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    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2019 - July VOTE HERE!

    My cucv used to be my grandfather’s, along with a m151a2, a m274a5, a m422a1, and a m1009 that I now have. He got the truck from Havre de Grace, MD in the late 90s and actually a few years later towed his m548 home from there with it, I have a picture somewhere of that and I will try to find it...
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    MV of the Month Nominations July 2019

    I’ll enter my cucv
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    M151 engine head differences?

    I’ve always heard that all a2 heads had heavier duty valve seats than a1 heads, but I don’t know for sure if that’s true
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    Ok, thanks. I will definitely have the heads checked out while they are off
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    Ok, thanks for the advice. I’ll just stick with the head bolts then. They are definitely not high performance vehicles, but I love the simplicity of them compared to anything more modern
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    That’s what I was thinking. Would arp head studs be beneficial or just a waste of money? I plan on using the truck for towing and might put a turbo on it sometime down the road
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    Ended up being a head gasket on the first truck, diagnosed it but I have not had time to fix it yet. I have been busy with m151s, mules, and mighty mites lately. My daily truck ended up having a fuel leak from the injection pump when I looked closer, not coolant. Looks like I need to put other...
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    The past few weeks have been extremely busy and I haven’t had a chance to do anything at all on the trucks. I have a pressure tester ordered, but it hasn’t come in yet. I’m hoping to work on them next week or the week after, leaks definitely are usually a guessing game. Thanks
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    Well, it looks like my luck has run out lately on the trucks. The m1008 that I daily drive just started leaking coolant from what appears to be the same spot as the other truck. I haven’t had a chance to pull the starter and look at either truck yet to see exactly where the leak is, but it looks...
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    Vapor Locking?

    I had a similar thing happen on my 151 and my grandfather on his m3 half track. All of my 151s don’t have return lines or anything besides the feed line and some sort of tank vent. Both times we wrapped the metal feed line with tin foil and it quit vapor locking, so maybe give that a shot as a...
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    I appreciate the offer, but I’m about 3 hrs away from there. I will probably just buy a pressure tester because I know it will be needed more having 8 cucvs in addition to other vehicles. The leak actually gets worse when the truck warms up and it doesn’t leak when it’s sitting and cold unless...
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    I checked all that stuff thinking and hoping it would be that since I had replaced it and it could have worked loose a little, but I didn’t get that lucky
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    Luckily i know the history of the truck. My grandfather got it from the military about 20 years ago and did a lot of heavy towing with it, but always maintained it. Its the best running cucv i have and has almost no rust at all. I recently replaced the heater core, hoses, radiator and hoses...
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    Ok, thanks. I will do that next
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    I finally had a chance to crawl under it and look closer at the leak. All I can tell is that it is dripping off the starter. I don’t see any coolant coming from the back heads and from what I can see there is nothing wet above the starter, so is there a freeze plug behind the starter or a common...
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    MERDC Mules

    I have a m274a5 that looks to be in the MERDEC color scheme. I need to power wash it to really tell though because it sat outside until recently and its covered in dust and some moss. It was an army mule and has not been touched cosmetically since it came from DRMO. This picture gives the best...
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    Ok, will do. Thanks
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    It is a coolant leak. I will check those things later this week if I have a chance, it definitely seems to be coming off the back of the motor more than the side, but you never know. Thanks
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    Cucv coolant leak at rear of block

    One of my cucvs has a coolant leak that seems to be from the rear of the motor. I can’t really see exactly where it is coming from so I thought I would check here to get some ideas of what it could be. It seems to run down and onto the leaf spring sometimes and sometimes it runs down on the bell...
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    M151A2 carburetor float availability/Options?

    I have the same issue with one of my spare carbs. I have searched high and low for one and cannot find any. Hopefully someone else on here will know of one that works or if you find one please post the part number. G838 might be another good place to ask
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