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I drove mine about an hour and a half to my brothers house. He lives on a steep slope (navigable, with effort) and he felled a bunch of 40'+ digger pines. His house and the road are at the TOP of the slope, the trees naturally fell downhill.
His neighbor very loudly wondered "what is that idiot...
Scored a SMOKIN deal on a brand new set of 385's from a guy moving his shop out of state. He didn't want to have to move the tires and wheels so he let them go stupid cheap.
Finally finished painting the adapter plates and getting everything assembled and mounted up.
Before and after pics. I...
Completely agree. Unfortunately though the California vehicle code classifies any truck as a commercial vehicle. The size or intended purpose is completely irrelevant. I duked it out with the DMV over this and the onery lady pulled out the code book and I read it. All trucks are defined as...
Thats very different from what the DMV told me :(. When I spoke with them I was told that anything (unless designated RV - which requires very specific attributes) with 3+ axles requires at least a Class B commercial license - regardless of brake type or weight. Its one of the reasons I bobbed...
I have that exact same dent in my bobbed deuce, from doing that exact same thing. My 'solution' plans have ranged from driving over it to welding a chain to it and pulling it out. Interested to hear the route you end up going with.
Conversely, if anyone in NorCal is selling an M105 tailgate...
I drove mine for the first time in probably six months. I'm not great about getting it out routinely. I had to drive ~1hr to pick up some slate purchased off Craigslist on the cheap.
Seems like every time I start to think seriously about selling it because it doesn't get enough use, its not...
Started the re-furb of the new-to-me hardtop for my deuce. When I purchased the deuce it was a soft-top. Like all soft-tops the front stitching quickly let go. I repaired that with the siding j-channel trick and it worked like a charm. Fast-forward several years and I have long weather-tears in...
Got my heater core back from the radiator shop. They boiled it, cleaned it up and pressure tested it. In their words "Its in remarkably great shape for its age."
Made some progress on the in-cab heater install. Finished painting the blower and core enclosure, and figured out the mounting of that part. Got the air line moved since it was going to be blocked.
Still need to suss out the diverter mounting, and get that sanded and painted. Baby steps.
Good looking truck, thanks for posting the vid's. I've never used the blackout lights, are they just IR, i.e. would I need IR goggles or a camera to see the 'light'? Also I noticed in your vid's that you're making constant, small corrections with the steering wheel. I have to do that with mine...
Finished trouble-shooting a no/slow start issue. Ended up replacing a 6mos old battery. Managed to get both my deuce batteries (group 31) and my civvy 12v battery into the battery box. Then I took my 7yo for a ride. He loves the truck.
Had a bit of an issue this weekend. I installed the Ross HF54 a couple of years ago and was surprised to see how darty it got after the mod. I installed 4* shims and that helped, but it was still too darty to be comfortable. I got a used set of spring perches a few months ago and drilled them...
Started the R&R on my new-to-me heater for the truck. After battling some very light rust I got the heater box disassembled, next step is to sand and paint. The core looks good and seems to hold pressure, although I had to blow a BUNCH of fine shredded material out of it, looked like some wee...