If you change to 12 volts, you will thank me later.....
It will start like summer at 10 below
Keep the starter
install an alternator
add electric fuel pump
add Ignition resistor for the coil (from 56 GMC)
add Voltage regulator for the fuel gauge (JC Whitney)
Replace light bulbs
Optionally add a mechanical brake light switch for safety
Proven with 30,000 miles where it started every time without hesitation...
Besides, you can run your stereo, CB radio, and Cell Phone!
Steve AKA Dr Deuce(s)
----- Original Message -----
From: tonygull <tonygull@ozemail.com.au>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 5:32 PM
Subject: [MV] CCKW on the road
> Greetings,
> I took my GMC for its first road run the other day,
> certainly had jaws dropping, especially with no guards, bonnet
> or engine panels, no cabin or windsheild, was a lot of fun,
> just a short run, after bleeding up the brakes.
>
> Still wont start very easily, the spark is very weak.
> The consensus is condenser is faulty, a new one is on order +
points,leads,
> rotor, cap.
>
> Is the spark on 6V machines normally OK?
> The plug lead will only jump spark visibly to earth about 1/2mm,
> the coil about 2mm
>
> voltage at coil is 5.78v, coil is new, old coil was the same.
>
> Coild there be some other reason for poor spark?
>
>
> I was given a Carter WA-1 cabie NOS and put it on.
>
> Now have Strombergs that will fit off a Inter C1100,
> 1970 282cu petrol.
>
> All the talk of winching was informative.
>
> The dude who advised small drum diameter is hell
> on wire rope is dead right, plus when ever i really
> need to winch, am in a shit spot and cant run the
> cable out straight ahead, meaning the rope bunches
> all on one side, cause the wincnch drums are flimsy a bar
> usually goes across the drum to reinforce the whole thing
> and the rope jams on this after not many wraps, neccesitating
> frequent respools, not fun in adverse circumstances,
> (on my electric winch Scout)
>
> also was good advice to run cable UNDER winch anchor point
> if possible, so that broken wire slaps ground first.
>
> A question:
>
> Does a 1962 IH Scout qualify as an MV for this list,
> I have one...i am nearly sure..yes, certain, the US army used them
> sometime...can anyone confirm ( they run slant-four 152cu engines,
> which is literally half a V392 IH truck motor).
>
> regards tony
>
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