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Nice part about the 3208 is the redline. It wasn't enough for me to achieve good highway speeds up here in Colorado at altitude, but it's a solid engine and it will pull great on flats and at lower elevations. I remember my build. That was a fun engine to put in that frame.

That would work. Also, look at that 5 ton shifter - the top inch or two is basically a piece of threaded rod welded in place. If you can unthread the knob on the deuce shifter and determine the thread, you could weld the appropriate thread onto the 5 ton shift rod and voila, you're done.

I have mounted 16r20's on stock rims on my rock crawler. You need to use an implement to press the tires on to the rim... it's pretty difficult, and maybe not the best. I currently have my 52's mounted on WWII DUKW combat rims.... and that was much easier to do, and was possible to do, in...

On my 3208 powered deuce, I needed to torch bend the shifter pretty heavily, since you'll be under the dash right at the firewall. I put a 90* bend right at the output of the tranny, and then swooped it up and towards the seat. Oh yeah, the exhaust is also interesting. You will find that you...

Looks great. Could you tell me the wheelbase? Looks around 160"? Best, Bob

I did hydraulic assist. Verdict: probably overkill. A good box bolted to the frame is, IMO, A-ok. Assist with a decent sized ram requires ALOT of fluid. I started with this setup: New steering - manual component - a set on Flickr And then switched to this box: New deuce steering - a set on...

So this is an interesting topic, at least for me. :) The overdrive 4th (and yes, this is indeed correct, the 4th gear became the OD gear, explaining the shift pattern!) is mostly, IMO, a compensation for the extraordinarily low axle gear ratio (6.72). The axles have a low ratio to keep...

Pardon me pardon me pardon me! I thought this had been posted in the Deuce Modification forum. Sorry OP, you need to start reading the Deuce Mod forum.

Welcome to the site. Long answer: 1. The LD/LDT/LDS engines have all been available or retrofitted into the M35 platform over its 4 seperate versions, with differing turbos. Check out the graphic in this post: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/188254-post11.html Nonturbo trucks are generally...

If you are making a decision between the GM 6.2/6.5 and the Cummins 5.9, there is no comparison - the 5.9 is a much better engine.

Hi Folks, The new truck project continues. I'm so on the fence about what tcase to use. I have an M818 tcase already lined up, but I'm not sure about the fitness of a non-fulltime tcase (I want 4wd on occasion on the roads around here, and the M818 front output presents issues with doing...

This is an old topic. Let me summarize: LDT's don't take kindly to more power. Transmissions are limited in gearing, both for number of gears and top speed The trucks don't like to be driven at redline for tens of thousands of miles You can turn up the power and add a pyro, and get maybe...

Cubic inches only tell part of the story when comparing cummins of different generations, e.g. the NHC and 6CT series.

For my own sake, I hope that my past experience rebuilding manual trannies (including the Spicer-supplied 5 ton 6855), Auto trannies, motorcycle gearboxes, passenger car awd boxes, detroit lockers, mack-style double reduction axles, arb air lockers, truetracs, Posi-tracks, Gov-Locks, light duty...

Thanks for the post - I couldn't have said this better myself; although, of course, I will append some details :). From what I've learned via hard trial and error, military drivetrains are incredibly performant for the cost, and offer tremendous functionality compared to any other available...

Jason, Do you know if there are gears available to make the 5 ton M809 case a full time case? I understand that the front is overdriven by about 7% - are there gearsets readily available to eliminate that overdrive? Best, Bob

This is what I was looking for. Many, many thanks!

Hi Folks, Does anyone know if there is (even the concept) of a permanent sprag replacement for the M809 transfer cases? Or, are there any pics out there that detail what the sprag looks like? I'd love to see if there's a hardpart that could replace the sprag in function, but not have the same...

Firefighter, Thanks for the info. I hadn't thought about the width difference fore and aft on the cab, but now that you say it, it's so obvious I can't believe I missed it! I'm more looking for an understanding of lessons learned, general wisdom on this particular job. I'm no stranger to the...

Hi Folks, I'm strongly thinking about building a crew cab later in the year... What's the total time commitment to building one? Has there been a good writeup of a crew-cab "recipe" yet, or any establishment of best practices to build one? I understand the need to stretch the hardtop...