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If you want the whole shebang, you need to relocate the battery box to below the companion seat of your deuce. The battery compartment will house the engine coolant/oil pan heater. The modifications to the battery box are not visible from the outside, so you can improvise and do it yourself. I...

Congrats and welcome to the site, looking forward to discussing the "little things" about our machines. :-) Right off the bat, I can tell you that properly maintained, the steering will return to straight forward, when you release the steering wheel. I posted a bunch of info on this a couple of...

:-) You learn a lot when you can't get a new one. Been there, done that sort a thing...again and again. I suspect that even the parts truck would have questionable replacements.

With all the new members on board, has anybody run across this TB?

I'm with you Bruce, but don't want to get into an argument with the people who like their "bobbed" deuces. Guess original load carrying capacity etc, is not an issue here...

JB Weld did the job. The heavy silicone rubber gasket help waterproof the cab.

The 656 alone should be about 17,000 lb (a little extra for the bigger tires)...

Since a primer is hard to come by (industrial item, hard to ship etc), I have tested a few other adhesives and found JB Weld to stick very well to a small sample of the silicone rubber gasket. Used it on the engine hatch cover this morning and will post the result when it is cured...

Probably not a problem. When installing an exhaust brake butterfly valve, it should be about 20-30 inches down stream for back pressure considerations, a smaller dia exhaust shouldn't come close to that in interfering with the turbo.

Don't run the truck enough to notice anything yet. The system has a factory installed alcohol evaporator, so there is always a trace of moisture/alcohol in the air tanks since I have the jar filled to some extent at all times. The CTIS on your truck may be more sensitive to dirty air then...

October in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia...

This is the 1969 version of the separator (NSN 2530-859-7279). The treated air is used for pressurization of cab/engine components and brake drums.

For future reference, I was running mine in "LO" the other day and the air temp at the discharge end of the heater was 272°F on my digital thermometer. Neoprene ducting is rated 300 degrees, while the Silicone rubber duct is good for 600. Haven't measured the "HI" temp, but it's gonna be higher...

You don't need a special flasher. It should be "plug and play".....

Interesting reading Patrick, you should write a book on it. :-)

That's your crankcase breather tube...... nothing to do with the turbo.

Fun stuff Chris! Is that actually an air dryer or is it a water trap? I have a similar device in one of my air lines, but it's designed to trap water and has a drain. The ducting, visible in this same image comes from the fuel burning heater, I presume and I'm wondering about the temp rating. It...

Unless you actually "drive" your deuce, the thermostat will remain closed. It should be an 180°F unit. On the highway, without a load, the temp will range from 170 to 180 and drop as much as 40 degrees on a long downhill run. When I noticed this behavior, I installed a semi permanent plywood...

You can buy them new if you have deep pockets or make your own for a lot less. Here are a couple of options. I have the "inserts" on the deuce and the M105 and they work great. Replacing just the bulb is less satisfactory, since it limits the angle of view (at the time, a voltage dropping...

Having lost the head lights one time (CB overload at night with trailer) prompted me to wire them on a separate circuit with manual override to boot. The forward facing amber (parking) lights don't do much good when the headlights are turned on, so I added a marker light on the side along with a...