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  1. Avn-Tech

    New Member in Bakersfield, CA!

    Welcome Brubber, i am am in California City, about 45 min away. We have lots of off-road land available here for you to play with any toys you have. do you have any ex-military toys yet? laterrrrrrr avn-Tech
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    California members

    I live in Lancaster, but keep my toys in California City. all are welcome to come visit me in the desert, I have 4 aircraft hangers and 7 acres of land. also have water and showers available (main airport). i can get an additional 65 acres if needed for a gathering. then there is another...
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    Long term WVO users?

    Badfish740, why not use waste motor oil? it only needs to be filtered, then run (less work). one of the other members here used to run the oil I filtered straight into his Duce. i plan on mixing mine 70 motor oil, 30 junk fuel. currently my truck still has the tank of diesel that came with it...
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    Identify This Firetruck!

    fireman 5230, Is that you infront of the O-11A? I have an O-11B that I am restoring. I have seen one other O-11B and heard of a second one. But these are the only O-11B's I have been able to locate. I know there are O-11A's at: 1. USAF Museum, Wright Patterson AFB 2. Edwards AFB Museum 3...
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    New Member in Los Angeles

    PBRO, I am leaving in a few minutes for Sacramento, to pick up two ejection seats (F-4 & B-52). These will be added to the F-14 seat I already have. If things work out, I will be getting a complete F-4 & Mirage cockpits to add to my collection. The mity mite runs good and belongs to a friend...
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    New Member in Los Angeles

    Pbro, We have probably crossed paths, at california city airport. I own the east 7 1/2 acres of the airport. (Also three hangers at main airport) I store my Deuce, and other military equipment at California City Airport. I also have several aircraft stored there including my newest project...
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    Wolverine Tech. Centrifuge review

    Filtering WMO Group, I have a Dieselcraft OC-50 centrifical filtering setup and it has worked great. So far I have filtered about 300-500 gallons of waste oil. My friends have been running it straight in their duces (my deuce still has the fuel it came with, but this year I will have to...
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    anyone make the movies?

    Last Sunday, I used my M35A2C in a Josh Abbott music video. Hopefully the video will be on CMT around April/May. As for getting your vehicle in productions (film/video), they are always looking for vehicles to use in productions. It all biols down to knowing someone, or offering your vehicle...
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    Mep 005a

    AndyIndy, You should try: Generators & Motors General Discussion - SmokStak That is a form dedicated to generators. Also you can email me, and I will email you the manuals you need. Laterrrrr Avn-Tech fish@aviation-tech.com
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    Suburban conversion to HMMWV

    Surban HUMVEE Riptideranch, I have a set of Tremor plans & a chevy truck to convert. Of course that is after I work on my real H-1 HUMVEE, 2 ea CJ-2's, Duece, 13 aircraft projects, Flight simulator projects and rebuild 3 more aircraft hangers. Then today the wind took daown a couple of...
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    COBRA? cyclic control grip?

    Sir, I looked in my cobra parts manual and the part number is not there. Then I looked in the AH-64 flight manual, and they have a similiar one. I did not check the OH-58, UH-1 and UH-60 IPB's or Flight manuals. But I can if you need me to. Laterrrrrrr Avn-Tech
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    Daily Driver Project

    Sir, The biggest problem I see, is turning and parking. Since you have an F350, you have a small idea of the problem. But with the deuce multiply by two. I will be driving my Chevy 3500 to Los Angeles later today, and will most likly have problems around town with it. Now if you live in a...
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    How much motor oil can I burn as fuel?

    Guys, While I have not personally run motor oil through my engine (still on the tank of fuel in the truck when purchased), I have several friends that have run motor I have filtered. The run the motor oil straight (no cutting). My personal sugestion, is to run a mix (50/50- 75/25). There are...
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    Deuce Drop sides

    Group, My understanding is the Air Force first addopted the drop side, and did not need the winch. The Air Force seldom does cross country trecks on a normal bassis (like we did when I was in the Army). On the later M35A3, I see most have drop sides after the rebuild. Now all I need is the...
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    Pickup & shipping from Stillwater OK

    Warthog, Thanks for the reply, but I think I finally got it figured out with UPS. What a pain, UPS required a label, and the city would not address the package. They finally agreed to put a label on the package if I faxed it to them. They should be on their way today. Thanks Avn-Tech
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    Pickup & shipping from Stillwater OK

    Group, I purchased 20 ea, gas mask carrier from the city of Stillwater, OK on Ebay. They require a local pickup, so I am looking for someone to pick them up and mail to me. Thank You Avn-Tech John Fischer Cell (818) 257-0911
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    surplus helicopters?

    Ben Diesel, A 1/2 scale CH-47 would be a CH-46! Here is photos of a friends CH-34 projects (4 ea), he has over 30 aircraft total. LAterrrrrrr Avn-Tech
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    insulating a 55 gallon drum ??

    Group, I have a drum with an electric water heater element installed for heating the oil, but never use it. I just pump it into the centrifical filter & run for sevear hours, then pump it into my storage tank until I need it. So far I have not gone through the first tank of fuel in my Deuce...
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    Need help with MEP 701A!!

    gunwriter, Sorry, just looked at the smokestak page and saw your post there. I would try two 12V batteries in series and see if that cures your problem. LAterrrrrr Avn-Tech
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    Need help with MEP 701A!!

    gunwriter, As a military generator mech, I should be able to work through your problem. But right now I do not have time. Please post on: Military MEP and Aircraft Gen-Sets - SmokStak This is a form for generator collectors and mechanics (steel soldiers for generators). Good Luck Avn-Tech
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