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Doesn't Dave Butler of Vintage Power Wagons own a old missle silo out there in Iowa.
My old neighbor ( Nye Greene ) was in a Nike missle battalion that was moved to So.Fla and put on ready during the cuban missle crisis
I don't know about that
I sold my 1988 Ford 1/2 ton with almost 200k on the clock and she was still running strong. My current 2000 F-250 diesel is about to turn 200k and she still looks and runs like new, to date the only repairs I've done to her are a new clutch, new slave, 2 alts, water pump...
Maybe it really does have 90hrs on the hobbs which could be a breakin issue
I remember my Ford diesel took about 23K miles before I got any performance or mpg's out of it, almost like someone turned a switch....just a way out there thought
That would raise a few eyebrows
I remember the old movie with James Stewart "Flight of the Phoenix" where he used the cartridges
Didn't some radial engine tanks also have those as a backup starter
Both have their pros and cons
Electric starters take alot of amps to turn over your engine where as a DC electric compressor can probably use about 1/3 of that to fill the tanks ( several times ) so if your out somewhere with empty tanks you'll have to wait several minutes for them to fill up to...
Was there Saturday selling some stuff, had a great time, frigging chilly in the morn, got back home here about 2 hours ago. Heres some pic's of just a few of the vehicles there ( they ran out of room and had to have some vehicles setup in the parking lot. Emmett flew in his UH-12 helicopter
When I put the foam insulation in my first deuce I used Weldwood contact cement ( original formula ) on my current deuce I used Weldwood also only the heavier/thicker gel formula, both worked fine with the gel formula being easier to work with ( not as messy ).
I also used sleeping bags mat on my cab top.
I believe M-35tom sells the templetes to do the cab tub, at least that what they look like to me
cab insulation template - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite
I have 400amp service into my house but previous owners installed a sub panel via a transfer switch to run basic essentials, I couldn't figure out why they did all that but after reading about all these ( nec ) code/regs I'll assume they did it this way instead of spending the bucks for a...
Just put some of Ricks ( Mil Stencils ) vinyl on my deuce, To me the Stars make a vehicle ( of course those wouldn't be correct on a CUCV )
I've used Rick for all my trucks, super guy.
Depends on the filter your using
Racor and Dahl Turbine filters can go either way but work better if you pull the fuel through them ( suction ) as far as cartridge or spin on filters go, pushing is better for all the above reasons stated