Recent content by FL_Frank

"air launched missle trailer out of Jacksonville" - I was looking at those as well. Nice new trailer for my tractor for hauling tree parts around property - let us know how the EUC goes!

Would love to have a M76, but think shipping to FL would kill me. Will be keeping an eye in the classifieds - thanks!

Thank you Valence for this! Have mine from Saturn sitting here and will be installing later today. Thanks, Frank

I'll be there with my M35A2 - 2 adults, 3 kids. Day tripping out on Friday the 26th would be best for us. Will bring my towbar and lights in the event there's a recovery requirement. We'll have to drive 2 vehicles - is it known yet how parking and admission costs will be in that scenario? (not...

They certainly seemed to have gone up a bit in price. Not like I'm going to part with mine, but nice to know the $$$ I put into her could be somewhat recouped in time. With the work it does pulling down trees and hauling unfathomly heavy loads that would snap the F150 like a twig, it mostly pays...

Good time at the event today. Few pictures and videos: And Bo with his 5 ton, which was a very nice truck: http://youtu.be/hZRNZ0DbS_E http://youtu.be/RlI0mq9y-SA Missed taking pictures of all the trucks and jeeps in the show area - even had a tracked vehicle there too. -Frank

ok, thanks Ray. Getting ready to leave house - see you in a little while. -Frank

Anyone know if we can come/leave at any time, or do we need to be there before opening and hang until close? Assuming flexible times, will give me time to clean up the deuce a little and give it the usual preflight checks before driving it. =) Thanks, Frank

Nice close event for me - will have to get truck cleaned up a bit first.

Hi from Apopka! I think Ian (SS - lavarok) in Melbourne is selling his M109A3 if you are looking for a camper. -Frank

Maybe I was a bit aggressive and lucky, but I used an 8 point impact socket (square head on plug) and an impact gun. Came right out without an issue. Well worth the $10 for the socket...that I'll likely never use again (but have loaned out a few times). That said, I like Jake's method as well...

The wood block and wedge method worked well for me - albeit with my personal lack of physical mass, replacing all 6 of my torque rods was the most difficult maintenance item so far.

Good point - and don't forget to test one's emergency brake every so often - as well as your downshifting skills. Yet another good reason to not drive the deuce fast, but maybe I'm a bit overcautious.

Got mine from Pegasus as well - so easy to check the brake fluid before any drive. Bleeding brakes with a pressure bleeder is a trivial task now with the T connection under the reservoir.

I had this issue as well on my deuce - specifically that they articulated forward/rearward far too much for the tight clearances required by the 395s. Turned out it was my torque bars wearing - so fairly easy to fix relatively speaking. It does still move side to side a lot, but as mentioned...