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One of your pics shows the PCV (crankcase ventilation) valve, it could be plugged. Really, other than carburetor floods, the only way on this engine that you will see raw gasoline getting into the crankcase is if you have a cracked diaphragm in your fuel pump. This can happen quickly if the...

880 maybe?

Lil bit light in the traction department.

Well you know the people that live and breathe WWII jeeps reside over on G503. I'm sure they will be scrambling to take this off your hands.

They were called BRC-40.

Search "zenith" on this site.

Did your pump have a chassis vent line connected? If so maybe you have vampire syndrome.

Did you get red off road diesel somewhere?

Isn’t that in the base of the distributor?

No luck with unit markings for me.

MGX Equipment is the Manitowoc dealer for NC. Parts should be same or similar for civilian model.

Vintage Power Wagons is my go-to. Very easy to use website.

Either the PTO output shaft seal or the hyd pump input shaft seal. That is just your truck marking it's territory.

Yes that fits the Continental 6602 in the gas 5 tons.

Seems like if this were a field mod, you would see evidence of the tray legs being cut off with a saw and hand drilled holes for the feet.

Juan is this dual tray setup a field mod or was there a kit to do it from TACOM?

Starting with a good body is super important with these, otherwise you end up with a Philippines body which to me is lame. All the gingerbread stuff can be found here and there. Speaking of which, looks like two of your coffin handles are up on top of your homemade Arctic enclosure.

More pics! These are fun to analyze. All I see so far is a vacant engine compartment and lots of scabbed on plate on the front frame horns.

How cool is that! Sounds like an adventure. Carefully review the Matson rules, I think no dripping leaks and no mud. Remember most of these trucks blow the cab latch and air over hyd pumps with the first use, resulting in dripping leaks. Bring kits for these.

Are you planning on flying over there and doing everything yourself? There are several threads on here about shops that can prep FMTVs for the ride on Matson.