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Looking good Chief!
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What did you do to your deuce this week?
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Ya know I just saw a special...forget what it was of a guy who has made different thor's hammers....one would shock, one was filled with tungsten, one had an electromagnet so if energized it could not be picked up.
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Installed the low air pressure warning light that I have had on the shelf for some 5 years. Now I have a bright red light to accompany the noisy buzzer. Not sure why the generator light is in the yellow...was in the green when I came home.
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That is a guy from the Far East somewhere, has a bunch of green gold and is always tinkering with and rebuilding deuce engines. I've talked to him on the FB deuce group.
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I needed to fabricate brackets for the armoured double headlights I recently converted to all LED. While the single lights are ok to mount, there simply is not a good spot for the big, heavy double lights.
After doing what the signature of one of the members here suggests ("every repair job starts with staring at it like an imbecile") I decided on a mounting location.
I used a 12x12 in sheet of 1/4in steel to fab the brackets. Mind you, I am not a fabricator. I can barely weld. I have an angle grinder, a wimpy 110V stick welder with 5/64 electrodes and a drill press, that is about it.
In the process I learned that the two sides of the winch look symmetrical but are not. More fabbing!
Here are the brackets mounted:
I love the look...very sharp! The lights are not adjusted and not mounted; just sitting on the brackets. They are just above the bumper and do not obstruct the headlights.
Now I have some wiring to do....but that is for another day.
After doing what the signature of one of the members here suggests ("every repair job starts with staring at it like an imbecile") I decided on a mounting location.
I used a 12x12 in sheet of 1/4in steel to fab the brackets. Mind you, I am not a fabricator. I can barely weld. I have an angle grinder, a wimpy 110V stick welder with 5/64 electrodes and a drill press, that is about it.
In the process I learned that the two sides of the winch look symmetrical but are not. More fabbing!
Here are the brackets mounted:
I love the look...very sharp! The lights are not adjusted and not mounted; just sitting on the brackets. They are just above the bumper and do not obstruct the headlights.
Now I have some wiring to do....but that is for another day.
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That turned out real nice. Need a pic at night with them wired up and turned on!!!
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I gotta do that too. I need to move it to the top of the list.
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YES! The spin on oil filter conversions make life (oil changes) so much easier, and cleaner.
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Chief, when you get the spin on oil filter conversion done, do the spin on primary and secondary fuel filter conversion.
If you’ve ever watched the movie Lawless, or spotted the covered bridge where they captured Lydia in the walking dead, welcome to my stomping grounds! Right down the road
Double date with my wonderful fiancé and rag tag truck
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I saw that. I forget which website. It is mighty fancy. Not sure my deuces would know what to do with flashy stuff like that on it...
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Chief, even older ladies like a little something fancy now and then.
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lol yup I shared it on the FB group and recognized his profile picture as soon as he replied. He is a pretty cool dude.
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Mounted and wired up the lights. For now, they come on with the high beams. When the switches and diodes come in, I will add a LED flasher so I can use them as "emergency lights", wig-wagging, as well. 
Blackout lights are hooked up as well.
Blackout lights are hooked up as well.
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I just placed an order for a coolant filter base, 2 coolant filters, and 2 oil filters. My next days off are going to be M35A2 maintenance days....no better way to enjoy some days off.
Super clean work!Mounted and wired up the lights. For now, they come on with the high beams. When the switches and diodes come in, I will add a LED flasher so I can use them as "emergency lights", wig-wagging, as well.
Blackout lights are hooked up as well.
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Cattlerepairman: Lights look great!
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Installed a Bendix AD9 air dryer on my deuce. Had the braided stainless steel lines left over from another project and they happened to be the right size and length. I'm still waiting on some DOT airline to hook up the purge valve, and a 24V heating element.
