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My wife is 5'5" and I am 6'3".... so yah, I did her a favor. :)
the only thing on any CUCV that makes it 24 volt, is the starter. Ditch the starter, ditch the mongo resistor, do some rerouting of power, and whala, it's the way the factory sold it otherwise.
I haven't had any issues with...
I actually have 3 ratchet straps holding that, the water can, and my hi-lift jack down. It works good for now. I'm going to get around to fabbing up a bracket mount system eventually, once I can get some spare dough for the steel.
Actual military surplus, at least vehicular, is a bit harder to...
It had one on it at one time, but the whole system was removed when it went to DRMO apparrently.
With the truck being 12 volt only now (I had issues with the 24v, not compatible with the accessories I wanted, starter is entirely too expensive, and I had a nightmare of eletrical issues with my...
20mm cannon ammunition cans are at LEAST 2x the size of .50 Linked ammo cans.
What you don't see is the space between the seat and the front of the cans, where a pelican 1650 case will fit nicely, nor the long Hilift strapped down to the rear of the cans, the 5 gallon water can strapped onto...
It's a wix... same kind as what came on em up here in alaska.
Why smaller cans? Aid bag takes up one by itself, 2 30' tow straps, chains, snatch blocks, highlift base, and some other stuff takes up the recovery box... each one is crammed full.
It's ok, Go wave hi to where my other diesel was built ;) ('04 Silverado 2500HD Duramax)
I liked it so much I stayed.. I should modify my profile to state that I'm no longer in... got out in june after 9 years.
It's my in-town daily driver up here in alaska, plus my off-road toy to boot.
Toys:
Kenwood TM-D700A VHF/UHF Ham rig w/ remote speaker mounting
Garmin 276C GPS unit
Federal Signal siren/PA w/ 100w speaker
Dual amber strobes (rear facing for on-road recovery of stuck vehicles)
Uniden 148 CB...
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