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Mine is on the outside, just behind the driver's door. The latches are turned over so that they won't come undone when brushing against branches and the like. Seems to be an acceptable location, compare second image...

Maybe just an alignment problem? Look a bit weird, out of place on a vintage vehicle...come to think of it, even on a new MV...:-)

Nothing like taking something apart and putting it back together for gaining confidence in the system. I have been following Duncan's Tatra restoration project and he just finished doing this to his brake valve. The Tatra 813 system is closer to my 757 brake system, but with added safety...

Funny, I started a project like this about ten years ago and to this day the rear brakes are split on my deuce. Project wasn't completed, I was going to use two electric "brake locks" from a wrecker and "lock" one side or the other to help in taking turns in slick mud. Flipping the hubs and...

Use tire chains in mud and snow! Big difference...... Edit: Added image

Do you have a complete "kit", if not, what do you have to work with?

You keep mentioning how this truck was used near the ocean, have you seen any other (other than the relay valves) evidence of "internal" corrosion? The compressor must have sucked a lot of salt laden air in that environment. Is your parts truck free of this kind of corrosion? I'm looking at an...

If anybody could use an m756 pipeline tool box (goes across the bed from side to side), let me know....it isn't free and pick-up only... I can't make it fit without cutting it down some, so I'll let it go.

Figure a mpg reduction of about 10% with bio/veggi fuels, but the engine seems to love it and runs quieter. About long downhill runs, like from Reno to Sacramento, I used the exhaust brake and only needed to tap the service brakes from time to time to maintain speed. Emits an intense hissing...

Thanks for the reply! You got me thinking. :-) The 757 also uses 100% air (no hydraulics), so it offers a number of alternatives as you just described. It also has 3 air tanks with check valves for limited safety and the hand brake works on the driveline like you described for the 813... The...

The filter restriction gauge is calibrated in inches of water, about 20 for "full red".

Inches of water....

Question about your "3-circuit brake valve", does it provide protection to the remaining air system if one circuit fails? If that what is does, I think I could use one on my 8x8, where one broken air line will cause a complete brake malfunction (except for the trailer protection valve, which...

Duncan, I take it that the Wabco unit you installed is not an original Tatra part....what model # did you pick? Is it also a dryer or only a passive filter/oil/water/separator? Where in the air circuit did you place it?

Here is a comparison of some winch hardware, note that the hook and chain on the 5-ton truck winch (20,000#) is only rated 5 tons, which would be like using 3/8 in chain/hook on the deuce... Edit: The 10-ton snatch block in the image weighs 58 lb and has a sheave dia of about 8.5 inches.

Put 17,000 miles on my deuce during a 2-year period, including the 6,000 crossing the US and back. Ran on veggie oil and biodiesel for about 3,000 miles total during that time. Hauled the dolly to AR, the laundry trailer to NV (first image) and returned with the xm757 from OK (second image)...

Sounds like me, Chris, except twenty years ago, I'd be building a log home or putting together some oddball electronic device at all hours.....now I'm a fair weather man, only working on my MV toys when it's nice and warm out and they are parked just yards away from the front door.....of the...

According to many posts on the site, running on used motor oil seems to gain in popularity. You may want to be aware of all the additional chemicals included in the oil before doing so, even after filtering using a centrifuge. There may be some long term effects and certainly the pollution...

FYI, Mike (mangus580) should have the problem with this thread not showing up on the "main" page fixed before too long....easy to miss posts when they remain hidden.

Great attention to detail, Duncan and thanks for taking the time to post! You may want to consider adding the split corrugated plastic (Nylon?) cover for air lines that are exposed for added protection. Attached image shows some of my replacement fuel and air lines covered in that manner....at...