I was told by the "super mechanics" that it had a 5.9... no biggy.

That is kinda funny you were there Super Dave. That was me that pulled them out!!! The PTO winch was busted, so I just did a straight pull using the winch line.

 

I can understand the confusion between the two engines at first glance. . .however the ISB w/p7100 injector pump has never been water after cooled, however the 8.3L has been. plus it uses a HX50 turbo. . .the 5.9L unless it's pushing some power could only dream of useing that turbo in a twins setup.


one question though. . .it sounded like you it in Low transfer and reverse when you did that??? if you did you'r lucky you didnt grenade the transfer.

oh, and about that front mounted PTO winch. . .it's a POS. the one on my old 5-ton wrecker was also busted and didnt work[:@]

Now I have a M985A3 hemmit wrecker. . .another POS

 

The military doesn't seem to use duece-and-a-halfs any longer. When I was "over there" last year all I saw were 5 tons, HMMWVs, and HEMTTs. The 5-ton trucks all had armored cabs and turrets for crew-served weapons. Does anyone know if they still use 2-1/2 tons trucks?

 

there are hundreds of them here in Georgia still operating in the National Guard. however the Active Duty components have long since removed the dueces from the system and replaced with the FMTV's. (Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles)

 

Can't do that w/ an off the shelf lifts out there. I found this impressive a 8,000lb truck catching 6-8ft of air and able to drive it home w/o problems.

 

She was in reverse, front axle engaged, but not in low, I was warned about that.. Fun truck though. I definitely miss it.

 

FMTV now theres a real peice of **** the CAT 3126 huei is a gutles turd,hey the 5 ton i had in korea had a 400 cummins and a airshift manual trans old year but the koreans rebuild the 60,s 70,s years

 

The auto made this one kinda gutless, but it was still fun