Most annoying Deuce repair?

[bomar76]

So far my son (BajaPower) and I have done quite a bit of wrenching to our deuce....replaced injection pump, replaced injectors, head gaskets, changing tires, upgrade wiper system, etc.

The most miserable project so far has to be the project we did tonight, replacing the emergency brake cable.

The bolt that hold the cable to the transfer case is impossible to remove w/o removing the bracket...ithe bolt threads through the wrong way. The nuts on the brake end of the cable are a real PITA to get to - hardly any room to work with the frame rail members there, the adjustment bolt for the outer shoe is damn near impossible to get to to turn, even that little clamp deal that holds the cable from moving where is goes through the frame rail is a biotch to remove and install. Just about everything has to be done blind.

Add to this that everything is too far off the ground to just reach up and access so you have to strain your azz off leaning up the whole time.

BajaPower did the cab handle deal and I didn't hear him gripe so that part must have been a cakewalk.

Whoever wrote the TM on the emergency brake cable had obviously never actually done it or even talked to anyone that has.

The upside is we now, for the first time, have a functioning emergency brake

 

[emmado22]

As far as the deuce, I dont know, but replacing the main body harness on a humvee, that SUCKS!

 

[rdixiemiller]

Put a heater core in an early '90's Mustang. I think they hung the core on a wire and built the car around it.
About a 12 hour job.
I've heard changing the transfer case on a deuce will make you hate life.

 

[red devils dude]

I've heard changing the transfer case on a deuce will make you hate life.

didnt look to bad.

 

[rdixiemiller]

From what I hear, it is worse than it looks. I'll probably find out someday.....

 

[red devils dude]

same here

 

[Recovry4x4]

Transfer cases are quite easy with the right approach. Ebrake crap is an SOB even on a tractor. I'd take the bed off!

 

[red devils dude]

some of us dont have a wrecker.

 

[ken]

Changing the t-case was one of the easier jobs i've done. About 4 hours. But changing those little coolant hoses that go from the top of the heads to the intake will want you to shoot someone!!!!

 

[red devils dude]

Changing the t-case was one of the easier jobs i've done. About 4 hours. But changing those little coolant hoses that go from the top of the heads to the intake will want you to shoot someone!!!!

had to get those off when I pulled the head's it was horrible.

 

[ironhorsethegeneral]

When we had to fix radiator we replaced all the other hoses while radiator was out including the 2 on top of the intake. This was fun.

 

[bomar76]

When we did the head gasket we really didn't have any trouble at all w/ those hoses....just lucky I guess

 

[rdixiemiller]

Mine had just had all hoses replaced before i bought it, including the short hoses on the heads. The guy I bought it from said they were the most aggravating hoses to do.

 

[bomar76]

I know why ours were so easy....
We removed the manifolds that run from the hoses to the heads.
The hoses just slip on and off then....it only takes a couple minutes.
I wouldn't even think of trying to do it with the water manifolds connected to the heads....it would be damn near impossible to get them on.

 

[ironhorsethegeneral]

We just took off the parts that are connected to the heads to replace the hoses. Without doing this it would be darn near impossible to do.