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  1. NormB

    Help with M998 purchase on engine

    Sorry if that was confusing. I'd buy again, but I'd go over the truck with a fine-toothed comb. One of those "wish I knew then what I knew now" things. The one I bought had a cracked 218 transfer case and two bent wheels (just enough to make some road noise). Xfer case likely due to forklift...
  2. NormB

    Help with M998 purchase on engine

    If you have a fakebook account, there are MANY HMMWVs available on the various FMV groups like "Hmmwv swap meet" HMMWV and a few others I'm not connected to. I've seen some smoking deals come and go. Your price isn't unreasonable, and from what I've seen, about a year or two after people have...
  3. NormB

    Help with M998 purchase on engine

    Yep, that's a 3-speed. DoD wound up just swapping out 6.5 engines for 6.2s as time went by. Detroit Diesels then GEP motors (more desirable) and yeah, "detonate" is a general term for total internal destruction, or otherwise broken beyond repair. That #8 cylinder thing I read about, not very...
  4. NormB

    Help with M998 purchase on engine

    Hoo-boy. ALL other things being equal, probably the 6.5 IF there's a 4-speed with it. This topic's been beaten to death and the only thing I can find - consistently - favoring the 6.5L optimizer NA motor is the extra power. I've read a number of reports about NEW 6.5L NA motors detonating...
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