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I had the same problem on my 818, truck ran fine for the first year I owned it then I was running it in winter using the ("wonderful pump method") to move some things around. After about five cold starts using the cold starting method on the dash the truck started getting harder and harder to...
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Monty
Misread, I see you said that the 6.5 was mechanical injected, otherwise you'd need to swap out injection pumps. The computer controlled 6.5's need the computer to run the injection pump pulse width, advace and as a govener.
The 6.5 is a good engine for what it was designed, not as easy to...
The injection pump is computer controlled.
A friend of mine has a 6.5 sitting on a stand that he got for the injection pump for his current truck, I was researching how to put a 6.2 mechanical injection pump on it and swap that into my CUCV.
Grinding, check to make sure the starter is engaging the flywheel completly, and the starter is tight to the engine. You need to have two good batteries otherwise the bendex won't engage the teeth of the starter into the flexplate and you'll strip teeth on it.
Pull the inspection cover and...
Good luck on the rebuild, I had problems with the one on my bobbed m54 and just swapped it out for a Zenith, runs alot better. I picked mine up new from ebay for $75.00 plus shipping.
My m62 starts great but when I was using it to load some machinery onto a duece yesterday it was surging and...
Glad to turn out and be able to put name's to faces. Looking forward to fall already, maybe we need to have a mid summer get together??? Weather shouldn't be a problem but the bugs.........that maybe a different story.
Thanks to all who shared there Tech tips if you will and and the great...
In the field we'd dig a hole and set the generator in it or in the case of a 002 we"d dig a small trench and slide it in then sandbag the opening. Either way it deflects the sound off the walls of the hole and straight up.
Nearly stepped into a genny hole at night with it running it really...
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