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That humming sound is the low air pressure alarm. If there's a clanking sound from the engine, pop the valve covers off and see if there's a rod that popped off one of the valves. This can make for an extremely difficult start on an engine. If no rods popped off and the oil has metal shavings in...

Haha, makes sense why it was happening and thanks for following up. Info like this is usually what others read up on when looking into similar issues.

I've had a similar issue in the past, but it was both lights. It was cheap Chinese lights. I paid the premium for a couple of NOS lights from C&C surplus (years ago) and they worked fine. Even in my deuce now, if the alternator over charges, all the lights get brighter but they don't blow out...

Haha, that's what I was gonna recommend.

Anyone else from the Michigan area going?

Yeah, that's definitely supposed to be steel. I bet there was a break or leak there before and it was someone's patch job. I could be wrong, but I've never seen a rubber line on any vehicle straight from the MC.

Now that is what a lot of us need when we need to change a tire and swap the bad one out with the spare, especially on the bigger trucks with 200lb+ tires.

That's 100% correct. Another issue with bed liners and such, deep scratches can lead to holes and over time air gets underneath it and then it traps moisture, later leads to rust. That's why vehicles with an undercoating tend to rust out extremely bad throughout the entire vehicle or specific...

I can second that on the prestolite alternator. They are very prone to failure. My first deuce, the alt went out twice, second time was literally 2 months after it was rebuilt at a local alternator shop. I got an AC remy and it was by far superior to the prestolite but it did need a new bracket...

The city or village officials don't care other than if they can respond to a complaint and if they make money or not. Also depends on the individual themselves and how hard they want to play ball. I haven't had these types of issues, but the Sparta village where I'm at threw a fit because my...

I used a 7/8" box end wrench from Sears, it has the offset or a degree of bend similar to one shown above but not that extreme and it worked for me, but I also had the engine torn down when I used it on that side, not sure if that would even work with all the fuel lines and stuff in the way.

You're right. I have the same issues when burning wmo. I see a lot more of the black runs from the exhaust stack because of that. Thinning it more with gas or diesel helps, but wmo in general is more difficult to burn in comparison to diesel or jet fuel. However, I'll take it considering the...

Blew a fuel line today doing an errand. I noticed the truck seemed to bog down more.than normal then I was able to smell fuel. Pulled over and fuel was just squirting out on the ground. My fuel line from the booster pump to the secondary had a pin hole which was just a steady stream of fuel. On...

Looks like oil residue but it's hard to tell from just looking at the pictures. However, even if it was the head gasket, it's really not all that uncommon as many of them will weep oil as they age.

I've definitely heard some bizarre stories from vets when talking about the deuce. The most common thing I get from folks is that they didn't know we can buy them. Otherwise most of the stories are actually quite entertaining.

You sir are correct. One of my favorite range sessions was training with my AR in a thunderstorm. Needless to say, I had the whole range to myself. This day, it was merely testing out a couple new guns I got. I built an AR 350L which needed to be function tested and zeroed. Then I had my 50 cal...

I don't know why the deuces always seem to like getting cussed out 🤷😆

I wouldn't think it was the timing either if it just sat there. The air intake is completely open and the injectors are popping off. My only guess is like others said, the loss of compression as these engines soley depend on that to run using no spark or glow plugs. If there's nothing that...

I had to use my deuce as an anchor point for my tarp when we went to our spot to blast off some pew pews, it was raining off and on with a storm on the way, but I don't let that stuff get in way of one of my favorite hobbies, lol.

I'm sure it's similar to many other types of that oil, but being that it's multi purpose, just want to make sure it's a non detergent like normal gear oil or SAE type of oils. I don't have a rural king around me, but I shop a lot at O'riellys and they usually have Quaker state 30 SAE or...