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Through the grapevine, I have heard pros/cons on Stockton wheels for the M37... some have mentioned in the past that the rim material Stockton used might have been thinner/'softer' than the stock Budd wheels & that the Stockton rims seemed to be easily bent?
Anyone else heard this?
Bueller...
The 6.2 & 5-speed swap has been done with good success by a gentleman named Juan and others in the past - I am on-again/off-again on my swap due to work/family obligations. PM me for details, but the basics are that I have a 6.2 with a GM medium-duty (C60) truck bellhousing & a Spicer 3053A...
The crankshafts in the 6.X were cast from the Detroit Diesel - journal surfaces were Nitrided or Tuftrided (surface hardened, but I don't recall which process was used). You can polish a 6.X crank, but cannot cut it, or you'll ruin the surface hardening treatment...
The cranks can break, but it...
The Porsche analogy is lame - a 911 imported in today would be virtually equivalent in spec to the 911 that was sold here in the US in '73...
The picture/s that Grandma was passing around to the committee appears to show a Messerschmidt 3-wheeler on the cover of the page that one of the...
The newer design 6.5 used in HMMWV and marine applications have a separate lower main 'bedplate' to add strength to the bottom end. This seems to help... another thing that will help it survive is...
STOP USING A 6.X engine to pull loads greater than it was designed to pull...
'Tanner'
Pfffttt.... keep a 6.X NA long enough & you'll crack the main web... or the sides of the block.
We were junking roughly 85% of the 6.X blocks at (unnamed quality engine remanufacturing company) & ended up using new block castings in the remans...
'Tanner
Until they can figure out how to kill starters, glow plug controllers, swell the glow plugs, and put a crappy fuseable link in it, it'll never be fit to wear the name CUCV... fat lady sings
'Tanner'
With titles and certification that they will pass DOT standards?
Were these from the initial batch that escaped the military before the crackdown by AM General on civilian sales of HMMWV's?
'Tanner'
Sounds like it's time to remove the stem from the rotten apple at WisDOT...
Good Luck Gentlemen!
The rest of us outside of Wisconsin are watching the proceedings as well...
'Tanner'