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My best advice is more seat time. Only owned the truck a short time, but I've put about 1200 miles on it in 2 months. Getting comfortable with it helps. I see this when I let friends drive it and I can see how awkward they feel. The steering was daunting when I first started, but I've...

This doesn't seem too high to me. Mine idles at 850.

I didn't see this mentioned, so just want to ask, is your in tank pump doing ok?

They are 50/50 or zero offset. I'm still mulling over flipping the hubs in the rear - my biggest concern is putting stress on the bearings. Planning on overhauling the hubs later this summer, may do it then. Half the wheels have lock rings, half just bolt together in the middle, they don't...

Bit of an update to my post yesterday. Took the deuce to an off road area about 40 miles away. It's mostly for dirt bikes and atv's. There are gates everywhere and they say if you can go around the gate you can drive there, though I don't think they had my truck in mind so I didn't think I...

I lowered the ground around my deuce today (Sat). My work has fleet vehicles and our own shop/mechanic. The mechanic has taken a liking to the deuce and helped once he got off work. Took the 2 of us 5 hours, including clean up. I bought a 3/4" impact wrench for the job, had to rent a...

If you decide to go the super single route keep in mind the added costs of changing the wheels (rims to some people) or going with adapters. There are articles and videos on youtube about people putting a 395 on a stock deuce wheel but it's not something I'd feel comfortable doing. If you go...

Mine doesn't really feel like it's cruising until I've been driving for 20 min. At the point the top speed seems to creep up a little to about 57 on a flat grade. I'm planning on changing my wheels/tires mostly out of reasons for looks. There are good reasons to switch and good reasons to...

Wonder if there was any update to this thread? I recently picked up a dozen 50/50 offset wheels and was wondering if anyone had learned anything new. I did a search on SS and came up with several mentions in passing in other threads but this is the only thread specifically about them. I was...

As you've described it, it sounds like a fair deal. Just know that there could also be many things wrong with it that aren't readily visible...and even still many of these wouldn't affect the price. I would be cautiously optimistic.

I'm afraid I don't know what you mean. The previous owner told me he replaced the exhaust tubing under the fender because it had rusted out. I assume the small muffler was put on by him at the time because he also told me he put the bend at the top to prevent some water from falling straight...

Finally made it home. The repair shop was starting to drag their heels and they kept telling me they'd get to it as they can, "but the boss"... So, I called the boss and he seemed anxious to get it out the door and got everyone back on track. On the way back I picked up 12 Michelin G20's from...

I recently bought my '71 deuce after seriously looking for about a year and casually looking for about 3. What I learned about prices: If it doesn't run, expect to pay less than $4k depending on how bad it is. I've seen just a rusted frame on shot wheels listed for $500, though I can't say...

This is somewhat of a moot point. The truck is broken down 500 miles away. I don't have the resources to just pop down there and try and work on it, I have to trust someone to get it running. While it was there, I had the shop do some general maintenance (change the fan belts, flush the...

Maybe if the tires were way out of my area, but shipping a little over a ton of tires would cost more than I would want to spend and y'know what, I own a cargo truck!

Can you tell me about the construction of the shelter you have? Is it aluminum or wood/fiberglass exterior or something else?

Ha! I was looking at that deuce not too long ago and trying to figure how I could make it work. The base near me was selling some 96" shelters and I thought 2 would do well on an M36. Good luck with the project!

Just a thought, if you have a square hitch in the back: Cabela's sells this one, game hoist, holds ~400 lbs. Unless you need something substantially bigger, seems like easy set up/tear down for small jobs.

Update: Word from the company working on the injection pump is the fuel transfer pump is shot and unfixable ("impossible" was the word they used). However they've said it can easily be bypassed with an aftermarket pump. Might be able to pick it up in a few days...finally! Recently bought two...

That was my thought too, though I considered that the shut off could have an electrical cut-off built in as well. Suppose it was just a coincidence, as it only happened the one time. I've looked at an electrical diagram for the dash, maybe I should pull stuff apart and clean some contacts. I...