Recent content by azpatriot

Well then, maybe I should just put my $$ and muscle into restoring my deuce and quit dreaming about the MK48. It's always cool though to be the first one in your neighborhood to get one though! My neighbors already think I'm crazy.

Yikes! I'm on the sidelines for the show then.

Well keeping my eye out Well I'm here working in Victorville, CA just down the road from Oceanside and Barstow. Already have a deuce and CUCV M1009 and looking to expand the empire. Will be curious to see what the MK48s go for this week.

If I were to get a MK48, I probably wouldn't want the hydraulic boom so I might be game for that trailer. Might be fun to operate though!

I see a few of these for sale periodically. Do you have to have a trailer being towed behind you for these vehicles to be stable at road speeds since the wheelbase is so short? Are they heavy on maintenance? And I would guess parts are much tougher to come by than for 2 1/2ton or 5ton vehicles...

Purchased this deuce out of Imperial Beach,CA four or five years ago. Has a fair amount of rusted through surface area above the doors on both sides of vehicle. I am guessing I'll have to cut out the rusted areas with an air cutter. Have read threads here about using Metal fillers but would the...

thank you all for your input. Got a busy weekend ahead.

It was overheating possibly because the upper neck had a sliver of a crack developing around the necks circumference so it needed brazing. But probably also from the innards being pretty clogged up also per the tech. For $100 I had it brazed, cored and re-painted. Going through all the hoses...

Pulled my radiator and had it cored. Tech said he cleaned it out but was more work than he thought. My 1985 had 7300mi on it. Before I put the radiator back in I'm thinking I need to clean out the block and heater core. Any suggestions for doing the best, most thorough job before re-assembling...

I've got the same exact issue 91W350. But my routine requires trying to start the beast three times before she fires up. If she starts the first crank she runs rough, then stalls and becomes a bear to start again. I think I've got an air leak in my fuel line and in addition I am dropping fuel...

I have the exact same problem w/o having changed the plugs or the relay. When I first took receipt of the vehicle it fired right up. I noticed a fuel leak, took the filter off for a look, re-assembled (yes I took the pink wire off the fuel injector to prime the filter while cranking) and have...

Hell, I'm moving from Mesa to Tucson next summer to work at DM so I don't see why not. Where'd you buy your filter setup and were there alot of mods required?

My filter is leaking too. It was replaced at 2700 miles and the vehicle now has 7500miles on it. Very hard starting unless warm from running and I live in Phx! Thought it was the overflow tube but appears to be the filter assy itself. Design must really suck for everyone to be having issues with it.

I'd prefer not to do that. I guess I'll go back and look at obtaining a true 24V unit.

I'm sure others are aware of it but the AC 60G glow plugs recommended by GM for the civilian engines will not connect to the stock wire socket. They are too wide. Should I go ahead and reduce the width on the glow plug tab and use them or go with another part?