CUCV Engine Color

[rgguin]

I was reading an old April 2003 article from MV magazien about CARC paint. They said that when painted correctly that the engines were also painted in CARC. The article was talking about all military vehicles in general. Did the military ever paint the CUCV engines any color besides black?

 

[mangus580]

I can say mine is black, if that helps

My truck has probably 4-5 layers of green on it (or more)

 

[Ambulancechser]

green...

mines definitely green.block,heads,water pump and all.the only black things are the air cleaner,and the battery trays.this leads me to believe that my 6.2 is the stock item.but i can't say for sure.

 

[Armada]

RE: green...

Is oily mud a color?

 

[Ambulancechser]

yes!

I suppose color,like beuty,is in the eye of the beholder.this must be why we own crazy green trucks. oily mud is both a color and a texture.

 

[rgguin]

I guess that explains why the one I am buying has a rebuilt Gov engine with black valve covers and such. So I will need to get some green CARC.

Thanks

 

[Armada]

........ and the oily mud will come later....

 

[motorolanut]

Rusty block, black valve covers here!!

 

[BKubu]

I THINK...but do not know...that the stock military 6.2 motors came in black. I have only seen one motor that was green...it belongs to my brother-in-law...and it was a gov't rebuilt from Toelle. So, based upon my very small sample size (seven M1009s and one M1008 that I've personally owned and one M1009 that my brother-in-law owns), I think that the green motors were rebuilds. However, I see that someone just posted that he is buying a truck with a rebuilt motor that is black so, perhaps, there is no hard and fast rule.

Bruce

Olney, MD
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1991 M149A2
1989 M932A2
1989 M925A2
1989 M101A2
1988 M977
1988 M105A2
1987 M1045
1987 M105A2
1985 M1009 (3)
1970 M149A2
1964 M129C
1963 M332 (3)