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Cool Mule Pictures

Post by murano3 » Fri May 19, 2017 3:55 am

Two odd Mule pictures - one because it is extreme, the other, why yellow?

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Re: Cool Mule Pictures

Post by Chuck W. » Fri May 19, 2017 7:01 am

Interesting modification to the bed rails on the yellow mule, also note the recoil starter cable has not retracted, probably a 4-cylinder!

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Post by m37-man » Fri May 19, 2017 4:51 pm

I was told by a vet that Mules were used as flight line vehicles during the VN period because they could go under planes with their low profile, might explain the yellow color.
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Re: Cool Mule Pictures

Post by Auto Shop teacher » Sat May 20, 2017 4:39 pm

Chuck W. wrote:Interesting modification to the bed rails on the yellow mule, also note the recoil starter cable has not retracted, probably a 4-cylinder!
Was that a common problem on the 4 cyl mules? Did the problem get resolved with the 2 cyl conversions?

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Post by Chuck W. » Sat May 20, 2017 5:28 pm

Was that a common problem on the 4 cyl mules? Did the problem get resolved with the 2 cyl conversions?
Yes. The recoil unit was built into the flywheel (no ring gear on the flywheel) and the "dogs" were very bad to become disengaged. Had to pull the engine to fix. This is one of the reasons it is so difficult to install an electric starter on the 4-cylinders; it requires a lot of machine work to make a ring gear fit.
The 2-cylinder uses the bell housing-mounted recoil unit which has a starter-type pinion driving a flywheel ring gear..
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