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Anyone who's going bringing any 395 tires they are willing to sell or trade?

I got some stuff done today. I'm pooped, lol. Took out the box seat, installed the bench seat. Thought I had enough angle iron and brackets, nope. Back to Menards I went and got a couple more brackets. Had to drill one hole and was able to bolt the brackets down using the driver spring seat...

Haha, exactly.

I rattle canned my deuce last summer and it's already faded. Not a huge deal, but better quality paint will last longer. YMMV.

I dunno, "just looking" solves a lot of stuff, for me anyways! 🤣

I would think it's the air pack. Make sure the air tanks are drained of any water as well.

https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/injector-tester-setup-fittings-and-initial-testing.202682/ I found this as far as the actual testing goes. You can also pull them all out, hook the fuel lines up and have a helper turn the truck over and see if they are popping or not.

At least the injectors aren't difficult to see if they are working. Makes me wonder if he swapped the IP out, is the one in the truck he rebuilt and his rebuilt failed, or he swapped the IP prior to testing and therefore just threw in a bad IP pump.

I don't see that kind of room under the bed for a ladder, especially while the axles articulate. If the M109 ladder too big, heavy, or not wanting to keep space for it in the bed, there are the tailgate mounted folding ladders. They simply bolt right on once you drill the holes. Only one I found...

Well said, explained much better than I did.

Yup. I say if you want speed, better off with a conventional vehicle. As slow as the deuce is, I don't care. I'll take the extra 60-30 mins loss of sleep to leave earlier if that's what I plan on driving. 9 out of 10 times I'll drive my deuce before my pick up, even if it takes me longer. The...

To go 70, you'd want a different motor and a different transmission. The company that made higher gear ratios for the axles, don't make them anymore so finding one is extremely difficult and if you did, it's gonna be very expensive. I know the custom built trucks, they make them so to cruise...

For more info and entertainment, there's Tactical repairs series on the 6bt Cummins and then C&C equipment has their DT466 series, both on YT.

That 1070 HET may be very thirsty, but that sure would make easy work of damn near any load given its capabilities.

Do you know of the guy who worked on it before, as in you are able to contact him? Might be worth figuring out what he touched on that truck just in case he did do some IP work or something.

You guys better get some videos and plenty of pictures!!

Whew, that was a long read! Just read chapter 7 on the brakes. From what I've read, perhaps the rod or the lever for the pedal that goes to the air pack is out of adjustment or there's too much travel for the pads before reaching the drums. It did say though 1" off the floor should be the max...

Where's the fun in a hotel? Lol You guys don't wanna camp out and tell bedtime stories?😆

My old lady wouldn't go for it, but I sure would. Montana is beautiful country and off grid, it has its perks.