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    Multifuel Engine life - the facts from Uncle Sam

    Since this thread seems to be becoming one of "what if" and guessing as to the reasoning of the engineering of the Multifuel....I'll remind all of something - and then I'll toss my .02 cents in. First, as explained in detail in another thread, the Multifuel in the deuce began life as a...
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    Multifuel Engine life - the facts from Uncle Sam

    Your goal is evidently not the same as that of those who commissioned the army monograph. You want to know why - as you can see if you read the monograph at the link posted (I have), this monograph does not address why, nor is it intended to - it simply says what happened. Which is exactly...
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    Multifuel Engine life - the facts from Uncle Sam

    There is not a baseline comparision - as I see it, they determined the average life of the engine was 9-10000 miles. To paraphrase a recent famous quote "You go to war with the equipment you have". These folks were evaluating how their equipment was holding up - not how equipment they might...
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    Multifuel Engine life - the facts from Uncle Sam

    I am as big of a fan of this engine as anybody - this is a quote from an offical Army monograph of logistics in Vietnam (Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-600389), so don't argue with ME about what it says. The author of this monograph, Lieutenant General Joseph M. Heiser, Jr., had...
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