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I don't think I could ever back my deuce into a Walmart parking spot where I live o_O That's a nice truck! It looks like its owner really cares about it.

A non-turbo diesel has one less thing to break than a turbodiesel ;)

When I was a kid my dad was a freight train conductor and engineer for a short line. They had a few RS-11s they ran and they smoked like that! They were also turbocharged and very fuel efficient - there's a reason Fairbanks-Morse still builds the 251 diesel engines!

Get in it and pretend you're running an ALCO road switcher down the... road. Honk honk!! :driver: Ya know, with the turbo cleaning the smoke up, that makes it easier to visually conceal movement, right?

Maybe I should look into that next time I need to get under there. Even just lifting the panel up a bit to get under there and not disconnect everything would be great!

What is a battery equalizer, exactly? I just have a 12V Deltran Battery Tender hooked up to each of my batteries. Are the Battery Tenders the same thing as an equalizer?

I was wondering about this too. I need to brush up on my electrical stuff - thanks!

Where exactly are you poking with the meter probes? I had a problem like this on the remote terminals on my 2012 Chrysler 200. Turns out there was enough corrosion on the outer surface of the terminal nuts that no electricity was getting to my meter. A wire brush wouldn't get the stuff off...

I feel your pain. I had to get under the dashboard of my truck to remove the tunnel to replace the engine's magnetic speed sensor on the bell housing. I could've removed the seat to make it easier but that seemed to be more trouble than it was worth at the time. So I sucked it up and did the...

For the longest time a grade 5 bolt held the door shut on the back of my dad's halftrack. It didn't even have a nut on it! For the dropsides setup I second the pin/cotter pin setup. I like the copper pin idea! EDIT: I just realized that this isn't a truck with dropsides. Either way it's...

Congratulations with your purchase! I'm happy to see it worked out and you got home safely :) Be sure to put diesel-specific coolant in the truck - I had no idea there was a difference from the car stuff until I bought mine!

Heh, I had no idea that's what those were for. Neat!

So true! I make it a habit to turn the stop light on before I drive! Here's another thing to plan on: Tools to work on the truck. Jack stands, torque wrenches, sockets, etc. The nice thing is that the deuce, being the baby of the 6x6 cargo trucks, is that many of the tools needed for this...

Gosh I don't mean to scare ya! These trucks are definitely a learning experience if you're not used to them. Before I got my truck, I was somewhat used to it because I grew up with a dad who restored old military vehicles, so I was around when he did maintenance tasks with the trucks. Since...

Welcome to the forum! Everyone here has shared good advice. Here's some of mine: Keep in mind that the brakes are most likely single-circuit, so if you lose one wheel cylinder, you lose all of them, so be sure to leave yourself an out in case of brake failure. Check the insides of the rims...

Do you have any pictures of this on your HMMWV? I'd like to see how it looks.

Take that dump truck money and buy a halftrack - you'd be doing about the same thing but a little faster :p

I love how I posted this thread only two days ago and it's ballooned to three pages already :ROFLMAO: I really appreciate the feedback here! @MatthewWBailey I wish you the best with your personal solar project - that's some serious work there! I might pay someone to do it for me, although I...

Thanks for the responses so far everyone! @MatthewWBailey I appreciate your offer - I may send you a PM at some point :) The responses here reminded me of another idea I had. I want my next home to have a solar array with battery storage, and condition the place with cold-climate heat pumps...

My wife and I have talked about getting a back-up generator to provide single-phase power our house during a lengthy outage. Also, I want a generator to provide 208V 3-phase power for my ~1950 5-horsepower Federal Signal Model 5 air raid siren, and any other sirens that I might acquire (a...