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The front end geometry is set up for bias ply tires. You will want to first measure (and, if needed, adjust) toe-in. Typically, with bias ply, toe in is set at 1/4 inch toe in. You will want to turn that to zero. Then road test and see whether manners improved. If it is better, but still bad...

I see you are in AK; we have some members from there and it would be cool if they could chime in regarding going prices and availability. What do you plan to do with the truck? If I wanted one as a trail rig, I would be more concerned about drivetrain and brake reliability; less concerned about...

That ought to settle the frame debate. It is a long wheelbase version frame from the factory. These came with water purification units and I think also workshop bodies on them. Yours with just a bed (and a crane) must be a speedster, compared to the same truck lugging around a 7000-something...

I would say that the sale price at a commercial repair/refurbishing business reflects their business model. On top of purchasing, transporting and storing, they have to pay for every second someone looks at, inspects or works on this truck, and all the parts - and make a profit at the end. That...

Apologies to all paint professionals, but I believe that you are overthinking this. I paint my truck with Behr and I realize that, when the truck was in service, it was painted with a mop. Anything I do is a vast improvement. I use a cheap small hvlp gun and a 5 gallon air compressor. I thin...

@Danspomer Clever move to leverage wifey's stuck car to solicit support for the Deruce! That's an expert, right there! :-) Poor little Crosstrek doesn't have X-mode (and probably smooth tires, too).

I think the concept for this truck is right (as evidenced by actual military use of the M36 frame with a short bed and crane). A knuckleboom is one of those things that you don't really know what you would need it for, until you get one. Then you won't be able to figure out how you could live...

@J-Rod as others have said, you need to drive a Deuce before you go any further. I like mine, but there is a big difference between driving one because you feel like it and driving one because you have to (because it is your tow vehicle). I get seat time in modern Internationals and Kenworths...

No...but a pic of that data plate might....does it say M35 or M36? The frame has the number stamped into it near the driver side front spring hanger. Does it match the number on the data plate in the cab? If not, the whole cab might have been swapped... Also, was the frame cut and lengthened...

The Palfinger PK5800 came on the cargo variant of the STEYR-based Heavy Logistics Vehicle, Wheeled (HLVW) of the Canadian Forces and these were assembled in Canada. Wajax (company famous for wildland fire pumps) also assembled the Palfinger cranes. I am not sure whether the PK5800 was used on...

@cbrTodd I think you are right. I re-looked at the pic of the truck on the trailer and the rearmost bed section does appear shortened. Ok, so the M36 chassis is back in the running as a possibility ;-)

When you get around to it, I'd be curious to see pics of how they joined the frames...welded/plated, one hopes. The frame ought to be boxed, too, where the knuckleboom is going to sit. The truck is a winch truck, so it does have a PTO, but does it have a rear facing one as well, to run a...

I'd say it's a frame stretched M35. Apparently, to accommodate both a full size 14ft bed and the knuckleboom. While I like it, I am wondering why they didn't stretch a 5 ton. The Deuce doesn't have the oomph or weight carrying capacity to really use the bigger bed. Maybe they had a particular...

I assume you adjusted the brakes after you replaced the wheel cylinders? There is not a whole lot of fluid in the system and brakes even mildly out of adjustment can extend piston travel in the wheel cylinders to the point of a low pedal.

Let me state the obvious: No Deuce I ever looked at, came with anything useful in the bed, let alone a fri**n knuckleboom crane! No, I am not jealous, it just looks that way. Honest. Your cargo bed is off a 5ton, not a Deuce. The front corners are the giveaway. Your wheel base is wayyyy longer...

@Gunfreak25 You are a repair machine!!

I'd start with the 4 screws that hold the gauge panel and provide the ground for all the gauges! My vote is corroded grounds. Also check out this post: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/deuce-will-not-start-after-several-years-of-sitting.193793/ Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

Looks spiffy, Dipstick! Can you come and locate a wheel lug nut for me? I dropped the spare tire down from the carrier onto my asphalt driveway. The two nuts jumped off the wheel where I had put them. I found one. The second one...AWOL. I raked, I swept. I stared at the ground like an...

TB 43-0002-87 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TECHNICAL BULLETIN BRAKE FLUID, SILICONE (BFS) CONVERSION PROCEDURES FOR TANK-AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT https://www.steelsoldiers.com/upload/M35/TB43-0002-87.pdf