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This was a fun little project I did today. I have a bunch of the air valves for the air hose that normally mounts on the firewall on the passengers side in the cab from several deuces I have parted out. I cleaned them up, replaced the springs, used lapping compound to reseat the valves and then used stainless steel washers and cotter-ins. I decided to mount one on the left front bumper and another on the right rear light mount near the emergency hose connection. I used 3/8" DOT poly hose to connect to the air tank. Now I can use my air tools from the front or rear of the deuce. Now I know a lot of guys have made-up an adapter that fits into the emergency connector, and I'm sure that is fine. But being a mechanic and having to use the shop truck I know "adapters" get lost and then your stuck trying to find someway to get that bolt loose without your impact gun.
This way all I need is the hose (which would be hard to lose ! ) and my air-gun and I'm golden ! I could have used some "modern" valves but the old military ones are made from real high quality brass not like this new junk made in China that you get at the Home Depot. Plus the old valves have mounting pads and right angles so they can be mounted out of the way and I already had them !