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Scott, with the deuce tank I just removed them. I put a strong degreasing agent in the tank with water and six handfuls of small smooth river rock. Then just agitated the heck out of the tank to loosen any rust or garbage. Then I did a final rinse with water/alchohol mix. Then let dry. On...

Finally got around to doing a little work to her a few days ago. Managed to drain the 50 gallon tank out. Found about 3 gallons of water in the tank. Thinking it's probably from condensation through the years. The diesel was a nice yellow color that didn't smell like diesel. Oh well, currently...

Before trying to start this genny up, I want to manually try and turn the crankshaft. Is this a counter clockwise rotating engine like a Deuce? I went to check the fuel filter canisters and noticed they are all empty. Looks like they didn't try to run her after they serviced her. That's good...

The engine is an Allis-Chalmers 3500 6 cylinder turbo diesel engine. Not sure about the engine specifics but she's pretty good size

Good time to read up on some TM's[thumbzup]

Listen to Stuart Scott! Don't give into your temptation man. You'll end up tweeking something that'll extend your recovery time. We want you to be :driver: in a couple months rather than :cry: in a couple months. :shock:

Thanks Stuart! I'll look into the univ dipstick. I'm thinking Brad may have a couple laying on the deck at his yard. I will definately let you know once I finally convince myself this thing is way MORE than I need. Right now she is parked in my two car garage. Well actually let me correct...

Not sure, batteries were as dead as dead can be. I just pulled the batteries just a few minutes ago to charge them. I'm going to go through her first. I was going to drain the tank but being it's completely full I may need to postpone that. With all indications, new oil, newer antifreeze, new...

Like this Matt

Scouting trip pics at JBLM GL

More trip home pics...sorry for all the rear end shots:oops:

JBLM MEP-006A (PU-650B/G) Recovery Trip Sorry for the long drawn out story. Seems I can never put down a brief recovery story..LOL. Yesterday was a very successfull recovery trip at Joint Base Lewis McChord. I headed up at 0 dark 30 to pickup my PU-650B/G (fancy way of saying a MEP-006A mounted...