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Thanks for the all good tips and tricks and your rapid reply it is highly appreciated !
Last night I gave it a shower in penetrating fluid as advised left it until next afternoon and gave it a try with the puller. The two legged puller had a tendency to bend off so I placed a jack stand under...
I am moving into unknown territory in taking a surviving (sort of) USMC Deuce A1, LDS-427-2 engine apart so it can be welded in the engine block (thrown rod). I am stuck in pulling the Crankshaft damper and pulley off. I have given my heavy duty two legged puller all I risk give it but still no...
Thanks a lot Guys - Your replyes has all been wery helpfull and are highly appreciated !
I will roll under the truck and take a good look on that Booster
Thanks again !
This has become a full size mystery to me so hope some of you Garage gurus out there know what could cause the problem...
I have been all around the bleeder screws including the booster for several times so the brakesystem should be absolutely free from airpockets. I have a hard pedal on and...
This drives me crazy - The horn on the Deuce dont work when operating the vehicle but after a standstill where some of the air has leaked out it works perfect again !?! I suspect its a defect in the air control valve... Anyone ???
Thanks for the reply guys. Yes they dont come easy here but still plenty in Europe though - Holland being where the major source is to be found. When inspecting the pressure plate I can´t find any markes that indicates the minimum thickness but have to admit that I havent dismantled it totaly...
Hi deuceomaniacs The deuces pressure plate/flywheel need to be resurfaced... Checking this forum and others and by searching in the TM´s havent brought me any further upon what the minimum limmits will be for the resurfacing in the machine shop... Anyone ??? Thanks !
This issue has undoubtly been on the forum before havent been able to find it though.
Does anyone out there know what has to be changed beside the obvious when instaling a LDS-465-1A Turbo Multifuel powerpack to an old M52 gasoline fitted tractor ?
Ex. can the fuel tanks be used or does it...
Yes you are rioght and I am workin on that... I am abroad right now so Ill have to get sombody to check it for me..I will come back on that.
Thax for the support so far !
I am restoring a CCKW-353 but it does not have any holes for mounting a pintle hook... The cross member simply doesn't contains the holes for mounting it or any indication that there han ever been one...
Why ?
Did some models come without... and does anybody know ?
Good point... Vietnamprobably got a few arround but they are surely in a terible state though historical interesting... i I havent seen any arround here i Thailand ...yet... and though I am sitting 30 m from the Mekong river close to Laos it as deuce less as can posible be. Rumours will that...
I have just begon a restorstion of a ex norway earley 352 which seems to be born blue as the last layer of paint is in airforce blue... Anybody out there who have any idea if this could an Army Air Force vehicle or if it might belongs to the Lend- Lease programe and therefore an ex RAF...
Thanx man...just what I needed... If u were living i Europe you would surely not be in any doubts with a gas price well over 2.50 $ ... well diesel is not much cheaper either but this is where the MF comes in ;)
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