What did you do to your deuce this week?

[todds112]

G'day everyone,....






Well I got 9 spare wheels in the deal,....
All the tyres are 99%.

I just need to stack them now,...
They are heavier than they look.



Aussie.

I loaded, unloaded, and stacked those bad-boys 4 times! Never noticed the riveted one.

 

[wadefreedomvehicles]

Freedom Vehicles is fixing the roof in the M109 that they own. It had a few rust holes in the box, we are cutting them out and replacing the metal. Then we will seal the roof with some roof sealant rubber stuff.

 

[Akicita]

wadefreedomvehicles,
for roof sealant, check out Sikaflex. The company that makes that stuff offers several similar products. Pick the one that works best for your application. It costs more than Silicone from the Home Depot and stores like that but it's worth the difference.
I don't know who sells it in UT but you may want to ask at an RV motorhome shop.

 

[rustystud]

I agree with using "Sikaflex" . It is great stuff. Our body men use it on the busses for almost all sealing applications.

 

[wadefreedomvehicles]

We bought some Black Jack Roof Sealant 1000 at Home Depot. It sounds like it will work good. Also I forgot to mention that our M109 is a Gasser. 1962

 

[SRB1976]

Finally got my leaky wheel fixed today.I was tired of filling it up every other day.

 

[SRB1976]

Parked next to the steam engine on display here in town.

 

[roalcoal]

Removed the bed shortened the frame and installed fifth wheel

 

[SRB1976]

Removed the sides for the winter.

 

[m816Buch]

11 g177 tires are here for my M109A3....now if I could just glue them on

 

[Davetheplumber]

Went for the first drive in the new crew cab with the bed on. Lot less bouncing with the extra LBS. Did an oil change and flushed the rear ends and replaced with new gear oil. Lots of looks today driving through the city.
OH YEAH,... I HATE THE SPRAG GEAR T-Case. Is there a simple solution to the gear engaging every time I turn sharp in revers?

 

[theeDIZ]

Put it off long enough, so I started pulling floor pan

 

[Big Dumb Truck]

Over the last week I have been making new steel tube brake lines. I installed 5 new rubber brake lines and a remote reservoir. I found a slight leak at one of the banjo fittings. I'll fix that tommoro. I also oiled the air pack. While under the truck I discovered one of the air tanks has a weld repair that doesn't look like it's to my standards. I'll be looking for a new one soon. I won't have any help with bleeding the brakes tomorrow so I won't be finishing till mid week.
Davetheplumder, I'm really liking the crew cab. Look like you could use a lift kit to put some space between the bed and the tires. Great job.

 

[SteveKuhn]

Look up the brake bleeder here:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/3229-deuce-power-bleeder-r4x4-style.html

I made one and used an extra master cyl cap I had. Works great and it's Soldier A-only.

Steve

 

[Big Dumb Truck]

It doesn't look like I could use one of the brake bleeders that you made with the remote reservoir kit that I installed. I may be able to do something similar. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[TB58]

If you have a 1/4" barb fitting on your MC for the remote reservoir you can pick up a cheap pump sprayer and the line will fit the barb fitting. I picked up a half gallon sprayer from Tractor supply for under 10 bucks. Hooked it up, gave it a few pumps and one person bleeding. Have to be careful that you don't over pressurize the MC though.

 

[SRB1976]

I flushed and changed the transmission fluid and filters today on the A3. Mine was pretty easy as my truck already had ATF in it instead of 15W40 oil so that was nice. I still did two flushes as the fluid looked pretty old. I thought I screwed up the truck for a minute. I removed the transmission shifter linkage to make removing the pan easier but I found out when I put everything back together I stripped the nut and the shaft where the linkage attaches to. I thought now what. Do I need to buy a new shaft from Allison? That probably wouldn't be cheap. Then I thought maybe I can re thread it with a tap and die set so that's what I did and installed a new nut and it worked great. I did overfill the trans a little so tomorrow i'll pull the drain plug and let some out.

 

[Kloakndagr]

Well I got my tags from California DMV, tagged as a motorhome, so no class B. Even got insurance, thank you USAA. In the morning my 28 foot enclosed trailer gets delivered, then planning for a kitchen, living area and garage for the Harley. Truck is 90% finished, ordering airhead composting toilet in the morning. Lots of hard work.

 

[Another Ahab]

I thought now what. Do I need to buy a new shaft from Allison? That probably wouldn't be cheap. Then I thought maybe I can re thread it with a tap and die set so that's what I did and installed a new nut and it worked great. I did overfill the trans a little so tomorrow i'll pull the drain plug and let some out.

It's ALWAYS great when the fix is something cheap-and-easy instead of steep-and-complicated. It's nice to be lucky, ain't it!?

 

[RaggedyMan]

In the last several weeks since I bought the truck I've installed all spin on filters, changed all the fluids, greased fittings, replaced the air governor, some control switches & gauges, out with the quiet turbo, in with the whistler, added a snorkel and a bridge plate and put together a small filtering system for wmo.

This week I took the top off for the winter (I don't even know if that makes sense) and finished insulating the upper half of the cab (the bottom looks like it was done years ago). I used surplus sleeping mats and basically just cut them to shape and stuffed it in, we'll see how long it takes before I have to get the glue out.