills in about 10 days, in addition to his other activities.
Starts easily! Cranked it up to let the batteries charge a little last week. R-r-varoom and it's idling. I've only got one deuce that starts that quickly!
Harold is good folks! Check with the other folks in the MHCC (www.Milhcc.org) for his contact info or send him an e-mail through the 'notifications' tab at the top of the page.
Way back when the HMMWV was proposed (IE., before the contracts were signed), one of the 'reasons' was that the jeep/mutt left a narrower track than the trucks and an observant enemy could learn a lot of useful information by the number of jeep/mutt tracks in off-road areas. As in what type of...
Three of the four bolts holding the brake MC on are fairly easy. The lower one, closest to the frame rail (outside) is a real booger. Last one I did took a deep well socket, a six inch extension, a universal socket, another six inch extension, and then the ratchet handle. It needs to go up...
The dealer I've had the best luck with is > https://armyradio.com/Clansman-Radios/ They have been around quite a while. I got my -319 from them about five years ago, and a whole bunch of accessories since then. For HF the 320 is probably the best way to go.
2 meter or 70 cm bands would take care of most HAM repeaters. In vehicle radios should be able to put out 30-50 watts on those frequencies. If you go DMR and there are enough repeaters in your area, you could talk at much greater distances, albeit with some slight delay as each repeater sends...
Not a home-made dataplate, just one that happened to be available when the motor pool did something requiring a new one. If the cargo bed is 12 feet long and centered over the rear wheels, it is probably a regular cargo deuce. Since you are in Charlottesville, you should PM 'steelypip' as that...
Add acoustic insulation to the inside of the container and some baffles around where the air flow goes through the walls/roof to keep the noise levels down even more. Just be sure the inside of the baffles are as large or larger than the intake fan opening so the air is not restricted. What...
Yes, there were two sets of dataplates, and a lot of the cab parts had items with DLA contract dates that were four years younger than the truck, all in new configuration (not used). Inside the cab is 'like new' even down to the smell. It was converted for the arctic configuration, and while...
Military bought civilian vehicles and used them for decades before the CUCV contracts were started. Even in Vietnam in the 60's there were Dodge sedans and light pickups being used by the Navy and Air Force, and to some smaller extent by the Army. That ad-hoc system was replaced with the CUCV...
He got the starter fixed, batteries charged up and took it for a drive! Found the fuel line to the Arctic heater in the back has a crack that will leak fuel if turned on. VERY nice truck! I got to play step-and-fetch-it a little, and he did get to visit the MVCSC compound before we went to lunch.
Optilube XPD is my choice for lubricity, however it is mail order and cheaper to purchase two gallons at a time. A more local source, but more expensive is to pick up Biobore-JF and Biobore-MD from the local marine (boats) dealer. Biobore-JF is a biocide agent (3.5 cc's for five gallons), and...
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