Has my new M1008 been converted to 12v?

[my69camaro]

I bought a 1986 M1008 on eBay a few weeks ago and noticed while picking it up there is only one battery and one alternator. It runs, drives, and starts fine. Was used by a fire department as a plow truck.

I don't have a volt meter or anything but going off of that I would assume it has been converted to a 12v system.

And if that's the case, does that mean the starter and glow plugs are different than the standard military setup.

Thanks

 

[Curtisje]

Yup, it's 12 volt. The starter has been replaced with a 12v but the glow plugs were 12v to begin with. They were fed 24v through a resistor on the firewall that dropped it to 12v. That way you could 'slave' start (jump) start from another NATO vehicle.