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February 5th, 2010. Gents: With all the controversy over Multifuel this and IDI that..... The gent's original question is whay wasn't the deuce fitted with glow plugs. At the time of the program coversion (approximately 1965), it was fairly uncommon to use glow plugs in any...

February 5th, 2010. The reported cost to the government in 2007 of a new Chevrolet CUCV Ambulance, with everything except the medical gear, was said to be about $90-92,000 with the ambulance box mounted, but no light bar (siren/lights). GM let a lot of these ambulances not taken to iraq...

February 4th, 2010. AH YES! Remember back when the only thing on a Jeep that was a "Jeep" item was the tailgate and two front quarter panels???? Kaiser Jeep and later AMC made a great point of buying drive train components from as many different suppliers as they could. I remember a late...

February 4th, 2010. cjcotrill: Both White Owl Parts and Memphis Equipment can provide you with a new starter solenoid, but you will have to either pull the starter motor or get a multijointed individual to get the necessary data off of the starter motor. Starter motors are...

February 3rd, 2010. If you want to see probably one of the best thought out winch installations, take a look at a Swiss Army 4x4 Sauer truck. The winch is mounted behind the cab and has fairleads and pulleys built into the truck frame so it can pull front, back, left or right.....WOW! I have...

February 3rd, 2010. Pity Bryan, Texas is 265 miles from Paris, Texas, as that is a very long run for a 1971 M35A2 or a 1963 Swiss S404.114 Unimog, especially when the owner's unemployed. If I can figure some way to get there, I'll make the attempt, otherwise I'll wish you fellows...

February 2nd, 2010. It's your truck, do what you want to. BUT I would say even as heavy as these engines are, due to the nature of the compression ignition system, you do run a risk of contributing to a systems failure down the road. I've heard a lot of folks say that the Multifuel...

February 2nd, 2010. Randydirt: Sounds like a normally aspirated Multifuel to me (I presume it isn't a turbo given the small stack diameter), running pretty good. You might want to do the field modification seen on "Saddam's Nightmare" in my icon of applying a 4" elbow to your air intake to...

February 2nd, 2010. Unforgiven: All the posters up above have given you things to check or things toi think about. How often do you check your battery water levels? Even though you are using Interstates, which I have never had any luck with as a brand, has anyone considered the fact that Las...

February 2nd, 2010. The comment up above about cutting the tank end off and cleaning the tank is interesting, but I would want a pressure vessel certified welder doing the work, because the energy stored in these tanks under pressure could cause a significant problem if the weld...

:-PFebruary 1st, 2010. If any of you guys are visiting Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa., (the National Park Service Railroad Museum for the Steam era), one of the rangers up there has a WWII US Army 4 door Dodge or Plymouth sedan that was a staff car, and he drives it to work...

February 1st, 2010. Massownage: An Industrial or large truck radiator shop should be able to fix your radiator. It may take a new bottom and top plate to be fitted to the tanks, but they can get you a heavier duty, higher capacity unit that will not look too bad. I had a Ford Model "T", 1926...

February 1st, 2010. I know I'm gonna get in trouble here, and I don't mean to offend our esteemed members, but I have to agree with Maddawg up above...... These trucks were designed for twenty year old GI's who were about 5'8 and 135-140 lbs, where most of us are larger then that and generally...

February 1st, 2010. Guages?What Gauges!,We don't need no steekin' gauges!!! If you can concentrate on the dashboard layout, you are either a Buddist Monk master, or blind...... What Gauges, the panel is laid out different then a regular deuce, could it be some Air Force modification...

February 1st, 2010. Shannonedeese: Man, you must be some painting wizard to do the digital comouflage on your truck! I can't begin to image the pain of either laying and stencilling, or painting that design on something as large as a deuce or pickup truck. As yet, I...

February 1st, 2010. I'd agree with SixSpeed as to the approximate value, and the "Zyclone" on the air intake can be extended to the top of the cab with a little ingenuity. I had forgotten about the access plate in the top of the tranny, and it is through there that you can work on the clutch...

Janauary 30th, 2010. .........Wholly Bat Droppings, Bat Man!! Was the owners on locoweed when they did that one:?: I don't even think the Joker would ride around in a vehicle so graphically abused. Yeah, I know it's a free country, but if they're in California, one can only hope the big one...

January 30th, 2010. GimpyRobb: Just a thought from an old railroad conductor I used to work with: "EVERYBODY brings joy into the world, some by coming, and some by going", looks like yoiu have dealt with some that will bring joy by going. In any case I figure from...

January 29th, 2010. Makes me appreciate the intake heater system..... When it works, it's just a shot of diesel fuel and no replacing ether cans. The measured shot system does have its advantages over shooting it in the air intake..... too much ether and you have a dead diesel, as...

January 29th, 2010. VelociT: I'm partial to the 686A Tan deuces myself....Wonder Why? If you are in the South or any area where either the sun is strong as we both know it is here in Texas, you may want to blow the $175.00 for a new GMA tan insulated cab cover and...