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Oh, but they do destroy them left and right - they are cheap and fast to switch out since they have a dedicated motor-pool and logistics system to support them. 53, 71, 92, and 149 Detroit Diesel 2-strokes were used in everything from boats (Coast Guard MLB, Pearl Harbor tour boats)...

yup, or blower seal failure, or broken rings, or bad turbo seal... Diesels run away a lot, look it up :)

CB, you may be looking at an in-frame when you do your oil-change... The ash in a non-CF2 oil will eat 2-stroke piston rings very quickly - and especially on a 2-stroke diesel (lean burn engine) that's a bad thing since your intake ports are on the bottom of the cylinder. Eat your rings and...

All Detriot 2-strokes demand SAE 40 CF-2 (NEVER multi-weight like nW-n). Chevron Delo 100 is what I run in my bus with a 6V92, I've heard good things about Shell Rotella T from other DD operators. Search for Delo 100-40-1 at Costco, or Rotella T40-1 at Tractor Supply..

The Pyles should be inexpensive enough, and go with the 24V 1-Din deck. Less stuff to go wrong, less power loss, common enough and availble nationally that should they blow, you'll be able to source them just about anywhere. If you aren't running anything else that's 12V, I can't see doing a...

Sure. If you're willing to "go custom" a bit, there are actually a ton of options out there. If you do the math, there is a certain power supply voltage range that will give you a specific power across a specific resistance/impedance (4-Ohms, very common in automotive speakers). If you do...

I prefer not using the 24V to 12V converters for something like audio where a butt-load of power is used - there are plenty of 24V "native" amplifiers available that will do exactly what you want. As bear2112 points out, there are options in the same price ballpark as the converter+12VAmp...

Click the "marine" word in my last post, links to JL audio's marine offerings, be prepared for $1100 on a 5-channel amp. You may want to look at the marine offerings from other vendors too. There are a lot more than what your friend might have thought (U.S. isn't a big 24V market)... [EDIT:]...

You may be looking in the wrong place. 24V is more common in Europe and the heavy truck and marine industries - including charter busses. Take a look at InterVox as an example (not affiliated, not an endorser). Heck, Walmart has a 12/24V head unit for under $50.

I believe hoists have brakes in the drum that unload the gear-train when not driven (power up, power down). Without that, your capacity might only be 1/10th the rating of a similar hoist, so a 15,000lb winch might only be able to safely handle a 1,500lb dead-lift (3/4 ton).

I take the blame on starting the political thing by mentioning ISIS in a poor attempt at humor. Exporting HMMWVs is not illegal or political if done with a license and government approval, and the point of the thread was attempting to discover where the units sold by GP have ended up. A few...

Not if you have an export license and get the export approved... Even allies have these, it wouldn't surprise me to find out that military parts brokers are buying them as replacement vehicles for HMMWV that have been irreparably damaged, or using them in countries of our allies as parts...

Aha! Found the A/C slide out.

6000-9000 btu should do you for a space that small - even painted flat black. For those who cannot do a window unit out the front (overhanging the cab) or out the side since it could hit something while you're driving, there is someone who did a slide-out for an AC, it's tucked in the shelter...

Nope, not military, that's just an F-150/F-250 (and I notice the crappy masking job they did for the rear tail-light) - and if your friend is pulling your leg, but wants to stick to his/her guns, offer to (*cough* test) "help get the dirt out of the grain of the CARC" by using acetone or D2...

The roof will sag with an AC on top just enough to pool water around the unit (and leak...). I would recommend a window-type unit or an in-room ducted type. Gichner publishes the interior framing drawing and the TM on their site for both the S-250 and the S-280 - click the "related media" tab...

HUMMER's new marketing: "Aerodynamics of a brick of C4, drive-train reliability of a tank (subscript: and fuel economy of a tank). Your passengers are only shouting distance away, and you have all the leg-room Verne Troyer could ask for!" Still I have it on good authority that if you can get...

So his "streamlining" makes me shake my head... I have a bus, and a wise bus converter once told me, there's not much you can do about a jamming a loaf of bread down the road. That said, 11.1-11.5 was better than the 7-1/4 I got driving the XM1027 donor back.

Pneumatic masts are actually very common - even outside the military. Civilian news trucks are the most common users of pneumatic masts IIRC:

Right now it's a great storage container for the XM1027 project as hoped, and a few larger parts for the FOBIC+trailer project. With the fixed handle and a matched set of pad-locks it keeps prying eyes away from the gear I have stowed in there until such a time as I can make more progress on the...