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The university of Texas has used biodiesel for a few years........and every engine is gummed up ...........fact. The money saved on biodiesel is now being spent on rebuilds on EVERY diesel that UT has.
I'm doing one now and it is a great project. Complete disassembly and rebuild is not difficult. Motor parts are available, body parts can be repaired, wireing can be bought NOS or redone yourself. The job itself can be done by anyone with a bit of car repair experience and patience...
I have read that automatic transmission fluid could be substituted for the 30 wt in the M211-135 tranny but do a few mods need o be made to the tranny?
My deuce went from the military to the forrest service to a fire dept to a scrap dealer before I got it and upon inspection I discovered...
I am not familiar with the battery boxes but I am familiar with plastics manufacturing
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Talk with those people and see if they will overrun the next order......it will avoid set up fees etc.................heck buy a 100 lot overrun and make a buck. Just an idea
I GOT IT FREE. I left the gear bod filled with oil and PB overnight and removed the plate in the morning. IT WAS FILLED WITH ICE!!!!!!!!!
Heated the box up with a propane torch and bingo...........got the deuce home. Ice was the last thing I considerad as TX isn't cold but I...
If you are not military you have 30 days th register there. You get a pass if ya tell the cop you just got here last week but watch out the second time.
went to move my XM211 today. Aired up tires, hooked up chain.....and it rolled fine.......................IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
The steering gear box is locked up. Removed the plug and squirted in half a can of PD then filled it with some atf fluid just because that was all I had...
Great project.............I just got one for well under a grand in kinda sorta just about maybe that shape.................you get the idea. Just take your time and you come out way ahead.