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I solder pigtails onto the prongs and then insulate with a blob of silicone. Also, there is no way to incorrectly wire up a 24 volt seal beam to make it burn out.
Hmm my HMMWV has that pump and it makes no noise. Lots of times these HMMWV engines were pulled from trucks in a very careless manner. Pump may have ingested big dirt.
If the hood is straight and rust free, might as well use it, no difference from civilian other than color. Well that one has the hood ornament and associated hole. I would find a “6.2 LITRE” ornament and paint the chrome part green, would be unique.
There are many many places to have your injection pump rebuilt, the place I use is Home (dieselpumphouston.com)
You send it there and they send it back ready to go. The fuel pump (lift pump) can come from anywhere.
Clamp underneath was for armor that was removed and cut up.
Picture ending in 32 is where the CDR valve goes that was removed by GP. Buy a new one from Kascar etc.
Picture ending in 06, and 32, yes lots of fuel hoses removed by USMC. GP typically does not do this. Means the fuel system was...
That’s a good question. Since oil changes on these is like a $300 deal, I tend to stretch the intervals since the oil always looks amber on my lightly used 400’s. If you operate in dusty environments, keep with the lube order.
If you run the 7155 it makes sense to have a spare shifter for each truck. One day soon the supply will be exhausted and then finding one if needed will suck.
The 8 on the rear can be ho hum but your steer tires need to be exceptional. The military tires are special OZ rubber that can last decades, as opposed to the commercial tires uncle started using recently. Well not exactly recently, 20 years ago.