Recent content by VPed

Most just use a tow bar.

Yes, I do use truck air for the tires.

Problems with the CTIS may be simple and fixable lbut will ruin tires in the process of informing you there is a problem. I would not trust a tire that sat flat for even just a couple of days. This is especially true of the Michelins. While an axle seal leaking air is a simple issue...

First off, Semper Fi and belated Happy Birthday. Having a winch is a huge plus if you wind up needing it. I have winches on my two pickup trucks and have never used them to pull myself out. I have used one to pull several people out of their own dum-az-dry. The othe winch has never even been...

Most of the time, it is to “pickle” them as you call it. Most do not have heat but some do. Soft tops were readily available several years back when I had a soft top on my deuce but I have not needed one since I installed a hard top. Those parts are the same between those 5-tons and the deuces...

74 % of the load is behind the rear trunion but the center of the leverage effect of the overhang is 7 feet beyond that. Whether that makes the front end too light is subjective and would be impacted by even the slightest of uphill grade. I suggest you load it up to test how light it feels.

I changed out my deuce’s transfer case because I was sure it was the source of significant metal to metal noise. This was after months of diagnostics involving removing drive shafts for test drives. When I removed it, I found the rubber bushings supporting the t-case were toast. Nothing wrong...

I have had a couple of flats on my 5 ton. One was on highway at about 45 mph. Heard hissing for a few seconds as front corner went down. I did not use the brakes until truck was almost stopped. Tire sidewall was shredded in about 100 to 200 feet. The other was off road at about 15 mph, also on...

Here is a pic of me against my son in his 75 Formula in the finals at the Pontiac Heaven drags in Phoenix, and one of my goat with my 74 Ventura and my uncle's 46 P/U. The 46 was purchased new in 46 by my Grandfather.

By the way, I get your antique auto mentality. I have owned a 70 GTO (among other classic autos) for over 40 years and have attended many car shows with it. At the big shows, there are usually many cars there closer to stock than mine. I have made modifications to mine that are hard to spot yet...

My choice of spare wheel was driven by the fact that I did not want to purchase 7 adapter plates. If you have an a3 wheel for your spare, it should work and the modifications are very hard to spot, though I admit may keep you from best of show at Pebble Beach.

The truck could tolerate the 1.5 inch difference well if the spare is mounted on the front. Keeping the four tires on the drive axles the same size if needing to drive distance on road is the goal. The size difference would not matter much off road.

I have an m35a2 with 395s on MRAP wheels with adapters on my truck. The spare is a 395 on a stock a2 wheel, in the stock spare location. They do fit with slight trimming of the tool box support arm and some elongation of the holes in the spare tire support.

The air pressure would not be a problem for a brake system. But I doubt air alone would be enough to flush out old fluid. But plenty of brake cleaner followed by air should be quite effective.

To be crystal clear, either type will work but 5 is incompatible with 3 or 4. This means your system needs to be cleaned of all old fluid before introducing different fluid.