Help Deuce won't run anymore

[Greywolf54]

Well, guess I'll go out & start taking the 72 inch tractor tires off my truck! There goes my 100 MPH truck, darn it!

 

[jasonjc]

I can't believe some of you guys took this as a serious post.

I have owned a m35a2 deuce 1/2 not "Duce" since 1999. I know a little about how they operate. I made the post because I personally go crazy seeing all of the post here in regards to why my truck is running badly due running home made/ bio/ cooking oil or whatever. I know the trucks will burn lots of stuff but that is for emergency situations when diesel is not available. For most running this stuff eventually will cause problems.

also I get tired of "how fast can I make it go or how big of tire, what's the biggest motor questions Etc etc etc.

I know it's your truck so do what you want with it.

I suppose I just respect the vehicle for what it is. The longest serving mechanized tactical military vehicle in the history of the world.


The only positives I see is that in the future there should be plenty of parts trucks available after these guys who normally would have bought an old cheap pick-up finally discard their clapped out, blowed up old ex army truck.

I hear you and I was LOL with you the whole time.

 

[knuckleheadks]

For the first page and a half I was thinking these guys are a danger to society then I realized noone could be that dumb.... well maybe.

 

[doghead]

What I posted was true, well the part where Westy woke up at the Blue Oyster Bar was true.

 

[welldigger]

My local crawler shop did literally suggest I dump my drum brakes and switch to a pinion brake. Then they pulled out a brake rotor from a mazda truck and said it would work fine.

I don't think they appreciated my gratuitous laughter.

 

[dangerfieldinc]

I have been serching for that stuff from the neighbor to wash mufler with and just found out it was rotor wash from a flight line he worked at.

 

[Another Ahab]

Probably lifted in by skyhook, usually how it's done.

 

[Dipstick]

How fast will my Deuce go in reverse if I put my transfer case in neutral and take my foot off the brake on a hill? Does it matter if the engine is on or off? I run 11R-20s.

 

[Greywolf54]

I'll chip in $20 to watch Dipstick demonstrate this.

 

[welldigger]

How fast will my Deuce go in reverse if I put my transfer case in neutral and take my foot off the brake on a hill? Does it matter if the engine is on or off? I run 11R-20s.

Ah I see you discovered the secret to Georgia overdrive. The key to this simple maneuver is NOT being able to see where you are going.

 

[rmgill]

So, Chuck, how are things? How's your halftrack? You coming to the Rally?

 

[Dipstick]

I'll chip in $20 to watch Dipstick demonstrate this.

Laughed my ass off when I read your reply.

 

[Jakelc15]

This should be a MUST READ for newbies! Lol

 

[Greywolf54]

Well it was the tire size that confused me, didn't know how to calculate that. I only use 11x20's on the front of my truck, seems to take the load off of the back axles.

 

[Jakelc15]

Don't forget to replace that aluminum pin in your winch drive shaft with the hardest bolt you can find. Adds HP!

 

[59apache]

Well, guess I'll go out & start taking the 72 inch tractor tires off my truck! There goes my 100 MPH truck, darn it!

No problem, just use the stock rims, middle axle inboard, rear axle outbord. they just shouldn't be wider than 11". Doing this you can keep it 6x6.

 

[Greywolf54]

I already did the winch mod, I welded it. However, with the 72 inch tires on the back my front tires are 18 inches off the ground.

 

[iatractor]

This was a pretty funny thread considering most are nothing but serious. For the first several posts, my mind was thinking "the aerial application of birth control did not work". Plus I thought that someone should confiscate the deuce and show him how it is done. Then I realized that the sarcasm was soak and saturated in multi-fuel humor. With that being said, I need to replace my metric crescent wrenches in my deuce with u.s. standards.

 

[machinist75]

Where's a good place to mount subwoofers in a deuce. Is there a milspec mounting kit maybe from a vender. How about a A-10 rear section as a spoiler?

 

[Big Z]

Make sure the clutch is in and close the front windshields. They have fuel-delivery safety switches. They can be tampered with but I recommend keeping the safety features. I had to get towed home 3 different times before I found this out.