From: Erik Lundquist (Erik_lundquist@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 11 2005 - 13:32:32 PDT
Well, I pulled the main caps and there doesn't appear to be any cracks. the
bearings look good. With some encouragement from a mechanic friend I'm going
to bolt it all back together without changing any parts out, put it on the
test stand and fire it up. Better to figure out there is a problem before
getting it into the truck. I'll keep you all posted. Thanks for the help.
Erik
"Our country won't go on forever, if we stay as soft as we are now. There
won't be any America - because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take
our women and breed a hardier race." LtGen Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller USMC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Burke" <julian@knology.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] 6.5 hummer take out
> Erik said
>
> " I cant figure out why they would pull the heads and
>> not replace the gaskets and re-assembly it. Any insights into this?"
>
>
> Your first mistake is reasoning with common sense against the gov't.
> Some people assume the gov't gets rid of vehicles because they are no
> good. Others assume all sorts of things. I have watched new radiators
> being dumped in the scrap bin and cannot do anything about it.
>
> I can't figure out why the gov't buys $700 hammers. I can't figure
> out why the gov't scraps new items in the box unopened and so on. When
> you buy surplus, you are buying items that someone doesn't care about and
> mainly wants to get it out of their property inventory and not sign for it
> anymore. You are dealing with young people in the military who don't know
> how to fix anything. When you buy, understand what it is you are buying
> and you will get lucky most of the time. What you need to do is find a
> good diesel mechanic who can mic the heads and crankshaft and if it is a
> good one, you got lucky and own a good deal. Don't ever try to ask why or
> why not!! They don't know either! And there is no right or wrong answer
> to add to it as well. Julilan Burke
>
>
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