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It works well, the crane. The big problem with it is that if you want to move taller loads, like a FMTV wheel, you have to tip the boom up. Learning to do that solo is a kind of a thing because it's heavy and awkward and the pins suck to drive in, especially when it's new. The real problem with...

Ha! I just needed the one. What is taking a daily effort is not buying one of those PRC-138s from Murphy's.

I drank a lot to forget the cost, so you have to factor the booze into the total cost of ownership, but I want to say I paid something like $3500, new in crate.

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Could be a lot of things. The dreaded crack in the timing whatever cover, maybe just the oil pan gasket, I don't know. The way I look at it it's either going to be something simple (and therefore cheap) or something complicated (and therefore I don't have a place to do the work), hence, I think...

I'd love to but unfortunately down here in AZ I don't have a place to work on the truck, so it's going to have to go into a mechanic. I may take a run at the wiring myself though re: the start issue, since I know shops seem to hate doing that kind of thing.

So back in WA before I left I ran the truck around for a couple hundred miles, around Bellingham and down to Seattle and back and everything was great. Loaded up and headed out Friday morning for Phoenix. Problem #1: Made it until somewhere in OR and the truck was leaking oil. All over the...

Well FINALLY picked the truck up and it's running strong, took it around Bellingham, WA today. Going to get it cleaned up, get a load of cargo, and it'll be back down to Phoenix this weekend. Fingers crossed...

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone but PMCS is really key. That's my take-away. If I had taken the time to go over the truck more thoroughly there's a chance I would have caught the problem - I had in the past, maybe twice in 25,000 miles. I guess cars kind of spoil a person in a way...

I guess the TPS for the Allison too now that I think about it

So just an update on this. What a long crazy road it's been. With some distractions like buying a business and lining up a replacement engine, the truck is up at Zender's Diesel in Bellingham WA right now getting the new engine in. The old one's out on the ground, and they are thinking this week...

It was shaking violently? Yikes. My truck is (was?) nice and smooth.

I'm telling myself on the bright side that at least with all this I can try to solve A/C at the same time. I have one of the HVAC pods sitting here for the cab, with the A/C.

Maybe I need to do a poll, haha. A) reman / new engine B) 2nd LMTV C) swap (6CTA/etc)

Another version of all this, of course, is for the money I just double down and buy another LMTV. Make a good truck out of the pair, pallet the extra Allison and axles for a rainy day, pick it over for good parts, and scrap the chassis. My one with the bad engine is in phenomenal condition...

"A strategic investigation for fuel economy improvement of medium-duty tactical truck: preliminary simulation and experimental results". Y. Gene Liao, Allen M. Quail Jr

Some data. Checkout that fan...

TBH I worry more about parts availability than cost. Like when I had these problems, I needed a new water pump cover, which is just a part in the normal water pump assembly that is normally sold as a complete unit. One was sitting on the shelf at cat in Seattle, for $40. I don't really care if...

The Allison would need a few things, probably most notably throttle position. That's what the little box is that takes-off from the throttle on the driver side. The existing sensor is divorced though, and Allisons on cummins is a common application.

I specified because the Bosch isn't the only pump available. snowtrac is right that sticking with another 3116 is easiest, but, the 6CTA engines seem to be cheaper (absorbing the costs of having the charge lines, exhaust, etc all fabbed again). They also seem to be easier to work on although I...