From: rcakitty@verizon.net
Date: Mon Mar 22 2004 - 17:10:52 PST
Why would you buy what is obviously an unfamiliar vehicle without first procuring a set of manuals or at least the -10 Operators Manual? Questions such as you pose are answered in detail in the -10. Manuals for the M-800 series are readily available most everywhere. FYI Robert Anderson 3/22
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> From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> Date: 2004/03/22 Mon PM 01:07:47 CST
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: [MV] I'm getting the 813A1 from Ted
>
> We'll, I've committed with Ted Hils to buy the
> M813A1. Now I'm wondering about the specifics of
> driving it. Its sufficiently big and crude as
> compared to the complex Wilson gear boxes in my
> Dingo and Ferret and the smooth Honda gear
> shifter in my Insight that I'm curios as to how
> exactly the transfer shifts are handled while in
> motion. Clearly theres ratios to take into
> account when moving that lever. Even so, how
> exactly does one make the transition from low
> range to high range? Is it as simple as clutch
> in, "gas" off, pull the lever, clutch out, "gas"
> on?
>
> --
> Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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