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According to the post he wasn't using non-tax offroad diesel, he was running taxed road diesel (20%). The issue is that they check the color, and it was pitch black. It has to be green to prove that there's no red dye. His State requires a blender's permit to run anything other than road...

Double-clutching and speed shifting was the only way we could shift one of the 5-tons we had in my reserve unit. Double clutching only worked so much, the syncros were completely bad on that truck. Got really good at speed-shifting it, but one day we had just switched out drivers (I'd just...

$205 for taxes, title, title fee, plates, plate fee, plate reflectorization fee, gross weight fee, registration. Well, would have been $200 but I kicked $5 to the State Park fund.

The dents are all in the hood and roof, except one on the driver's corner under the taillight. No tinkering (still raining, and I had to change the water pump in my Daily Driver) but I did get the SF97 in the mail today. Only problem was they didn't fill out the curb/gross weight. Went to the...

Nah, I'm keeping the wheels- I think they'll look good even with the "Urban Camo" I plan to do (anything, ANYTHING will be better than red doors). The deep dish/positive offset works, and in any case the fenders are "clearanced" for them (the corners are cut out). Interior is "OK". The...

I'll try to make the rally, but I tend to not know my schedule until 1-2 days in advance.

OK, photos are up. You can see the residue firefighting piping systems, brackets, etc everywhere. Note the gray dash pad, obviously a replacement. I got a little concerned when I looked at the Army Registration number and found it didn't match the reg number on the dataplate... worried it...

Whoo.. I'm tired, half deaf, but happy. Completed recovery of my "new" M1028 CUCV tonight. 600 miles on the road. After talking with the custodian *the local Fire Chief) he told me the truck had been "retired" 6 months ago, and turned in over 4 months ago. Guess it takes GSA a while to put...

Well, the "oops" was the fact that I don't have the parking space for it, since I haven't gotten rid of my white (well, blue) elephant '71 F250 yet. But there's stuff on the F250 I'd want to transfer to the CUCV, and at worse I can just drive the **** F250 down to the junkyard a half-mile away...

Eastern Washington. Almira, which is kind of in the middle of nowhere. I don't even know if it runs, I'm expecting it doesn't (but hoping it does) but in either case I need to tow it across the pass, meaning I either need to clear off my flatbed trailer or borrow a towbar.

Oh, 1028. Kinda important detail.

Oh, I know that- I maintained a pair of CUCVs (along with a pair of Deuces, a pair of 5-tons, and a lone HMMWV) when I was in the Navy Reserve. "Tempermental" doesn't begin to describe them.

Threw down what I thought was a lowball bid... at least, compared to the nominal going prices it is. Ended up winning it. My luck it'll be a basket case. Time to plan the recovery, as this one is only several hundred miles away... I've never taken my Deuce over the pass, let alone towing a...

If you attach a towbar to the front, it becomes a trailer...

I might be able to make it. My biggest problem would be remembering to get up that day.

Not all vehicles that comply with FVMSS have 17-digit VINs, since FVMSS took effect in Jan 1968 (except FMVSS 209 which took effect in March 1967) and the 17-digit VINs weren't required until Sept 1980 (FMVSS-115).

I found mine started easier with 5 gallons of free "oops" gasoline mixed in with a half-tank or so of road diesel, and didn't seem to run any different. Oops Gasoline is what you drain from a Diesel Jetta/Passat/Mercedes/etc when the owner forgets which car they're filling up. Can't use the...

I can right click -> Paste just fine.

And yet we can talk about eBay auction items all we want. How is that different? I realize that the total ban is to completely avoid touching gray areas. And it's his forum and he can set the rules, but having rules specific to GL (a private corporation) & GSA, and not having the same rules...

Well, it's his site and his rules. I've been yelled at for the same thing so now I just don't say anything, which is a shame. The other site (non-military) I frequent, we talk about auction items all the time, discussing what parts are there or not, and whether folks have gone out personally...