Mark2X2
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When I was active duty in Germany, I would wedge my toe under the dash & drive my heel down as hard possible on the foot feed on what ever I drove. Jeep, CUCV, M880, M817, M35, VW van, didn't matter. Never had any engine trouble on any thing. The VW van on those steep down hills would buck a little once in a while, think the valves would float.
In the Guard & Reserve the newer 5 tons 929? dumps & tractors, M817, HUMV's ran them as hard as possible with out a ticket, never any engine trouble. And I drove a lot in all branches.
I run a 653E John Deere (6068JD engine) with a Fabtek four roller head, cut to length system. It 5000 hrs on it when we bought it, now has 14,400. Run it right to the stop after a short warm up. Have put valve cover gaskets after valve adjustment, a front main crank seal after the belt shredded & wrapped up. Thats been it.
I run my Deuce to the max. Like someone else said, hurts a diesel to lug it.
My two cents.
Mark
**Edit**
Like an old grader man told my buddy when he asked him if he would not run his grader so hard. "Darrin if Cat didn't want you to run it there, they wouldn't have put a notch for the lever."
In the Guard & Reserve the newer 5 tons 929? dumps & tractors, M817, HUMV's ran them as hard as possible with out a ticket, never any engine trouble. And I drove a lot in all branches.
I run a 653E John Deere (6068JD engine) with a Fabtek four roller head, cut to length system. It 5000 hrs on it when we bought it, now has 14,400. Run it right to the stop after a short warm up. Have put valve cover gaskets after valve adjustment, a front main crank seal after the belt shredded & wrapped up. Thats been it.
I run my Deuce to the max. Like someone else said, hurts a diesel to lug it.
My two cents.
Mark
**Edit**
Like an old grader man told my buddy when he asked him if he would not run his grader so hard. "Darrin if Cat didn't want you to run it there, they wouldn't have put a notch for the lever."
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