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I finally got one (of eleven) of my wheels disassembled. I now understand the duckbill bead breaker tool as well as the value of either WD-40 or soapy water. It took a bit, but once the bead was broken on both sides, it was a simple matter to remove the split ring. I had never taken apart a...

I was trying to remove my inner dual today when I broke my tire tool. Apparently, the thimble nuts are either rusted in place or so over-torqued I can't break them loose. It seems I will have to get a new tool. I tried to weld the cracks, but my welds didn't hold and it broke again...

Locating the tiny wire number tags is daunting. I have reused the metal tags as often as I can, but it seems that lately, the tiny aluminum legs are breaking off and attempts to find and purchase new tags has ended in failure. So.... to mark my wires, I have been printing the wire number...

Hello all... I recently purchased a replacement FRONT wiring harness. It very closely matches the existing wiring harness, but the new harness has several different wire numbers compared to the existing. Additionally, the new wiring harness has connectors that the existing one does not have...

Hello all... Today I removed the rear wiring harness from my parts deuce. It has a couple of damaged connectors that I will repair but it seems to be in good shape overall. The wire wrap however, is really brittle, stiff, hard to coil, and in some places has broken and peeled. The wires...

A while ago, I purchased a deuce for its parts. I have been slowly removing parts and pieces, cleaning and painting them as I go and putting them in my "Parts Room". While working on disassembly, I noticed this critter attached to my steering linkage. I studied it for a bit, following the...

Howdy all... So, I just finished rebuilding my long style airpack and am itching to install it. However, while rebuilding the airpack, I noticed that some of my brake lines were choked with unidentifiable stuff that could be rust, sludge, goo, or who knows what. I am wondering if there is a...

Hello all... For brevity, I have renamed the Air Hydraulic Cylinder Assembly to "Airpac", which is, I believe, what most folks call it. I have the long style airpac on my truck. I ordered a rebuild kit for it from Erik's (PN 8345007) and received it right away. It took me a while to get...

Howdy all.... I was wondering if any of you deuce owners considered changing your existing black and numbered wires with colored wires. Many of my wires are frayed and broken and I thought I might slowly replace my old wires with new, colored wires. Since I have both an M1008 and an M1009, I...

Due to multiple failures in my copper air lines, I have been thinking about replacing copper with plastic (nylon?). Will the existing air line nuts work with a plastic or nylon air line (see pic below)? I see that with the copper, you only need the ferrule that slides over the line. I think...

Big shout out to Gary Dunn.... Gary moved my deuce from Porum, OK to my home in Grove, OK. He is SUPER NICE guy who is professional, personable, and extremely knowledgeable. He quickly got the truck onto his trailer, moved it, and unloaded it at my home. My son and I met Gary in Porum a...

Tomorrow, my son and I are going to try to replace the Primary and Secondary Fuel Filters on my "Newly Acquired" deuce. Eventually, I will swap these canister style filters for the spin-on system, but it won't be any time soon. So... I am wondering how you folks are unscrewing the...

I purchased a Deuce in Porum, OK and would it moved to Grove, OK about 180 miles. Will run but has no brakes. Thoughts?? Thanks in Advance....

Hello everyone! I finally got my deuce to run, but it wasn't long before it shut off. I figured it had a "Fuel Related Issue" and I was correct. I extracted about 25 gallons of yellow goo, sludge, water, and weird stuff from the tank using a syphon hose. I then decided to remove the fuel...

Hello All! I finally bought an M35A2 (NSN 2320-00-077-1616). I know absolutely NOTHING about this truck but I am super excited to learn about it and repair it as well as I can. I have listed some questions below that I am sure you folks can answer: How do I determine which engine I have? How...

Hello everyone! It's been a while since I posted but I ran into a hiccup in regards to the transfer case {NP208} in my M1008. I noticed that ATF was dripping from between the front yoke and the drive shaft u-joint. I removed the four bolts that hold the drive shaft u-joint to the front yoke...

Hello All... I had to replace the accelerator cable on my M1008 today. I had to do the same thing several years ago on my M1009. I bought the replacement cable from O'Reilly Auto (Part # CA-8503 $23.39) and installed it, sort of... Rather than install the cable completely, I connected it to...

Hello All... While working on my transmission, I noticed a great deal of transmission fluid on the underside of the truck body where the drive shaft enters the model 208 transfer case. I realized that this is probably due to a failed rear transfer case seal so I replaced it (Item # MPS 9449...

My torque converter and my engine are no longer friends, meaning there are no longer any bolts connecting the flywheel (flexplate?) to the torque converter. Reviewing the -34P, I came across something I found confusing. Figure 81 shows the "Transfer Case Assembly and Adapter (Model 208). I...

Hello everyone. I have been trying to diagnose the charging problems on my M1009. I have read the thread about how to check the alternators while they are on the truck, but I don't understand the directions. My alternators don't have the markings discussed in the thread. The charging system...