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I drove these when I first joined up back in 1984. We used them and M38A2's up till they were both replaced by the Bombardier built Iltis. I also remembered at on point we also used Jeep CJ-7's for a short period of time. They were fun with the 6 cylinder 4.2 liter engine and a 4 speed or a 5...
I cannot really help out since I am on the opposite side of the country, but I can offer an apology for a bad load of fuel. Usually our fuel is good and in even gets additives added in winter at the refinery. But it can happen. I once saw a car with a fresh tank of gas come in the shop barely...
Another possibility for the wheel cylinders that are pitted and cannot be honed out ( if you had the coin to do it) is to have the inside bore machined out and insert a stainless steel sleeve with the origional inside diameter. Yes it would be more expensive that just replacing the whole assy...
Does your truck have a standard SMP 3 arm headlight switch? I had a very similar problem years ago in a Canadian truck. There was an intermittant short in the switch. With the lights on, the circuit would warm up to the point where it would find the easiest path to ground. This would often...
That ammount of rust is par for the course up here in Montreal. In Quebec, they put down salt on the roads like it is going out of style. It is taking its toll on our bridges. The salt melts the snow and the now salty water seeps into cracks and corrodes the re-bar in the cement. That causes...