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The same day, peeled things back, Some help we had told us what to disconnect, they actually come out very fast, but the package is freekin' HEAVY! 8800 lbs. Some small things were neglected so the engine came out, sort of about 3 times and back in until all the rest of the unknown/seen QD's...
They are about 60-75 lbs, just a guess. Looks like a normal MT42 but to me, it FEELS heavier. Taking it off of the donor proved to be a challenge, 3 feet inboard of a shipping box and funky stuff mounted to it.
Well, the "more pressing" project is putting a starter in one of the M60s. This was a USMC version of the A1. It has some different things compared to the Army M60 we have. First issue was to get it out of its resting place. Not enough room in front of it to use a fixed heavy tow bar, so a chain...
Forgot to add a pic of the funky e-brake...
Also forgot, LAPD added at least 4 cig lighter receptacles for powering things, one was added into the rear dome light. It, the light, was unplugged. I asked Craig why it was not plugged in, he told me that LAPD said there was a short in the light. I...
What started out as a simple axle boot replacement turned into a fairly major repair. This V100 was on loan to LAPD and returned a few years back. LAPD was to do the upkeep on it. I do know that the had the engine overhauled and had axle issues.
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Call Cummins with your ESN and see if there is a ReCon pump available, just to see if there is a big difference in price. It will be"stock" so you will need to tinker with timing mods.
If you had a fuel issue in cylinder at start there would be a knocking sound that goes away, kinda sounds like a marble in a can, and heavy white/grey smoke that eventually goes away as well as lots of slobber out the exhaust manifold joints