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Seats! So, I've been putting up with the stock Deuce seats in my truck since day 1. I have a long-ish trip coming up this weekend, and was not looking forward to sitting on the stock seats for 14 hours. Both seats were showing wear and tear, and have always been uncomfortable. Also, I've...

This is it! Pretty simple little setup. Cheap anodized aluminum air manifold with 4 ports, a 25' air hose cut in half, a 0-120PSI gauge, a small ball valve, and some fittings. The one shown in the pic has the large bore ag-style air chucks on it for the MRAP valve stems on my truck, but I...

Just a quick update in the continuing ownership "saga" of my Deuce! My annual trip to Mudfest in Sweet Home www.themud.com is coming up in a couple of weeks. This involves a few hundred miles on the highway and a day of driving in the mud; so I typically take this time to do a fairly...

35 ohm is just fine; it will get you VERY close, well within meter tolerances. 38 ohm is the "perfect" size; but for real-life purposes, 35 ohm is just as good. You would never know any difference...

2x4x.120 rectangle tube; used it for most of the frame, sides, cab guard, etc.

YES...this is critical, or you are supplying improper voltage to some components in the exciter...though the generator does produce single phase 120/240 if you only do the zigzag mod, you will certainly stress/damage components if the control circuitry isn't re-wired. I ran my last conversion...

It is very similar, but not exactly the same. The actual job of re-wiring the reconnection board is quite a bit easier, as there is more room to work. I am working on a video from an -006 conversion that I did...just haven't had the time to edit and upload it yet.

x4 what those guys said! Frequency physically cannot differ from phase to phase (with your generator head, anyway). My "cheap" frequency meter will bounce all over the place if the generator is not producing power (detecting noise) but locks into a steady reading once the field is flashed...

I was in a Warn commercial a few years ago on Spike TV; I just never removed the decals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F652JOD7OK4

I have never done a 120/240 delta re-wire on one of these...but I know it is possible! It would require removal of the voltage reconnection board (or customization of the plate). The rest of the generator systems should have no problem with this configuration, as it is still 120v per phase.

His name is Ace; he lives up here on the North Oregon coast. Not sure if he is on the SS board or not... I have video of that beast going through the mud as well...kind of a slow lumbering thing, but it was cool to watch it plow its way through the goo!

Just completed a single phase conversion on an -006a, and I shot some video of the process. The conversion is similar to the -004/-005 one, but quicker and less difficult due to better access to the voltage reconnection board. I will edit and upload the video soon; sometime in the coming few...

I did manage to mount up all of the tires/wheels on my deuce. They look great! Much better than the old ones did. I did the hub flip on the rear axles so that the track width is the same front and rear. I decided to paint the hub adapters in OD green and the wheels in flat black. I left the...

I did download both of the videos you shot of your generator; your cycling problem is crazy! I've never seen anything like that. The fact that voltage cannot be adjusted tells me that the exciter/regulator circuit is the source of the problem, but I don't believe that I can point you toward...

I like the air manifold; very similar to my setup. I initially built a 4 tire setup with a quick connect for 2 additional hoses, but found that a 2 tire setup saves just as much time. Now I just use the 2 tire setup. I made my regulator removable, and just put a pressure gauge on the...

They were 1100-20 tubes; I had around 9000 miles on them...they were all showing wear around the outermost area (the area that would contact the tire with the most force; the textured part of the tube was worn away) but still seemed to have some good thickness left. I did have one tube fail...

I had a delay in getting the actual wheels here. Oshkosh Equipment Sales managed to cause some problems for me. But, everything is finally here, and I am working on them today; it is a slow tedious process, dismounting from the old split rims, mounting on the MRAP's, flipping the hubs, etc...

Another car crush! I got more footage of this crush; including some POV footage from my GoPro mounted to the Deuce's front axle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3GJMgLD5ic

And...a few months ago I ended up with a flat tire on the freeway in Portland. It was on the front tandem (thankfully!) but it happened in an instant. I heard the inner tube let go and felt the truck start shaking over just a few seconds. By the time I managed to get pulled over on the...

Time for some more updates! Attached a few pics from this year's fourth of July parade. The same as past years, I took the guys from my local jiu-jitsu gym out. It was a lot of fun...this year I had my son drive his Traxxas T-maxx in the parade, and "deliver" candy to kids on the side of the...