lilymonster
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Guys, I recently acquired some M1008's that showed up without alternators. In fact the wiring for the alternators was neatly taped off and loomed. I believe these trucks were possibly used by PSA in Texas for some period of time from the traces of markings on the doors. Anyone encountered this before when buying M1008's from the gov't?
Needless to say I was confused and pissed when I open the hood and saw this. What the heck? Were these trucks canabalized? Alternators stolen? Weird.... But as most of you i'm sure know, Diesels don't need alternators/charge to run like gas engines. So I figured what the heck, lets put a real strong charge on the batteries and try cranking them over to assess the condition of the engine. They fired right up. In fact upon close inspection under the hood, I noticed they have new filters, hoses, oil change, gpr's, etc.... you know the usual CUCV stuff. In fact they are in great running order.
Anyway, its no big deal, I have put alternators into them and put the charging system back in tact and everything is good. But, What the heck is up with this!? Has anyone else heard of CUCV's being operated without alterntors regularly by any agency or army installment? Obviously they won't have operation of heater, lights, etc. but they can run and drive just fine. Do they just fire them up using a NATO Slave or jump pack at the beginning of the day and turn them off at the end? Its so odd.
Anyone ever heard of anything like this? I'm just curious what the heck the deal is with it.
Needless to say I was confused and pissed when I open the hood and saw this. What the heck? Were these trucks canabalized? Alternators stolen? Weird.... But as most of you i'm sure know, Diesels don't need alternators/charge to run like gas engines. So I figured what the heck, lets put a real strong charge on the batteries and try cranking them over to assess the condition of the engine. They fired right up. In fact upon close inspection under the hood, I noticed they have new filters, hoses, oil change, gpr's, etc.... you know the usual CUCV stuff. In fact they are in great running order.
Anyway, its no big deal, I have put alternators into them and put the charging system back in tact and everything is good. But, What the heck is up with this!? Has anyone else heard of CUCV's being operated without alterntors regularly by any agency or army installment? Obviously they won't have operation of heater, lights, etc. but they can run and drive just fine. Do they just fire them up using a NATO Slave or jump pack at the beginning of the day and turn them off at the end? Its so odd.
Anyone ever heard of anything like this? I'm just curious what the heck the deal is with it.