Military-Vehicles: [MV] Wrong Engine

[MV] Wrong Engine

Russell Bong (rbong@cda.com)
Thu, 14 Aug 97 11:58:25 -0500

I am looking at an M37 that would be one of those under a $1000 deals. It
has an engine that runs (well, it did 3 years ago!) but has not been
started since. Thanks to everyone's help, I already learned what to do
when trying to start an engine that has sat for years.

The engine is tall: you can't fit the airfilter housing on without cutting
a hole in the hood. Also, from the best of my recollection, (I saw it
Tuesday night) the guy has wooden blocks between the axel and the frame to
prent the axel from hitting the bottom of the oil pan. the owner doesn't
know what size engine it is. He was guessing a 265 and thought it might
have come out of a dump truck or something like that. Any guesses? When
you stand in front of the engine, the carb is on the left side and it sits
real high.

Since the engine does run (or it did, anyway), but appears to be too big
(or more accurately, too tall). I am assuming that the best thing to do is
pull that sucker out of there and drop in an original M37 or WC series
engine.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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