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Friend of mine is a professional mechanic, mostly cars but still knows a boat load more about all mechanics than I do. He got a medium truck at an auction, bought it for the engine to swap but it came with a Hydro-Max which he installed on his M61A2 (with air brakes). He suggested I do the...

Friend of mine got a hydro max system from a medium truck he won at auction and put it on his M61A2 (5 ton). He's the one that wants to put the same sort of system on my deuce. He struck gold with that medium truck - got at an auction for a grand, and it had probably $7k+ in parts including a...

So...it's been some time since this thread got an update. I see OP was last on at the end of 2024. If they should show up again, could you do an update? I've made so many modifications to my deuce and now, I'm looking at a hydromax system so put me down in the "grief" category. Few 2 or 3...

It has begun: I'm also changing the brakes from air over hydraulic to hydraulic over hydraulic, but that's another thread.

To add my 2 cents: The fabricator that worked on Hank's deuce (above) no longer does them. Also, they sold the drawings and the rights to someone else who may or may not in some undetermined time, in the future produce these. They're here on SS, but didn't have any sort of timeline when I...

This is gonna sound a little silly. I'm planning on using a steel frame that would be bolted to the bed of my M35A2. My plan is to not remove the bed, build the steel frame inside the bed, install honeycomb panels for the outer skin. I'll have approximately a 3 inch gap from the outside lip...

This thread got continued elsewhere, Fuel tank selector valve - multiple tanks | SteelSoldiers I changed configuration to a 4 tanks.

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I don't think so.

Still wrangling with the stair/door design. Trying to come up with something that can be opened/deployed from both inside and out. I don't know if this was always available, but the fold down/up stairs shown in post #19, while too short, now I've found you can buy the hinge for those stairs...

*blows the dust off the thread* RV doors, on the side, are usually on the passenger side because most countries drive on the right and this way you don't exit into traffic. Entry into my home will be so far up (5 feet), that it's only feasible with steps, also, there's another entry point from...

How it started: I have the plate that states mine is a 1097R1 but it appears to have had little modified. I still have a 6.2 engine. Officially it's a 2007, but I don't think of it that way. How it's going:

If you have the time/space best advice I can give is to take everything apart and put it back together again. Do it now, or do it over the lifetime of your ownership, but you'll end up doing it eventually. I've had my deuce for 8 years and have probably fixed/modified over 50 (this number...

Nope, no problems. This was an expensive and time consuming project. I don't recommend it unless you absolutely need to move away from military wheels/tires. I moved my heater inside the rails, it seemed too close. Front wheel.

Did someone say 24.5?