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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Kozowski <eric@svjava.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Date: Monday, March 06, 2000 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] adding kerosene to diesel?
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>On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 07:33:18PM -0800, Henry wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> I have come across an abundance of kerosene, and am told I can mix it
with
>> the diesel for me M35. Has any one had experience with this? I know in
very
>> cold weather it is used, but just how cold or how much can a person use?
>
>In the Gulf War, we didn't have _any_ diesel. We used Jet A-1, which is,
>essentially, really clean kerosene. Worked just fine. However, it has
>almost no lubricating properties, so we'd add 1 quart of 10W oil to
>30-50 gallons of Jet A-1. This was in CUCVs, HMMWVs, M800 series, M900
>series and LVS. We never had a fuel related problem.
>
>> Are there any more comfortable passenger seats available for the M35A2?
All
>> my guests seem to degrade my family tree after a couple of hours riding
>> with me. My seat is spring loaded, and seems comfortable, but theirs
isn't,
>> so.......
>
>Ain't no such thing (at least military)....
>
>> Has any one experienced the fact that these trucks are made for drivers
>> that aren't over 6' tall or so? I'm 6'4" and don't fit very well. Does
any
>> one have a remedy, that doesn't involve surgery?
>
>Do what I do -- scrunch (I'm 6'3")
>
>> I'd also like to find a small 24V generator, just for emergency re-charge
>
>Use one of the many military 28v generators.
Mounted on a scrap piece of wood/steel wide enough to mount a horizontal
crank gas engine and run the generator by a v-belt....set of cables to hook
up to the slave coupling and voila!!! Instant emergency recharge capability.
You might if you feel it's better use a civilian alternator 24V instaed of
military. A little more expensive to aquire unless you swap for it but has
the advantage of an internal voltage regulator built inside it. Only deficit
is if the batteries are truly dead as a nail ie: no juice at all it won't
charge. An alternator requires battery power to create a magnectic field
inside the alternator to generate power. Th e alternator means you won't
overcharge the batteries.
>
>--
>Eric Kozowski
>Portland, OR
>M35A2's For Sale http://www.svjava.com/~kozowski/m35/
>
>
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