Mike929,
I see you have an '87 Air force deuce, I have one shipping this week out of GA. It was H coded, the brakes are inop.
How was the condition of yours? Was that the problem truck?
JC
Yes my 87 was the truck in question. It is in excellent condition, but the brakes needed work. I mainly bought new components and replaced as needed. I saved the old stuff to rebuild at my leisure (and they are still sitting in my garage waiting to be rebuilt.
After replacing all the fluids I found chunks of a bearing cage in my transfer case, and thus replaced the entire transfer case with NOS. BTW, it actually worked, with no noticeable issues, but seemed to have a bearing that was coming apart.
My 87 is now in great shape and starts as soon as my finger gets close to the button. I think you will be happy with yours.
BTW, when inspecting the front bearings, one side was practically new, but I re-greased everything as a learning experience (at least on a deuce). The other side was like new on the outside, but after digging into it, the grease was old on the inside. It was like someone started the maintenance but stopped before finishing it. I had to replace the bearings that didn't get new grease due to some marks on the races. Mainly wanted to point this out if you pop the cap and see new grease. That does not mean it is new grease behind that first bearing...
Beyond the broken items, the truck is in great shape. I think you will be very happy with your Air Force truck.
To bring back on topic. Don't trust anything on the GL site. Even the pictures may not be from the correct lot you are bidding on. I had that happen when buying my 1972. I bought it based on pictures that turned out not to be of the truck I was bidding on. It turned out okay, the truck started up with a jump and checked out okay, but it was not the truck in the pictures that I downloaded from the auction. I guess even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once and a while.