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Tell me more about that interesting looking winch! it looks quite massive. How is it hooked up? Any performance specs on it?

First thing I would do is to make sure my compressor can breathe - take off the air intake from the compressor and clean it. Thanks to DieselBob there is a sequence to make sure the governor is adjusted properly: TM 9-2320-361-20 8-29. AIR COMPRESSOR GOVERNOR MAINTENANCE (Contd) c. Check...

Far away from giving an electrical engineer instructions on how to troubleshoot. "New" switches have been known to be defective. Grounds are a recurring issue and many have added a couple of extra grounds for headlights/turn signals because of that.

I see a lot of good things with your truck. The sheet metal is not all chewed up, bumper is almost straight, tailgate not busted up. The paint is rough but the rust looks to be surface mostly. Check the triangular area where the rear of the fender meets the cab and the cowl in front of the...

Yes, the three handed 12 fingered triple jointed dwarf pr*ck that designed the adjustment part on the hand brake cable was the same fellow that specced the upper left master cylinder bolt and the lower rad hose!

"What?" (after 12 hours in the Deuce you can see their mouth move but can't quite make out what they are saying)

Jasonjc has it correct. The first air tank receives the fresh compressed air and its only other connection is to the second air tank. The problem montaillou was facing was that the air did not go from the driver side to the passenger side air tank, therefore he had no air support for the...

A good morning! "Queen Lola" is out of storage and back on the road for the spring and summer. She started up on the first pressing of the button and ran like a champ. Nice!

Maybe this will help: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?56882-Plastic-air-wiper-motors-repair-how-to

I remember reading here, a long time ago, about things to do to make axle seal leaks less likely to occur. One piece of advice was to ensure that the pumpkin does not get overfilled (see "crooked finger" advice above; do not fill higher than that) and to use 85w140 conventional gear oil because...

No, it just means to convert to singles on the rear axles, instead of duals. You can keep the stock tires (I did for a while) but it looks a little odd. They are too small to be run as singles (visually, not technically).

I think the M34 style bed looks very distinct and much better than the stock M35 bed. This truck with 11.00R20 or 385 on MRAP wheels (for the not-so-purist) would look really good. The fuel tanks were either stainless or mild steel (the water tanks were always stainless). Cleaning it out, making...

Congrats! It is such a rewarding feeling when the lump starts up for the first time and runs as if it had never stopped. Good job! I am still psychologically damaged from my first ever multi rebuild/refresh and in the back of my head expect it to go into some kind of self destruct sequence...

Mine was leaking when I got the truck and it had been repaired several times (badly). I had it re-cored at a radiator shop and it was less expensive than what I had feared. They boiled out the rest and fixed a couple of pinholes. I got the rad back clean and freshly painted. Going strong since...

https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?140966-Easy-MV-Wiper-Blade-Fix-replacement-12-quot-civi

So you are basically in need of a mobile tree spade. Hey - you found one! The Deuce is not a collector's item. It is a work truck to be used on your land. It does not need a registration. It needs to run, drive (slowly) and stop. Bent sheet metal or inop lights...no big deal. Basic service...

This is an update to an old thread that suffered inactive links: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?48620-Head-gasket-repair-walk-through The threads below contain pics, videos and tips on how to do the job! https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?148514-Head-Gasket-Repair...

I will revive all the links. I found that the trick is to take the dead link...e.g. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/46425-head-gasket-what-else-check.html?highlight=head+gasket Then use a new first part:https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php? .....and add, after the question mark...

For me it removed one opportunity to mess up - mangle the bushings when pressing them in (thumbs up for that). You know, when you have a bunch of spares lying around you won't need them. If you do not have a spare bushing, the first one you press in gets mangled. Murphy is watching. I do not...

I went the easy way and used https://www.rockwelloffroad.com/2.5-ton-parts?product_id=116 Plates with new bushings installed and new shim. I also second using a hand reamer. One fit perfectly out of the box, the other needed one or two gentle passes to fit easily and snugly.