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Went and took some pictures of the M246 that I am thinking about buying. the guy that owns it says it ran when they parked it 10 YEARS AGO!!

Bjorn, Sorry for the delay in getting the measurement back to you. I measured from the kingpin to the first "step" on the crane base. Its like 2"-3" up from the bed. That length is 43" and there is more room to the actuall upright portion( forgot that number, I can go back and get it...

motor mounts Makes sense to me now, thanks John. Jimmy, what did you do about motor mounts? Make your own or buy some?

I have been rockcrawling for a few years and have not heard of too many people with spools up front. Steering in a decue without power steering is bad enough with an open diff, let alone with a spool. I say go with an ARB up front.

So what did you use to pick the engines with? I am thinking about making two "A" frames with an I beam between the two and use an I beam trolley with a chainfall. I don't have any large engine hosits or trees that can handle this kinda weight. Did you upgrade to an airshift T-case also or...

Re: RE: gas vs diesel Which parts are you referring to "clutch shaft and air solenoid? where are therse located at? thanks for all this good info Jimmy

RE: gas vs diesel Jimmy, Did you use the same tranny? What about the fuel pump/gas tank? Did you swap in a different one? The wire harness - did you buy a new complete one? Where? The LDS I am looking at has all the accessories including the power steering pump, will the hose threads on a...

RE: gas vs diesel no picture Jimmy, what problems/issues have you run into during the swap?

gas vs diesel The M246 weighs in at about 32,000 lbs so I doubt I would come close to 4 mpg even with a properly tuned 602. Plus with a multifuel, I can run MULTI FUELS!! :D

I could sink some money into the gasser and get it running but.. A) I think I will get somewhat better gas milage out of a diesel B) I can run biodiesel which is my long term plan which will be cheaper when I get my biodiesel plant up and running.

At this point I am just doing research to see if this whole project is feasible or not. I am going tomorrow to look at the wrecker again and talk to the old guy that owns it. Then I probably gotta sell my deuce to pay for this whole deal :cry: then I gotta make arrangements to get the...

I would like to use a "modern" engine but price and availability are what is driving this deal. I can possibly get this engine and tranny delivered for about half of what the other engines cost. Also I can go out to the salvage yards and match up what I need instead of custom fabbing something...

I have been doing some research on converting a gas powered M246 wrecker that I found, over to a LDS multifuel. I found a decent deal on the engine/tranny and he can throw in a deuce transfer air shift also. Here is a list of things to change, anything else anyone can add? gas tank/fuel pump...

I realized that the LDS made more power, just trying to figure out why. So different pistons, injectors do it? Externally they are all the same? So you can use a deuce exhaust manifold on a 5 ton multifuel( LDS) ? My internet connection is dial up so it takes 30 minutes for me to open a TM...

Heres the website for Victory Salvage in Los Angeles. http://www.victorygse.com/

Bjorn, I can go measure the old M246 I have been looking at buying. You want the measurement from the kingpin to the crane?

What are the differences between the LDT/LDS engines? What if anything will swap between the two? The LDS-2 is more powerful yes? Why? Whats the diifference between the LDS and LDS-1a?

Looking for information on military salvage yards in the southwest. I know about Barstow truck but anyone else have info on some yards around here? Please post up where or at least a contact # thanks

Is this the Lucerne by Johnson Valley? Man I was just out there in November!! Could you PM me his # please?

If they are the Zenith, or one of them is, I would like to buy it or one. PM me or post up here. Heck even if they are Holleys you can't go wrong at $50, I would buy one for that price.