we are thinking that some idiot that had it apart before me never marked the main caps then when he put it back together they were switched around I put them back where the were when I pulled the engine apart it may be salvageable but if I have to pull that darned thing again it sure ain't going bac...

engine is seized
I bought a 1997 12 valve cummins 5speed
once I get the cummins paid off I will be reviving this truck with a small block v8

any suggestions on what engine I should put in it

I may be able to get a chevy inline 6 for dirt cheap

no the gears were military with the center rib

geese, Isaac you have a problem, you have a very good problem though 8) :lol: i just talked to the guy i sold my first m37 to and he bought a nice rust free one with no bed and no motor he said he wants 1500 dollars for the pair of them so I'm going m37 shopping soon and a guy that came to look at m...

timing chain warning the one i bought from vpw did not work the new chain is not the right chain for the nos timing gears it was so tight that we had to have 3 guys to get it on then i had to take the engine out and apart 2 more times to figure out what all of the noise was i found that the stupid ...

Truck is plated
Road trip / trail ride soon

Another truck oh boy ...

ANY pics of the beast ?

I went with electric fuel pump and my wipers are on there way and above you mentioned that all military vehicles can only take so much something else I realized the other day that made me like them even more they were made to be worked on in the field while being shot at now that's saying something ...

ran truck for 2.5 hrs today
ran good no issues
did good in what snow we had left
plan to get plates and insurance on it in the next week or so
and my brakes are very good

Here's some more #'s: Swept Volume: 629cc Volume between piston & deck: 5cc Volume of valves: -2cc Volume of head gasket: 19cc Volume of current 218 head's chamber (casting #1326304-11): ~86cc If you're bored and run the #'s it should work out to 6.8:1 CR. This with the small chamber 218 head! ...

thank you I will have to order a couple

and I have another idea for what to plug into the socket
I am going to adapt a gm underhood worklight the cool one with a built in reel

the rims will not work

got title transferred, soon insurance and plates

and I got a bunch of parts from surplus center today

directionals fixed
exhaust fixed

and my uncle found me two 20 inch rims that are a 10 hole on 8? inch pattern

I just need 2 more and ill have some adapters made at my local machine shop

9.00 x 20 tires soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wShZyElJBHA

here you go hope this helps

Got the rubber cowl/windshield gasket. It doesn't seem wide enough to completely fill the gap from front to back It looks like it will do a dandy job sealing out water though and it will look good on the outside. I am going to use some black permatex to be absolutely sure its watertight. Beats duct...