Recent content by tommys2patrick

welcome back. I am an old spanish lake guy. Of course the city has changed quite a bit since I lived there in the 60's.

I thought the factory had a midship winch mount system that offered tugging options to either end of the vehicle. I supposed if the vehicle has already been heavily modified that many not be an option now.

Odd, I always thought winch trucks had upper mounted headlights. also the LDS is typical on a early 5 ton. similar to the engine of the 2 1/2 ton. does the truck have the standard dashboard tags? if so it will have a build date shown. a lot of folks like winch trucks and its not hard to add...

sounds like you have a good one. congrats. sometimes the speedo's aren't accurate, say if they got changed, which was not that uncommon. recoring a radiator can get expensive, especially on such a large radiator. a good boil at a rad shop can tell a lot about its condition and what should be...

I presume you have done one on a deuce before. you know that some of the disassembly/ reassembly can require special tools and techniques. has anything else about how the engine/oil/cooling/fuel been something that you wanted to take care of. if its been a while since last time heads were off...

Thanks a lot. now I have this wood to deal with!

wow, looks like it would have made a heck of a noise. here's hoping it was just this and not the whole tranny. not seen that before. life can take some strange turns once in a while.

I have a 1925 dodge with a small external accessory drive shaft connected to an external distributor via a rag joint exactly like this. this little drive shaft also runs the water pump. Kind of a low tech solution but the rag joint does the job of a universal joint pretty well and can be...

not sure whats towing it but that single axle flatbed trailer is awesome. congrats on your find.. Looks like it has a few interesting differences from american M36a2

No suspension? the undercarriage looks similar to a couple I have. OK on the flat stuff but difficult on any hilly stuff. extremely stout construction. use mine for moving generators and hay etc. looks like the box will make it a great chicken tractor.

was that you just tugging it out of the weeds with a tow strap? Great to see someone still interested in a deuce. Best wishes on restore.

looks like something the forest service would have used to make fire roads. I presume the seabees/army /marines used them at one time or other. was it tagged as military before you restored it?

Do you know the seller well? a lot is depending on a third party assessment of what is wrong. does the road there have good shoulders? take a heat gun and stop every few miles and check it. plan on taking cool down stops. rig up a cheap harbor freight air tank, lines and fittings to bypass...

Awesome. was there not a sort of lowboy trailer that these used for aircraft recovery? regardless, great find and kudos on your plan and execution.

Hi, welcome from the front range. sorry I can't help decipher the codes. does she run ok?