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I wouldn't feel less of a man to ask help for this. Little nightmare in a box.

Went through the Appalachians with a 5 ton this winter in freezing and snowing weather. The heat went in the cabin when going uphill with the engine heating up, sometimes even kicking on the fan. It was a relief when it did lol. In my deuce the heater is anemic or nonworking. Found that when...

Interesting. Anyway one could replace the 5 ton torque rods with solid socket types?

“What have you done with THEIR 5 ton this week….” So, I am in a Guard unit of a branch that does not deal much in combat mode with trucks in general (hint) but my admin crew happens to be responsible/own for a FMTV in motor pool that has been neglected. Since they heard I had a truck they sent...

I would soak whatever new rubber you get with 303 protectant ( https://meanjoeclean.com/303-protectant-vs-meguiars-vs-armor-all/ ) to prevent disintegration of polymers long term. It works on belts and prevents cracking and dry rot. My question is if an FMTV dog bone system could replace it as...

No. That was when I was visting my family in indiana.

Gasoline is a thinner that will eat up seals or harden them too. I do not even put any in winter as some mix it in. In the M923 I put Kerosene with dieselfuel lube like Howes. This being said, when the engine is warm and restarted during a warmer day, the truck will make a puff of white smoke...

I started the deuce in gear after driving around the m923, forgot it was not automatic. Almost drove through my son in law's and daughter's house. That would have been a doozy, dad.

Interesting. I hear alcohol is about 120 octane. I once read in article (that I cannot find anymore) that 117 octane xylene or toluene was used to improve cetane in some additives, but I might have seen a mirage because that stuff is too dry. What you say makes sense about high octane being a...

I know. I often have those “former” new experts coming up to me and telling me how my truck runs. Drives me crazy sometimes.

Some guy at Walmart talking to me about my M35 and he be like “yeah I drove those trucks in the Army back in the days blabla….can use any fuel,just had to flip this switch if you ran on gas”. is there such a switch? Or is it a different engine?

warning I used C130 turbine synthetic oil in my truck and it almost hydrolocked it. Synthetic does not breakdown and burn as easily and the exhaust was a toxic mist.. It did increase power due to increased-compression as there was less space in cylinder, but meh.

Warning: I tired to use jet airplane synthetic oil and it does not burn, can hydro lock engine . But it did increase compression ratio in small quantity and increased power. Not recommended at allthough

It's a workout alright. Glad when I got done with mine. I still have a few bugs here and there. The other day I went mudding and the following day the tire was losing air. I could not find a leak and reinflated it hammering around and it is now holding air, lost only 2lbs in 48 hours. Not sure...

You might have to change again the filters since it might have cleaned parts of the tank and sent stuff to the filters. This is what a car mechanic told me about fuel system cleaners and boosters when my car was vapor locking in New Mexico at high altitude in summers. It works for a while and...

My pressure brake lights switch went out. I ordered what seemed to be the last OEM part to replace it on the internet for $30. Local truck shop has some for 12V systems for $8. A switch is a switch so I left the $8 one on to see how it works out, if not I will put the $30 if it cooks up or if...

I use a motorcycle rolling stand to do this job but it is difficult to keep things straight in and out. It would be interesting to design a part to straighten the hub to the brakes.

there's a scrap yard of deuces in Lake City, florida, with weeds like that all over them. I think it would be fun to take some time off to explore with a weed eater.

I would not 3d print this. too tedious. it seems simple enough to get a block and grind to dimensions with a mill.

That should not be too hard given all the 80% kits and 3D printing kids out there with CAD drawings already. There are some basic dimensions to keep so as to fit the internals and powering them. I have only a little experience with CAD, however I think the biggy in there is the mechanical...