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Welcome to the site, the hobby, friendships and events (or in your case "adventures") to come. Post up some pictures of your vehicle, and any ongoing work you plan on carrying out.

Your need to strip and check everything that might have water and dirt ingress!..most folk "play" without realizing the the effort that should be put in after deep water ventures.

Still resting?..But did not like the looks without the mud flaps (the other owner removed). So I altered these from a 5 ton and fitted them. (humph! Just noticed that tow pintel needs a locking pin in tomorrow). Going for the Paint tomorrow. My friends deuce brake pedal just went down to the...

(most of and all mine) deuce engine ldt 465 will run happily without that pump squirreling away all the time busily wearing itself out. The 5 ton lds 465 will not generally start or run any length of time. (None of mine will.) I am now starting to feel happy about getting this truck back.

Indeed yes, and that was why I had to replace the in tank pump and the tank itself. Unbelievable filth everywhere.

That vehicle deserves a good home, with some tlc you will soon be enjoying the hobby to the full. Good luck on the acquisition and the ongoing project.

between the lines..5 ton + deuce + jeep. Pulled over to check a warning light. Up comes the 'man' . "Why have you stopped here"? (hard shoulder). "I am checking a fault, should be good to go in 2 minutes". "Ok" says the man, "but get moving as soon as then ok, YOUR TWO MATES HAVE STOPPED CLOSE...

That instrument (and all the others) rely on a good a earthing point behind the dash panel. So check all the instrument ground circuits before doing anything else. Then the sender unit. It is actually MUCH better to replace (all the) electric gauges with capillary gauges. (as then) what you see...

Rest day!.

After our last enthusiast meeting here at the barns, And during the process of "sampling" various "cold teas"?...I ended up in the morning seemingly having traded the Mutt for a deuce I once owned many moons ago. The problems then began...big style..a composed list included, all wheels and...

Welcome to the site. Now C.A.D. a military model and upscale it to..the "real" thing. Are you going to be the first person to make a M4 HEMMT? by 3D printing..WE are watching this space!

The wheel picture shows the wheel studs graphite greased to enable EQUAL torque, And NON of this could be accomplished without the "apprentices"..Gems! seriously. Keeps the hobby / fleet up and running.

Well today proceeding with the complete service of my "bought back" truck..and after changing the fuel tank and pump the filters (fuel all) were an absolute disgrace/disaster..in all my years (Many!) I have NEVER seen such lack of maintenance and care!..took a whole day to clean things...

I put aqtf in all my trucks. they run good. Quietens them down, and definitely adds More power. as well as keeping all And everything clean. My (best) mix (ever) is con tam..diesel petrol with waste aqtf filtered down to 1 micron. Perfect.

So today and most of the night we worked to finish the tasks on this truck I bought back..here are pictures of the progress..Complete oil changes,,A pre lube engine oil pump fitted.. tomorrow the other front wheel bearing re pack and brake adjust..Weld the slipping wheel conversion wheel studs...

How in heck did did the lady and her car cause that amount of damage? That is seriously a MASSIVE impact to do that..And I for one one can not see how anyone walked from an impact like that..so.Her (the driver) of the car was not injured in the accident that TOTALED ? her vehicle?

That's why they are called goats! go anywhere anytime..guaranteed..ours does anyway.

Today we completed the brake adjustments all round. Then rewired the turn signal circuit. Rewired the ignition and starter circuit. (As the b...y thing STARTED UP without being asked to!( ..scary or what, So had to be rewired as we could not "trust" it obviously. Put a new in tank pump in the...

Well firstly, welcome to the site, hobby, friendships, and events to come. Once you have your chosen vehicle, you don't have to carry out project work right away, if you do not have the time After a hard days work, Imagine coming home and just grabbing a fizzy drink? then sitting down to relax...

Well today, I pulled my newly acquired deuce (I sold 12 years ago!) into our side of the barn, And as it has not been maintained properly I have to start out and go through the whole vehicle. As the wheels have not been off in 12 years the wheel nut conversion was slipping inside the drums, as...