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  1. Valley Rock

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    M931A2 I insured it thru Hagerty yesterday for $298. Never used them before, phone call was uncomplicated and fairly quick, although I don't believe they're actually insuring the truck I think they're the middleman, just like when Progressive uses Artisans insurance . Matters none to me . Also...
  2. Valley Rock

    Front end rebuild

    Having done much axle work over the years I can tell you this: Moog and TRW are both chinee junk at this point unless you just happen upon some old stock . Spicer parts are what you want, they make "lifetime U-joints" that I recommend, and the original spicer parts in the red/white boxes are...
  3. Valley Rock

    Brake light and turn signal drivers side out only.

    Sounds like you have a short on that side, so it is a supply problem if you asked the bulb . Which is dimmer the front or the rear ? Whichever is dimmer your short is on that end . You can also feel for some heat in the wire, whichever one is warmer is going to be where your problem is, if...
  4. Valley Rock

    Tire tube change questions

    If you have accomplished that and the lock ring is not mounted into your face, then you have done well grasshopper ! Beer thirty 🍺
  5. Valley Rock

    Tire tube change questions

    Like the one guy said take a medium Sledge and give that lock ring some love all the way around, it likes where it's been it may have been sitting on there for 50 years and stuck and does not like change Some PB Blaster or some other Lube in there wouldn't hurt either It's not an airplane it...
  6. Valley Rock

    Memorial Day/D-Day

    Nice and green there wherever you are, dig the Ranchero, what mill is in it ?
  7. Valley Rock

    Dead deuce

    On second thought give that thing a tug or a bump, let It crack off, drive it around and allow the old Generator will do its job . Easy peasy
  8. Valley Rock

    Dead deuce

    Load test your batteries to make sure that they have amperage, and if they test good then use your multimeter to find out where the juice stops .
  9. Valley Rock

    Vehicle tie down

    There's no end to how far you could go with this or how heavy duty you can make it, and while you're doing it you'll think of six or seven different ways to do it better/stronger/simpler and more neato It's an old Jeep it probably weighs all of a ton, so unless you're going to start doing this...
  10. Valley Rock

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Took the old truck on down to the local Dept. of Forestry and got it inspected, stickered and ready for another fire season . 1963 Studebaker M50 has been a water truck it's entire life, everybody loves it and so do I, getting paid to drive it and allow it to continue to do what it was born to...
  11. Valley Rock

    My M927 got me sad 😔😔😔

    Are you in low range ? It won't go into reverse if you're in low range ... It also won't go into reverse if it THINKS you're in low range, in other words if the lockout pieces that were junky when they were made but now have 17 coats of paint and rust on them are malfunctioning or stuck, it...
  12. Valley Rock

    Batteries Blew Up & Caused A Fire

    I can't even fathom in getting an insurance company involved in something like this when parts for these trucks are cheap and plentiful and they are easy to work on . For many years I have said that trickle chargers kill batteries I've seen it and they just do it even when they don't blow up...
  13. Valley Rock

    M35a2 PTO operation

    From what I can see it looks like you're showing your front drive line coming off the front of your T-case and heading to your front axle There is another style of PTO that is integrated into the transfer case that supplies power to the to the rear of the truck where the water pump sits on a...
  14. Valley Rock

    OK Oklahoma Insurance -- State Farm Fail -- Hagerty for the Win

    Started having trouble with State Farm about the same time the other Jake took over, I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but either way they were doing less for me and charging more and they wouldn't insure my Deuce water truck for any reason in the world . So after a bit I dumped them and went...
  15. Valley Rock

    Cost of rear main seal replacement on an 8.3?

    Right, so here is what I'm trying to say, according to that dipstick, which "probably" is the right dipstick for the truck, you're at the full mark . Let some oil out to the add Mark and see if it makes any difference, I have seen the wrong dipstick in engines before and I have seen engines...
  16. Valley Rock

    M923A2 Front Grill Dimensions

    20" x 39.75" That's the measurement of the expanded metal mesh that covers the front, if you need more than that or clear out to the headlights or whatever just holler I've got one sitting here (obviously) This truck is an M931A2 but I spect its the same if
  17. Valley Rock

    Cost of rear main seal replacement on an 8.3?

    Have you had the truck a long time and this is something that's recently developed ? Drain your oil down to the add mark on the dipstick (it won't hurt anything they have plenty of oil) and see if it makes any difference Have no idea how much a shop would charge you to change a rear main seal...
  18. Valley Rock

    Twin Turbo V12 M998

    Is there a pic of the removed gutless wonder in the scrap bin where they should have been placed the day they left the factory ?
  19. Valley Rock

    anyone source for Super Swamper TSL - BIAS 38.5x16/16.5LT

    4wheelparts Summit and eghey would be the 1st places I would check, I do believe also that Interco sells Direct
  20. Valley Rock

    M1089A1P2 5 Ton Wrecker

    Sir, are you sure you are on the right webpage ?? 😳 😄😄
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