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but the capacity of the deuce on road is a very conservative 10,000 lbs. i don't follow your math? tom

they do give an implied max level, bottom of fill plug and min level 1/2" below. if spicer wanted less oil, they would have put the fill plug lower! tom

so many people have this strange idea about not filling the trans to the propper level! fill it to the bottom of the fill plug. it holds 5 qts. reccomending that someone only put half the oil in their transmission is just foolish. are you going to buy them a trans when it burns up? the oil level...

as far as i have ever found there are only 2 'u' joint numbers for the duece. 332 for the large ones and 330 for the small ones. shop around, napa and some other places have really high prices!! tom

bob, one additional thing i can say is that an eq will of course force both batteries to charge at the same rate. i had a batt that would not hold a charge and the other was fine. now with the vanner, the weak batt has seemingly recovered and acts fine. tom

gaskets are $80/pair includes shipping

when the IP piston is worn, it will not make enough pressure to inject fuel until the engine gets to a higher rpm than the starter can turn. try towing the truck so the engine is turning at 800 rpm and if it starts right up, it is almost certainly a worn out IP head. tom

G, i thought about this some more, you would need a scanner capable of handling the full size original. then with it in pdf, it can be printed by setting print size to 100%. there may be a better way, but pdf maintains the integerty of the drawing. i did this with my desktop scanner last year...

gerhard, can you scan the drawing into a pdf file? then it can be printed out on a long piece of paper, users would just have to set their adobe program to 100% and use some 27" paper (or tape some togeather) tom

i guess you finished the trans repair? your truck would be a great candidate for an overdrive upgrade! tom

as long as you don't get caught, you are fine. if you get caught, don't complain. tom

dennis, what does just the truck weigh? how is the performance without trailer? compared to a deuce that extra 14,000lbs must count for a lot of energy. tom

i don't see how you could possibly come to that conclusion. the 4 to 5 shift still has the smallest rpm drop of any of the shifts! from 2300 to 1600 for example, is even better than the 2 to 3 shift. tom

as long as you remember that the fuel is all that cools and lubricates the pump plunger that is going up and down at 7500 strokes per minute at 2500 rpm. if it wears a few microns it is finished. tom

is the fuel tank low enough that it wants more fuel?

rjones, i see now that you say A3. many if not most of us still assume A2 so you really have to be clear (as you tried to be). since A3's are direct drive automatics the 4.90 may be a usable choice since that would be the final ratio. it is only a little lower than the final ratio i have now of...

that is a big IF, the answer is maybe. you would still have to change the mainshaft to use needle brngs for 2nd or it WILL fail. you would also have to make spacers to be able to use the civi gears as they are not a direct fit. tom

first, the cost of 3 gear sets plus installing them is crazy. who would do that?? second rjones ratios are for an A3. a 4.90 r&p set would improve an A3, but performance in all gears would suffer. here is the info for an A2: stock od and stock rears give final ratio of 5.240 my .69 od kit...

in reality the MC on the airpack is the master cyl, the one on the pedal is just for controlling it. of course if either one fails you have no brakes. dual brakes is not complicated, it is just two of everything you now have only one of. probably the simplest way is to change the primary MC to...

two things, why do you want to replace the trans? and you should be aware that if you use a lds engine ps pump with 3 connections, you should just plug the smaller fitting on the pump, it is juat a vent for the seal and is connected internally to the suction line fitting. tom