Allison M916 + Mk48 Cab = 6x6 "FEMTT"

[chickentruck]

gonna put a transformer stencil on it? ....lol

 

[drician]

gonna put a transformer stencil on it? ....lol

That is the best idea ever!

 

[M920]

Soni, with the jobs you do with the truck and all the places I'm sure you have to maneuver around would it be worth making a setup like the HET's where the rear axle turns? I'm not saying add a 3rd axle to rear but instead replacing rear most one with a steering axle.

It would certainly help off road, but I feel that it would hurt the on road performance at higher speeds unless it could be disabled above like 50 Mph....

Soni

 

[M920]

gonna put a transformer stencil on it? ....lol

Thanks 'chickentruck'.....I really like that idea! I think I will have to try to find one.....

Soni

 

[M920]

Oh No....My First FEMTT Repair.....

Well, I had a small alternator fire in the FEMTT a few weeks ago and it fried the 24V side of the Leece Neville regulator. I finally found time today to switch it out.

After removing the faulty alternator I was able to see, that the damage was much more severe then originally anticipated! The rear of the aluminum housing had actually completely melted through!
In hindsight.....I'm really quite lucky that it did not catch the rest of the truck on fire, especially since at the time of the 'melt-down' I had not yet installed the fire extinguisher........

So it was not an easy task to change alternators on the M916-M920 trucks as built, and I can now safely attest to the fact that it did not get any easier in the FEMTT....lol

Here are a couple of pics of the melted down alternator..... never quite seen that before....

Soni

 

[jesusgatos]

Interesting. We've had 2-3 alternators fail in different ways, including fires and one of the pulleys shearing-off, in 'brand new' M939's. What's up with these military alternators?

 

[rtk]

Low bid !

 

[M920]

Low bid !

Yeah....I could never quite understand the concept of procuring things, that are already more complicated then their commercial counterparts, by honoring the LOW bid!!

Also, I think that the need for waterproofing seems to add another level of failure to a lot of the military electrical components. The water can somehow still get in, but the waterproofing keeps it from getting back out!!!!

Soni

 

[Old Lincoln County Iron]

Soni,
Did you replace with the same alternator or have you a better one?

 

[quickfarms]

It is supposed to be lowest qualified bidder, but the government makes it almost impossible to disqualify a bidder even if they already have a dozen defaulted contract with the goverment and have never built what they are currently bidding on.

 

[M920]

Soni,
Did you replace with the same alternator or have you a better one?

I had another one in stock, so I just replaced it with the same one.....If I keep having trouble with it I will find something different. I will keep you guys posted....

Soni

 

[Bighurt]

Thanks 'chickentruck'.....I really like that idea! I think I will have to try to find one.....

Soni

But are you going to go with an Autobot or Decepticon.

 

[M920]

I want it to be one of the "Autobots" of course, but since it is not really an Oshkosh.....I guess "Decepticon" would probably be more appropriate.....

Soni

 

[patracy]

I want it to be one of the "Autobots" of course, but since it is not really an Oshkosh.....I guess "Decepticon" would probably be more appropriate.....

Soni

How bout you go with autobots and I'll go with decepticons. After all I stole your idea.

 

[Bighurt]

I want it to be one of the "Autobots" of course, but since it is not really an Oshkosh.....I guess "Decepticon" would probably be more appropriate.....

Soni

I don't think your notion of Decepticon is on point.

Everything i know of you tells me you'd side with the Autobots.

"For a time, we lived in harmony. But like all great power, some wanted it for good, others for evil." Optimus Prime 2007

 

[M920]

OK, ok .....You guys convinced me.....Autobot it is!!! lol

Soni

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

I am enjoying your Transformers banter.

The comparison to the "Dark Side of the Force" is profound....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHa3D-musUw

 

[chickentruck]

come to the darkside autobot ,we made cookies

 

[M920]

come to the darkside autobot ,we made cookies

Hmmm.....very tempting indeed! But are they "oatmeal raisin".....??

Soni

 

[patracy]

All you people gawking at Soni's truck need to vote for it here!

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?119724-Steel-Soldiers-MV-of-the-month-February-VOTE-HERE!