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If you already love your truck and you have not even heard it run, yet, just wait until you get to drive it! Your wife/gf will report you missing!

I would not cut the soft top for this. I used steel conduit and U bolt pipe clamps in the existing cab holes. I know that the pipe needed to be spaced off the rear cab wall in order to accommodate the soft top and I used the appropriate exhaust pipe clamps with a built-in "spacer". It was tight...

I am using Westfolk's kit that uses a spin-on primary filter with water separator and a spin-on secondary filter (the double bracket is removed). There is considerable doubt as to the effectiveness of the secondary two-filter stock setup; it does not appear as if fuel had to pass through the...

You really need to read and follow this: http://www.jatonkam35s.com/DeuceTechnicalManuals/TM9-2320-209-20-2-1.PDF Chapter 25. Follow the thick black line... Also, make sure you download and have all of the manuals applicable to your truck...

I was going to add the "worthless without pics" icon but then my brain kicked in.

Circuit breakers are on the fire wall in the engine compartment. If you have no electrical, make sure your batteries are still hooked up correctly and the main wires are not broken/chafed through. The auxillary switch ("ignition") on the dash could also be defective, preventing the gauges and...

Some have said that elevator companies are a good source for the cable; they have to switch out cables after a certain run time even if they have no visible defects and you may be able to get the 150 ft you need before they cut the cables up into pieces.

What does the data plate on the passenger side of the dash say about your truck? It appears from the pictures as if the cab were 1970' MERDC camo and the bed was the later 3 colour camo. I wonder what happened there. The truck looks solid, cosmetics aside. Is it a non-turbo multi (thin exhaust...

You did not happen to spool the winch with the winch drive engaged, by popping the clutch handle on the winch in or out? Dangerous. You would stand in the wrong place with respect to a moving steel line and things can get dangerous in a split second when winching. The winch needs to be run from...

I found that the ferrules (standard plumbing ferrules) were too wide to allow the stock compression nut to grab the first threads. I had to run the ferrules over the grinder a bit to get the compression nut on. Worked ok and no leaks.

Open flame intake heaters used to be the state of technology at the time. I am not too happy about the different ways that they can fail and dump fuel into locations it should not go; they can also be used improperly. The military itself decided to move to metered dose ether start assist and...

Well, ya know, you seem to be really busy :shrugs: But, we would not know, because nopics

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?59718-Cargo-Cover-Stave-Measurement www.google.com Type "cargo cover bows measurements" site:steelsoldiers.com Many good results....

A Deuce without traces of weeping seals and some oil underneath looks so un-Deuce-like! :grin: I hope that problem will recitfy itself, once you drive it. Great job!

If your master cylinder cap is leaking, make sure you have the flat plastic washer on the cap that seals it. If that is missing, a flat washer for a 1 1/4 (I think; better measure) sewer trap from your home hardware store is an almost exact fit. The cap needs to seal in order for the pressure...

The UK built trannys are identical to the US built ones. They pop up in trucks once in a while, it appears. The 3053 vs. 3053A discussion http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?5535-Spicer-3053-Transmission did not come up with any conclusive differences between the two, nor did this one...

We need updated pictures!

LDS engines are not ultra rare, but they are desirable. Unfortunately, you know the true cost of a rebuild only after the rebuild and successful test run where nothing leaked, smoked, knocked, screeched, caught fire or grenaded. Maybe all your engine needs is a head gasket set and planed heads...

For what it is worth, I do like the concept of your bumper improvement. Somehow it needs something on top...such as a bull bar. I am getting carried away. If the boxes on the sides would provide useful storage space (i.e for recovery straps, chains or the snatch block no one knows where to put)...

I'd say! Also a lot can go wrong if you do not pay attention to each step. I can see why they did not bother and just side-loaded, despite being hard on the trailer.