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Have you driven a civilian truck from the 1950s? There isn't much different between a deuce and my grandfather's 1950 GMC in the comfort department.I know this is an engine thread but I have to toss this out for digestion. When the engineers designed these trucks in 1949, the very last consideration was driver comfort. There is something very appealing about this!
I did a little searching, and the engine in the White 2-155 farm tractor may share the multifuel block, but it is not the same engine. It is diesel only, has a 17:1 compression ratio, has a PTO power of 157HP, and has a governor that won't allow it above 2200rpm.Well, I have heard the 427 was a problem, but I will be a hard one to convince the 465 is a problem. We have several trucks with them, and they have been very dependable for farm use.
I find it hard also to equate the gloom and doom of the write-up with the success of the same engine in White 2-155 farm tractors. It is not at all unusual to find them with 8,000 to 10,000 hours on them and still going fine.
One thing has to be considered before you make that comparison, and that is: How many civvy trucks have had the benefit of a motor pool that would replace any part, large or small needed to make the truck road ready again? My deuce may have been built in 1969, but how many engines, transmissions, transfer cases, differentials, and body panels has it had replaced since it was new? [ Remember the story of grandfather's axe? It was 100% original. Over the course of its life, it had 10 handles and 3 heads replaced...]. ...How many 30 odd year old civvy trucks are still as durable as the deuce? .....
The army elected to stay with the multifuel for the, then new m656/xm757 series of 8x8 5-ton trucks, so the advantages must have outweighed the (operator) problems. Continental did add some design changes, though, a 5th piston ring and tighter tolerances to give it a higher governed rpm (3,000)....
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