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Don't the belts slip badly when you soak them in that stuff?

On the topic of dog bones, I did the pry test on mine yesterday and they did not tear, nor are any of them torn/broken yet. However, the rubber in the bushings certainly looks dry so I'll be watching them closely while I save up for replacements. I also greased up the trunnion bearings which...

I keep laughing at the "INT ACCENT" switch. I'm an old Navy Radioman and can't figure out what that is for. Does it apply a German or French accent to incoming and outgoing transmissions?

I was originally shopping for a deuce but wasn't liking the prices and conditions I was finding, plus dealing with delivery prices but I found a 809 series 5 ton nearby that was in decent shape. I was a little skeptical at first, but I'm a total convert now. The deuce is a great truck, legendary...

Welcome from another Floridian, trapped in frozen Maryland.

Ah...dang. I didn't know they'd swap out an entire panel for a single gauge failure. That really throws a wrinkle into things. I was looking at my panel and observed that the fading of the white marks in my gauges was uniform between the tach, speedo, air and oil pressure but that the bezel and...

Stubborn mule. ;)

It's great to learn that it's easy to convert to a switch style activation.

All in jest.

With M-16's in the accessory gun rack in the cab.

Scrounger recently told me about the paraffin wax method in case I happen to snap off a fastener. I'd never heard of this before. Since you're the second person to sing its praises, I will certainly give it a shot if I find myself with stuck or broken fasteners.

Sorry for the thread drift but you obviously have the knowledge- I'm not a welder. I don't have an oxy-acetylene rig, nor am I likely to get one in the near future. I do have one of those small, two-bottle, oxygen-MAPP gas torches that you can get from Home Despot. MAPP is a little hotter than...

Cool, glad you found a possible cause.

The way I intend to use the truck, the rubber, OEM version should be fine. I'm not a commercial hauler, nor am I an extreme off-roader.

Yeah, looking at the costs of the "new and improved" part, I would likely have to do them in pairs.

I found the process for inspecting the dogbone bushings/bearings in the TM. One question- Can the wheel be on the ground when performing this test, or does the axle end need to be on a jack stand?

That's the best photo I've seen, illustrating the difference in tire sizes. Thanks.

The guy's method is very scientific and I appreciate that. His humor is off the charts. I don't rate the different penetrants by how much force it takes to break a fastener free, I rate them by whether I can break a fastener free at all. Anecdotally speaking, it just seems like I have more...

I keep the BO's working to show curious non-military types what they are, what they're for, and how they were employed. Certainly the LED fixtures will have a much longer service life than incandescent bulbs. There's quite a bit of vibration that incandescent bulbs are subjected to, which kills...

Found Will's vid of it running: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVUL7a2by10