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I put over 17,000 miles on my deuce over a 2-year period with thousands of highway miles loaded to the limit (32,000 lb gross with trailer across the Rockies for example). It still starts and runs beautifully, but has developed a knock and low oil pressure as a result of FDC and IP problems...
The army elected to stay with the multifuel for the, then new m656/xm757 series of 8x8 5-ton trucks, so the advantages must have outweighed the (operator) problems. Continental did add some design changes, though, a 5th piston ring and tighter tolerances to give it a higher governed rpm...