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Yeah, he told me the cityis making him get rid of all his stuff, so he's cutting up a lot of the trucks and taking 30,000-40,000lbs to the scrapyard tomorrow! What a shame.

So, making extensions for the towbar legs looks like a pretty straightforward project. But let's talk a bit more about the top of the A, where the two legs come together. I want to make the A-frame extension foldable. I'm thinking about something that might look a longer version of the towbar...

Wow, so that crate weighs AT LEAST 1000lbs. 2000lbs isn't too bad, it's more the height 7 reach that makes it a bigger job than I could tackle with any of the engine hoists I've got access to. I'll check with the local rental yard, but I don't think they've got anything much bigger than what...

Whoa! Everyone else has been saying that it's right around 3000lbs (engine & crate). What does the engine by itself weigh?

I'm having a **** of a time finding anybody that's got a big enough hoist to make this swap (at least, that I'd be able to use - as opposed to paying someone else to do the swap for me). It's just that none of my friends are really geared-up for big projects like this. So I've been thinking...

Finally found a nice towbar. Found this old thread while I was searching for info about chain hoists. I'm trying to figure out how to swap an LDS into Mah Deuce and I'm wishing there was some way I could use an A-frame to do it, but that sounds a bit like operating on yourself.

I just talked to Brad and he's got a lot of the parts I'm looking for, but he doesn't have any extra hardtops. I'm just getting ready to paint Mah Deuce and I'd REALLY like to find a hardtop before I sandblast/paint because the custom cabover rack I made makes it much more difficult to...

What's in store for this truck when it's finished?

I've seen some other posts referring to those and I think the verdict is that they're probably OK for a bobbed deuce, but would probably not be adequate for a 'real' deuce.

Cool. Steve makes really nice stuff.

Whose kit is that?

How big is that overflow tank that you're using? I understand that there's no NEED to do any of this stuff, but I kinda like to geek-out on these projects.

I'm planning on using one of these as a remote reservoir for brake fluid, and that got me thinking about adding an expansion/recovery tank to the coolant system. I would like to use another reservoir from Canton, but I'm wondering how big of a reservoir I might need. I guess what I'm asking is...

What's up Ed? I've already racked up about 4000 miles on your old M109. Great truck. But I'm still not finished with this motorhome conversion, and I'm on work-mode until it's done. Are you going to be at the rally this year?

No, it's a 2000-mile trip for me, so I'm going to borrow my brother's Gnar-Ram. Next time I'll have Mah Deuce up that way it'll have an LDS in it and a bunch of new parts though. Can't wait to get it back on the road. It's been down for a while now, as I've been going through it and...

Cool. Looks like I just found a fuel tank...

Yeah, he's really hooking me up. Been a great guy to deal with. Speaking of that LDS, is there any chance we'd be able to transfer that engine/crate from a trailer into the back of my pickup truck? Joe's lift can only get it up about 2ft off the ground, and my truck bed is about 3.5ft. Just...

My transfer-case shifter was doing the same thing and the transfer-case bushings were just worn-out enough that there was a little bit of slop. So I put a washer under the bolt-heads and it tightened everything up.

I'm in the process of replacing my blown-up sprag case with an air-shift case, and now I'm wondering whether I should inspect the air-shift case before I install it. My sprag case held high-range just fine, so I've got the parts if I need to swap them over to the new case. What's the best way to...

Yes!