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I use the pictured wheels on my M54A1. I also run tubes/flaps on them, using an angle grinder and cutoff wheel to extend the stem hole out to the rim flange. Nary a problem in many years of use, and they don't go flat by themselves now. I remember seeing lots of 900-series trucks at the Guard...

Working that ruck will just eat up that little 3053 trans. Why not use one from a 900-series? Air shift, overdrive high range, same series U-joints. Somewhat smaller than your original, easier mounting as well. Really tho, I've given my old M54A1 a lot of hard jobs and many miles on the...

Maybe check your mixture ratio at the tailpipe.

Overthinking anything with an MV is never a good idea. They were designed to live on, in spite of a young soldiers best efforts to the contrary. Modifications (if any) had better be done with the wisdom & forethought of the Tank & Automotive Command brains.

Or buy a Blue Ox engine brake and use it backwards in the intake.

99 out of a hundred 4-cycle runaways are from turbo compressor seal failures, causing the engine to run wide open on lube oil irrespective of the status of Diesel shutoff. With the amount in the pan being gallons of oil, it usually pitches a rod from overspeed before running out of "fuel" for...

I'm still waiting for someone to try bunker oil in a multifuel truck. Prolly a user on an ocean coast, most likely.:p

Polychloranated bi-phenals were banned in the US in '79. Old designators were Pyranol or Askarel, among with others. Found in a lot of transformers and high voltage capacitors made up to the mid-70's. Personally, vintage oil caps of the values I use in my home-built ham gear with PCB oils...

They were built in the late 90's, and killed before their time when the second spectrum reallocation was mandated by the FCC. Essentially it was pure mineral oil, with a viscosity much akin to Diesel.

The backshell of the connector will unscrew, pull it back a bit. Work an ice pick under the rubber boot to get it to move back a couple inches as well. You may have to split the tape covering some. A tiny amount of DOT3 on the wires coming out of the boot will help with this task. The pins...

Divergent thread notification: A friend of mine pulled over 1,000 gallons of transformer oil from decommisioned TV transmitters. He runs it straight in his Cummins Dodge. I tried a tankful in my M54A1, never noticed any difference from Diesel.

Airpacks don't like having little 'compression' space in the circuit leading to the rear gladhands. Putting a plug in the pack air output will give you trouble.

Another tip for any & all: When using threaded stainless hardware, it is wise to coat the screw/bolt threads with milk of magnesia as an anti-seize. Works better than the black goop.

Kinda like the modern equivalent of "jeep in a crate". Yeah, right.

The trick if one lives in an attainment area (aka mandatory smog check) with a multifuel truck is to run mostly gas in it...cleans up the results right away. Have just enough Diesel in it to make the smell right for the testing guy.

Ah, I stand corrected as I've never been in a FMTV.

Do the 4-way hazards work? In any case, it is usually the turn signal switch failing, as it routes all circuits having to do with signals. If the switch is bad, there are many Asian copies out there, and they are problematic. Search for a turn switch unit from Nartron, they are the best and...

According to the operator manual, straight gas is OK as long as it isn't aviation gas. Lubrication in the injection pump isn't necessary, as it uses specially hardened parts in order to burn arctic Diesel that is very thin. I'd run that G/D mix all day in mine. You'll be amazed how quickly it...

My dad was a Southern Pacific employee from 1939 to 1980. He saw a lot of changes in railroading... I remember seeing those Army railcars last time I was in Kingman, too.

My closest neighbor is one of those hukey-pukey types...