Ahh, new information I wasn't made privvy to at the start. I am rebuilding my engine compartment little by little. My -715 Tornado hasn't run in years, but in checking it out, so far got it to turn over, and compression looks good. Just haven't fired it up under it's own power yet. I have two spare carbs, a spare water pump, spare fuel pump, spare dist. (all of them new), so if stock items fail on startup, I got spares!
And in the -715 business, spare parts are like GOLD!
I kinda sympathize a little bit with those who re-engine their 715s. If you have a blown engine, might as well replace it with something else with a little more juice. What I don't like is the never-ending line of people who complain about the Tornado engine, and swap out perfectly good running blocks with something else, when the stock engine is fine. The complaints about the underpowered engine were usually from those who over-revved the stock engine and broke the timing chain, or who overloaded the truck and complained that the stock engine was underpowered. It's a good engine, as long as you understood it's limitations and quirks.
I just hate to see the day when I go to a military museum and see a M715 truck on display, but with a 350cid Chevy engine, power steering and 40" mudders because they're "so much better than the originals".
If you need any spare parts for your rig, let me know. I have a few floating around! Also, I hope you're on M715Zone.com, those guys have forgotten more about these trucks than I will ever know.
