Re: [MV] Smoke or Vapor in M35 Deuce Fuel Tank?

From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jul 21 2003 - 04:04:34 PDT


Jim,
The vent from the fuel tank as well as the exhaust from the air/hydraulic
and the master cylinders are all connected together on some deuces. The are
terminated in the crankcase breather tube.
You may see some "back flow" from the breather tube.
I have my vents separated. The air/hydraulic cylinder exhaust goes straight
up along the firewall as do the two other vents.
I'm also experimenting with a crankcase breather filter, being worked on as
we speak.
Bjorn

>From: william f cox <grntrks@juno.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Smoke or Vapor in M35 Deuce Fuel Tank?
>Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 03:18:35 -0500
>
>Jim,
>It may be the fuel pump overheating due to low fuel. The pump being
>electric is cooled by fuel in the tank. I never let my duece get below
>1/4 tank to prevent the heating of the pump.
>Just a possibility.
>Frank
>
>On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:04:09 -0700 "Jim Newton" <jnewton@laurel.com>
>writes:
> >
> > Hi Everyone...
> >
> > Whenever I drive my (multifuel running diesel) deuce a long way
> > (several hundred miles or so), whenever I stop to fuel it up there
> > is
> > quite a lot of smoke or vapor that comes out of the tank as soon as
> > I
> > open the cap.
> >
> > Does this happen on anyone else's deuce? What is causing this
> > smoke?
> >
> > I'm not worried...just curious.
> >
> > ***
> >
> > BTW, I drove the deuce from the San Francisco peninsula almost to
> > Reno
> > and back (382 miles) on a single tank of fuel this weekend, and
> > that
> > was with the 7,000 lb CUCV Suburban in tow and including a bunch of
> > 4-wheeling ...er, I mean 6, make that...10 wheeling up in the
> > mountain
> > dirt fire trails with 30 troops on board! Not bad. Comes out to
> > right about 7-1/2 MPG. That's probably better than the soccer mom's
> > big Ford Excursion down the street gets. ;)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> >
> > Jim "Ike" Newton
> >
> > o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban
> > 6.2 Liter (378 CID) Turbo-Diesel Engine
> > 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
> >
> > o 1971 M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half"
> > 478 CID Turbo-Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine
> > Air Shift Front Axle
> > 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
> >
> > See These Trucks at www.CUCV.NET
> > Keyword Searching of 22,000 Electronic TMs at www.MILDOCS.com
> >
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>
>Frank Cox (grntrks@juno.com)
>Vietnam 1966
>'45 GMC 353 DUKW
>'66 M35A2 w/w
>'68 M105A1
>
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