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It is summer, it is hot, we all like a cold beverage. If this is why you opened this thread, sorry! Get a cooler.
My adorable wife complained that getting in and out of the cab on the passenger side is not easy and she would like something to hold on to when the going gets a little rougher. I dismissed that, until I busted my heel and tried to get in on the passenger side. It is true - no steering wheel to grab and nothing to hold on to.
Thanks to m1010plowboy who donated a cab handle from an XM211/M135, I went to work. First, clean, sand and paint the handle bar.
The old deuces had a horizontal handle on the passenger side mounted to the dash. I wanted to do something similar.
First, the service data plate needs to be moved inwards by an inch or so. Very simple - remove self-tapping screws, mark and drill new holes, re-attach plate.
![Ottawa-20130806-00204.jpg Ottawa-20130806-00204.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/304/304857-b5be6708c835ee541fd29419a231933a.jpg)
Then mark and drill the holes for the handle bar.
Getting the lock nuts threaded onto the bolts from behind the dash is a bit @#^!%$ for a fellow with big hands, but do-able. I used some electrical tape to allow a ratcheting wrench to securely hold the nut. I used star washers under the bolt heads (as per the impressions that were on the handle before cleaning and repainting).
![Ottawa-20130806-00205.jpg Ottawa-20130806-00205.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/304/304858-34cc80b76cd782f2b99c9d063e822337.jpg)
Accessing the nut on the left (inner) side in the space above the instrument panel required locking pliers to hold a 1/2 inch socket with the nut inserted; with this contraption I barely made it into the recessed, tight space at the very top of the dash.
Here is the handle mounted:
![Ottawa-20130806-00207.jpg Ottawa-20130806-00207.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/304/304859-3797ca275704a15babcc0b614184d98f.jpg)
This is what the passenger side door opening looks like. Something solid for the passenger to grab on to.
![Ottawa-20130806-00209.jpg Ottawa-20130806-00209.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/304/304861-24954e9903a7dddd032b876378fe672d.jpg)
My adorable wife complained that getting in and out of the cab on the passenger side is not easy and she would like something to hold on to when the going gets a little rougher. I dismissed that, until I busted my heel and tried to get in on the passenger side. It is true - no steering wheel to grab and nothing to hold on to.
Thanks to m1010plowboy who donated a cab handle from an XM211/M135, I went to work. First, clean, sand and paint the handle bar.
The old deuces had a horizontal handle on the passenger side mounted to the dash. I wanted to do something similar.
First, the service data plate needs to be moved inwards by an inch or so. Very simple - remove self-tapping screws, mark and drill new holes, re-attach plate.
![Ottawa-20130806-00204.jpg Ottawa-20130806-00204.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/304/304857-b5be6708c835ee541fd29419a231933a.jpg)
Then mark and drill the holes for the handle bar.
Getting the lock nuts threaded onto the bolts from behind the dash is a bit @#^!%$ for a fellow with big hands, but do-able. I used some electrical tape to allow a ratcheting wrench to securely hold the nut. I used star washers under the bolt heads (as per the impressions that were on the handle before cleaning and repainting).
![Ottawa-20130806-00205.jpg Ottawa-20130806-00205.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/304/304858-34cc80b76cd782f2b99c9d063e822337.jpg)
Accessing the nut on the left (inner) side in the space above the instrument panel required locking pliers to hold a 1/2 inch socket with the nut inserted; with this contraption I barely made it into the recessed, tight space at the very top of the dash.
Here is the handle mounted:
![Ottawa-20130806-00207.jpg Ottawa-20130806-00207.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/304/304859-3797ca275704a15babcc0b614184d98f.jpg)
This is what the passenger side door opening looks like. Something solid for the passenger to grab on to.
![Ottawa-20130806-00209.jpg Ottawa-20130806-00209.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/304/304861-24954e9903a7dddd032b876378fe672d.jpg)
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