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Originally Posted by Dooley
The 5 tons have the electric wipers.
I have an electric kit I want to install in one of the deuces.
Been more than a few times I worked the drivers side manually when it stopped working. In the pic below I ran the wipers in an effort to see in a snow storm at -4 degrees temp. It got so cold that day I stopped after moisture in the air lines froze and locked the brakes up and I had to get a heater to thaw them out on the side of the road.
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I remember in the winter in Germany cold starting tracked vehicles was a detail like guard duty. A complete pain in the butt. Each company had a man staring the big diesels at the motor pool to keep them warm 24/7, no block heaters. I mostly drove a quarter ton, got hot quick and you could dry your boots in a half hour, those things had hurricane fans. Glad you still have your feet! It was worse for the deuce drivers in the combat trains. They got screwed because they couldn't sit idling because of heat signature. The inside of a cold deuce beats laying in a hasty fighting position all day though!
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