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I didn't think it was out of line being no lot numbers or links were used, but I'll just walk on eggshells next time I have info I think is helpful on local GL rigs. I just don't want to see someone new "Spinning the wheel of fortune" if they don't want to.
The guys at the Ft Lewis DL make an attempt to start all of them, but you may note that 2 of those trucks don't have slave cable attachments (one looks like it never had one, and the other is sitting on the passenger seat). If the engines on the 2 that do have slave cable adapters don't turn...
That makes me think it isn't the one I was thinking about- the truck my Dad's coworker had was a M35A2, not a converted M109. Plus it had the cab canvas and I don't recall the floors being rusty.
If it is the truck I'm thinking of (which would have Washington plates on it), the truck ran fine. The under-truck routing didn't seem to effect it at all except make it significantly quieter. I was so used to the whistler turbos that the truck didn't even sound like the Deuces I knew at the...
I'm 68% sure that the truck in Renton used to belong to one of my Dad's co-workers. He sold it about the time I got mine last year. Non-turbo with a muffler and the exhaust routed under the truck, and painted a uniform shade of green (not camo). It was very quiet for a Deuce.
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