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I've been driving large trucks for a long time, 6 days a week for 10+ years, and have never pushed the clutch in when starting. My newest kenworth has over 200K miles without a single problem. My brother owns 6 semi's, and 2 medium duties, he said has never pushed the clutch in when starting...

Tom, I never tried cranking it with the clutch depressed. I am going to be able to go out there tomorrow evening to work on it and hopefully get it narrowed down. I hope that you are right. My friend looked at it tonight by himself. He said that there was nothing obvious on any of the belts...

I definitely agree with you. But, the race engines I'm talking about though were 10:1 compression and over 30 pounds of boost. So over 30:1 compression. Also running at 8000-9000 RPM. Engines can do some pretty crazy things and stay running. I had one that came out of a running/racing car...

The engine didn't actually quit running, what I am calling lock up, until I was almost stopped with the engine idling. I haven't looked at much of anything honestly. By the time we got the truck back home, I was running on 4 hours of sleep in 72 hours. I had been up for 2 days straight. It...

Man! You guys are on it. Thanks again for all the advice and suggestions. I know that all of our speculation is just that until I actually work on it, but I like knowing where to start and having a list of things to check. Oddshot, you are right, she is a very observant. She has spent the...

I'm home at lunch and the fiance were talking about the situation. Just didn't mention to me that there were sparks coming from under the truck while all the smoke was happening. She said that that right before I pulled over it looked like fireworks under the truck. So....that tells me that...

Thanks again for all the responses. G-Force, I'm going to drain the oil, and check out the engine after I rule out accessories, and trans/clutch failure. Warranty wise....well we all know that there is no warranty with something used, especially like this. But, the guy that I was in contact...

Ya, very good thought. Stick with the basics first. All of the replies are viable. There was a very large amount of smoke. I just asked my fiance that was directly behind the deuce in my pickup. She said it smelled like burnt rubber like a burnout. I'll take the belts off, see if the...

You could be right. There is no EGT in the truck. I didn't even think to ask about it being "turned up". Stupid on my part. The guys didn't seem like the type to want that, but you never know. They took them to parades and such. It did have plenty of power though. I was thinking about how...

OK, will do.

I can try that, but the starter obviously has a lot of torque and it won't turn over the engine. I had the trans in neutral when the actual parts breakage and lock up occurred. If the clutch assembly let go, it could have broke and wedged up in the bell right??? Honestly, if it is the...

I'm reading through other threads, and now realize that there is an inspection cover on the bell (like most vehicles) I completely over looked this today some how. All of the noise and rattling sure didn't seem like the engine, but it could very well be. There are no new inspection holes in...

I started a new thread in the deuce section: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/65915-engine-shut-off-locked-up-will-not-crank.html I thought that I was pretty well informed about these vehicles. I know that they are not bulletproof, but I was lead to believe that they aren't overly...

Hey guys. Well I went to pick up my first Deuce yesterday. It started out great, but about 2 hours into the trip the truck quit running. Well, it's a pretty long story. My fiance and I got there in my pickup at 4PM. Right when we pulled in we could tell how nice the truck was. It looked...

Well, I got back to KC about 3 hours ago. What was supposed to be a 9-10 hour trip turned out to be a 27 hour ordeal. It's a very long story but.... The truck is in very good condition. It started instantly, good oil pressure, drove great, shifted great, really good power etc... Truck had a...

Thanks guys. Well my friend that was supposed to be going with me is a no show. I've been waiting for an extra hour, so I am leaving without him. My fiance will drive my dodge back. If I have any problems, I've got a semi with a flatbed in KC on standby. I'm looking forward to starting this...

Ya I know it seems that way, but not when you read the other newbie posts in the deuce section. I took care of all of the upcoming questions in 1 single post. Thanks to the other guys. We are getting ready to leave right now.

Hello everyone. I am obviously new here. I just joined a few days ago, but was lurking a while before then. I have spent close to 40 hours on here at night reading everything that I can. Anyway, I am going to pick up my first MV tomorrow. Like so many of the other new guys, it is a M35A2...