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If it is bad, consider disconnecting the lines and using compressed air to blow them through, starting at the front, towards the tank. Don't want the gunk in your injection pump. Then off comes the tank for a good wash!
Perhaps you could use the "DANGER" arrow that is used for the tachometer and apply it to the gauge, so it shows above 1200F as "Danger"? Cheaper than a new gauge! Available on your favourite auction site using "military tach danger sticker"
From years of reading this forum, I have concluded that
- max pre-turbo EGT should be below 1200; this is also meant to mean "sustained", not just a "blip"
- the LDT is happy and will run forever at 2,200 rpm
As far as my LDS is concerned, "what's a hill?" He, he, he
In fairness, the LMTV Steyr cabs are later. 1980' . Not bad and the visibility is quite ok. For military use it should have a split windshield with flat glass (for safety and ease of repair). That cab was never, ever, not in a hundred years, designed to accept any form of armour.
The Brits used...
Also to consider:
- a "runaway" is an engine that revvs up ungoverned because it runs on an alternate fuel supply, rather than the metered, controlled fuel supply that is normally used. An example is the Detroit feeding on crankcase oil that @Floridianson mentioned, or a conventional diesel...
Well, the mechanics of it won't scare you. Great opportunity to show some "plug in the tablet" newbies what old school wrenching looks like. I see the oily residue on each wheel...... if she is complete she will likely run and drive, but needs the usual attention to wheel brake cylinders...
Don' t mind the van (they are a utilitarian post-WWII design intended to be cheap to make with straight panels and easy to maintain and fix) but wow...the price.....
That will be one nice truck! It always amazes me how intricate the solutions to some demands were; today you would install some short LED light bars that turn night into day. Back then there were the bracketry and swing-out arms for the work lights that were nowhere near the brightness of...
My gripe with the military folding step is the pin/cotter pin. In normal driving, the step should be in the up-position, in case you hit something. So, to use it, you have to fold it down and pin it first. Guaranteed, at some point you leave the pin and cotter pin out and they dangle from their...
Not sure a ladder is a good choice for the front; real estate is rather at a premium. What I could see is improving the hard mounted steps with an additional cable step. Something like this: https://www.buyersproducts.com/product/cable-truck-step-772
The step is mounted on galvanized cable...
As an added insult, the Chinese manufactured HH have an improved button and clip that are beefier, better made and seem much less prone to falling off.
I learned that the hard way when I switched over to the new rims and tires. Let's just say, when you have the choice between a small pail of tire soap/goop and an insanely big pail of tire soap/goop, buy the insanely big one!
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Depending on the clarity of your injector return lines, can you see air bubbles with the engine running? While I recommend following the decision trees in the manual, methinks air leaking into the fuel system is high on the list. Once fuel flow picks up at higher rpm the injection pump can...
As for easy things to check:
- sticky fuel shutoff at the injection pump. If it is fully stuck, engine won't start but if it hangs up a little, it may cut enough fuel to not let it idle properly. That is the lever behind the small lid on the side of the IP.
- you said you changed the fuel...
My only consideration would be whether you do a lot of tight forest trails. Then the older elephant ear mirrors are easy to fold in. The West Coast not so much and you whack the crappola out of them. Otherwise, West Coast wins for all the mentioned reasons.
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The air pop off sound that you hear after shutdown (usually some 5-15 mins after) is the air pressure regulator valve ("the air governor"). Normal and one of my favourite sounds the truck makes.
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