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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Unimog SEE at GSA October 11th, 2008. Gentlemen: Unimogs are like mistresses, they always want for something, and it's always gonna cost you a lot.....! Especially with the dollar in the tank!!! Having said that, if any of you catbirds want...

October 5th, 2008. Just my preference, but the Army later, after the NDT's, went to among other designs, the Goodyear G177 M+S in 11:00x20" Radials for the deuces, and if fitted with chains, will probably haul you out of most anything you're going to face. The singling out of the...

RE: Re: Deuce Front End Alignment???? October 4th, 2008. If my memory is correct the TM-20 on the deuce covers adjustment of "Toe In" and the proceedure is fairly simple. It will require some use of jacks capable of supporting the front axle of the duece- jack both sides. Mark the...

October 3rd, 2008. I concur with Maddawg308 above..... it's the man's right to mutilate a piece of history...... but 30 years or less from now.. somebody's gonna pay a lot to make that truck right. They do it to Model T's and A's, and I for one say respect the vehicle... if it made...

September 28th, 2008. BullDogMack13's just like Popeye the Sailor, he leaves a little Sweetpea here and there for all us deuce collectors! It seems that theres an IIICAV 3/3 L-50 in Colorado, Texas and now North Carolina (plus one Bradley in Iraq)..... I just hope we all three...

September 28th, 2008. Gentlemen: Just food for thought, as it were. Please note the condition of the metal in the broken stub shaft.... Such chrystalization will likely be due to: 1. Improper heat treating or defects in manufacture, 2. Old age and...

September 28th, 2008. Working daily as an on and off road cargo truck (M35A2Wo/W) and as a sister to the 1963 Unimog, which gets better mileage and can go places a deuce can't even begin to get into.... Both of them work for their living and both run daily unless down for repairs...

September 24th, 2008. :cookoo: Gents: From what I can see in the above photos, this boyo cut the side doors and made them something like the old M38's so he could "Dukes of Hazzard" outta the "General Grant"..... THAT's what accounts for the BIG BUCKS!!!! And I'll...

September 23rd, 2008. I might suggest doing a back pressure check on your stack without the muffler and with it.... That muffler seems small compared to most I have seen applied to deuces, and it may be causing some back pressure increases. Most 4 cycle diesels do not like having their...

Semptember 21st, 2008. Boys, I HATE to Differ on the Firetrucks weight, BUT....... I can guarantee that the fire truck stripped would not be as light as 8,000 LBs!!! I had a 1951 Ford F6 Dumptruck with no extra equipment, smaller then that firetruck and it weighed 13,000 empty and...

RE: Re: strange truck.... September 20th, 2008. JUST GET A UNIMOG...... Then you need never worry about getting stuck again!!! :D (OR if you do, It WILL be a doozy of a tale to tell!!!) :beer: Sincerely, Kyle F. McGrogan

September 20th, 2008. Dear Dropadeuce: Be very careful of your air system modifications on the deuce.... If you lose air you still have the hydraulics, if you lose the hydraulics you have no way to stop the truck. I would suggest modification to the ESP...

September 19th, 2008. Remember...... The French Army was inspired by their hero, Jerry Lewis!!!! Say LAdy!!!! You want another pair of wheels on that? The Russian tank truck was inspired, I wonder from the radiator and hood if their engineers used one engine and transmission for each...

RE: Re: RE: Trailering a deuce September 19th, 2008. I had a weenie bring my deuce home from Colorado last October (07) on a slant deck version of that rig, with a jeep wagoneer up front. The first call went "I have your monster on my trailer and I can only do 45!"' What are you pulling...

September 18th, 2008. Dear Tennmogger: My truck seemed to be fairly well kept by the Swiss, except for the inevitable deterioration of rubber components and canvas cab and bed covers (both shot completely from outside storage), she ran fair when I got her, but never...

September 18th, 2008. I'm not too sure about the noise reduction.... My hard top has what lloks like 1/4-3/8 masonite or cork glued to the top and sides, doesn't do hoot for sound reduction, and not much for insulation (better then bare metal, barely....), but the GMA soft top has what...

September 17th, 2008. :ditto: on the modeller's book above, typically European, overpriced and fairly useless beyond a couple of photos. David Doyle's Standard Catalog of Military Vehicles? David, it is rumored was seen coming down from Mount Sianai with his face aglow and the...

September 18th, 2008. Generally the fuel system was so fouled up that the carburettor and fuel pump had to be rebuilt (new Mercedes Benz units were applied in February to try to rectify the cut out problem (Run two miles and cut out due to fuel filter clogging, attempted cleaning the...

:D September 17th, 2008. I know you're gonna say its not possible, but my 1963 Swiss Cargo Unimog with 21,580 original KMs, just came ut of a fuel system, electrical system rebuild with a new pertronix ignition and German Army tires (New), and she made it from just north of Dallas...

September 12th, 2008. Dear DABTL: Nice truck, brave man.... did you take your cues on poker from "The Sting'? I think I would have at least checked the crankcase oil level before starting and frequently.... Often its the rear main seal, on my truck it's that and was the lube...