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Wow! Lots of scary thoughts from reading this thread! No 5 ton truck has enough braking power to stop another "no brakes" 5 ton in anything resembling a panic stop. It's worse with lightly loaded trucks and no ABS. Troubleshoot the towed vehicles brakes before towing it at more than a motor...

Open the can and look at the engine carefully. If it was improperly stored or prepped, it could be junk. Also, remember that all the "bad" take outs were put back into cans.... Lance

I've never done on on a GI trailer but have done or been involved in several stationary and trailer BBQ pit builds. I'm currently looking for a 3/4 ton chassis to make a MV show and rally pit. A lot of folks have made a lot of both kind of pits and both can make great product with little...

Yup! Turns tighter, less vibration etc. Probably gets better mileage, too. A big factor in fuel economy is the amount of energy wasted in flexing the sidewalls. Less sidewalls=less energy waste. That's one of the biggest attractions of super singles for over the road truckers. Lance I...

Use Walker #21470 or equivalent. I believe they are all straight trough air flow so there is no power loss. I just ordered the Walker one and will have it in a few days. I'll post back then. Lance

Congratulations and welcome to the herd. Lance

Actually, I was fibbing. they're really, really useless....errr...what would you take for them? Lance

I use a small plastic mortar mixing pan (about 2'6"x3'x8") under the engine or fuel tank to hold the bucket and contain any mess. The pans cost $12-15 at any home center. I use my hand for the last few turns of a drain plug. I was taught a trick many years ago of turning the the plug back in...

We've got trucks with both dual NDCCs and single XLs with flipped hubs here on the farm. The XLs are in a different league from the NDCCs. They go places into which I wouldn't try to go with NDCCs and do it without any drama. That said, duals give a wider stance and better side slope...

Welcome to the herd! I'm Lance and I'm an addict.....

If it's for sale and you don't want it, please PM me. I've got one and really want another. Thanks Lance

If it's in neutral, it won't matter. I'd have to look but I don't think the -10 manual specifies either way. I keep the chock on the floor if the cargo cover is on. The toolbox has tools, tie down ratchet straps and, sometimes, chains in it. There's almost never room for the chock in the...

Well Gee, in that case, I'll take 2 of the $50 jeeps in crates and one of the P 51Ds in the crate..... Mike, if you find the junk I'm looking for and are willing to haul it home, you could call me from Coleman's and I could pay them over the phone with a card to save you the hassle. Lance

Mike, I'm looking for a pair or two of the brackets used to tie down shelters in deuces. They slide up under the lip of the bed side and pop up into the stake pockets. Then you screw two eye bolts into them. Check the link below. Also, I'm looking for the braces that stiffen the bed side...

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Thanks, it's on the list of stuff to do before we repaint our dropside truck and get it out of the shop. Somewhere along with finishing up the new winch, air-shift transfer case, hardtop w/"luggage rack", fuel injector timing check, back up lights, muffler, radiator upgrade, XLs, bucket seats...

TM9-2320-209-34-2-1 shows the adjustment procedure but does not say anything about engine temp. Since it's part of a sequence after repairing the head, I'm guessing it's done cold. Any thoughts? Thanks Lance

Generally the DA2404 "TI for turn-in" you found is intended as justification for turning the vehicle in for disposal. Every type of vehicle has a maximum expenditure limit beyond which the vehicle is disposed off. For a current MRAP it was 95% of acquisition cost, the last I saw. For CUCVs...

Can you just swap the windshield frames to save some of the hassle? Then if you leave one truck with each type of wiper intact you should have a guide as to how the finish the swap. Lance

I'm not sure of the complete reasoning process but our motor pool gurus recommended disconnecting both positive cables from the batteries and using the 12 cables to charge each battery for a while. Then they put the cables back on and started it normally, without the jumpers attached. I don't...