One of the worst things I have found on the M548s is the fuel tanks are part of the floor/hull in the back of the vehicle. If parked outside and without their tarps, water inevitably leaks into the tank, eventually causing fuel problems. It doesn't really seem to matter how well you seal up the access plates on the top of the tanks.
From the water in the fuel comes the other problems....heaters that quit after 5 minutes run time, broken quill shafts from an engine that is not running smoothly, and engines quitting after the filters are full of water.
They are fun to drive, but not so fun to maintain.
Back in the day, the NSN was in the manual for the hardtop. I ordered one in, and sure enough for some reason the supply system had one. We had to make the windows, but it was still a very nice addition. If the vehicle had been assigned to me, it would have ended up with an Iltis hot water type heater instead of that useless inferno of a fuel fired heater that came with them. Heat was very important here in Shilo.
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