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Designed to run on diesel but not TODAY'S pump diesel--a different animal from when these engines were designed.
I'll go a step further and say, if you can't afford to replace an engine, I'm not sure a deuce is the right vehicle to have.
****ed if you do, ****ed if you don't, I'll take the...
Well, that was pretty easy!
36" threaded 1/2" steel pipe. Cap on the bottom to keep out of the sludge, drill hole about 3" off the bottom. Plumb the fuel pump to the other end and run hose to the filter. Wire up to 2 batteries (trolling motor batts sitting in boat nearby) and away we go!
Now...
OK, an update with my latest new thing to try: back when I needed a new fuel pump in the deuce I ended up buying two of them: an in-line 24V pump and also the correct in-tank pump. I installed the in-tank pump, of course, and although it's been on the Classifieds for more'n a month there doesn't...
Friend of a friend ended up with a towing hook through his chest like that. Careflight ensued. He made it as far as I know. Details are sketchy. But yes, stay the heck away.
Nah, the tires on the deuce are fine! Even the spare that was just hanging there sideways held air...I thought maybe it was because they were not "under load" but neither was my old spare.
(and yes, I think you're just pulling my chain, Gimpy...)
Last fall I bought a M200A1 trailer just to scavenge parts off it and scrap out the frame. The tires have been sitting in my garage since November. They were full when I drove it home (full enough to get here with no problems, for sure!).
Now they're all flat. What would have caused that...
p.s. Gimp I got your towbar of course. Would Haspin be too late to get it to you? Otherwise there's still Easter if you'll be around.
Gah! I meant to edit, not quote! No coffee yet...
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