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Tks Boss! I'm torn on next steps; there are some things I need to get done (hardtop - you might have noticed the duct tape on the soft top, heater, interior lighting, civvy wipers, etc) and then there are some things I want to get done (new hood, paint, pyro + turn the fuel up, new windshield...

Dave - tks mate. I will eventually go to 395's. However, part of what made the boss ok with this is the fact that we're ending up with 5 spare tires, so I told her I wouldn't be buying tires for a while. He actually became a 'him' as soon as I chose a name - Sherman :wink:

Ok, for anyone else using the search function (as I was when I ran into this) here was my issue: the 'box' housing fuel shutoff valve (engine stop valve) was leaking around the edges. I removed the box to find that the gasket underneath was some sort of metal fiber gasket, and the fiberous...

My bro took a couple of short vid's of the trip. Not terribly exciting, but it was fun. The best part was watching the souped up 4-wheel drive trucks with mud tires get stuck and spin out, and the deuce rolled right through.

After the bob-job I couldn't very well just drive it on the street; so I took it to the local OHV park and put him through a little bit of a workout.

So I finished bobbing my deuce finally. I did the classic M105 install, so not necessarily post-worthy but I thought folks would enjoy the before and after pic's. I used the trailer suspension, and installed the trailer shocks. I was surprised about the difference the shocks made in the...

I hauled my M105 from Herlong to Sac. I was surprised to see that it pulled exactly the same hauling the trailer as it did without it. Not quite on the same scale as yours, but the same principle ;-)

Ok, reviving an old thread: I took my M35 out today and it stalled out on me several times. It behaved as if starved for fuel. I found I could (barely) keep the engine running if I pulled out the hand throttle anytime I came to a light and kept the RPM's north of 1500. Over time the issue got...

Once you pick up the truck(s) from GL you can request an SF97 via their website. I think they are ~$60 ea. Mine took ~3wks to arrive by mail.

Congrat's DUG. I ran into this exact same issue on my M35 when I recovered it. The motor pool had tighted the lugs on insanely tight. I couldn't get them with the 3/4" impact, or the geared wrench and a few hundred pounds of friends. I ended up having to take it into a big truck tire place...

I found out - to my dismay - that CA requires a class B commercial license for any 3 axle vehicle over 6k lbs. Welcome to the Republik.

I bought my deuce and drove it for exactly one day before I parked it for the bob-job (been working on it since then.) In the one day of driving it I was shocked at the number of honks, waves, thumbs-ups, and slow-down-and-gawk driveby's I had. I got stopped several times in parking lots and...

A'ight, I was not able to get the answer I needed, so I drove out to my truck and picked up one of the old u-bolts. Turns out they are 3/4". With the helper spring and the lift block I need u-bolts built 16" long, with a 3.5" saddle size.

Does anyone have handy the u-bolt size they used on the rear of their bobber using 105 springs w/the helper springs? I had a slot free up in my day and can go get the bolts made during my lunch hour, but don't have any with me to measure the size against. I searched without luck. I just need...

I bought my deuce in UT, and drove it home to CA. Not sure if you're familiar with the Sierra Nevada's, but my duece pulled my 105A2 over the passes (10k ft+ and 7-8% grades) without even noticing it was there. I never dipped below 5th gear or 40mph the entire way. The truck pulled like a mule.

The closer you can get this to a bolt-in kit, the more interested I am ;-).

I bought mine via GL from HAFB w/o personally previewing it. I got lucky, it just needed one new wheel cylinder. Having done that, I would NEVER do it again for something as large as a truck. Since I knew the wheel cylinder was bad, and didn't know about anything else I had the truck towed...

Welcome from Sacramento. I went through this same dilemma, and ultimately purchased a deuce. It was definitely the right decision. I am not a big guy (5'9" and 160lbs) and the deuce is right at the edge of my ability to work on just from a size standpoint. EVERYTHING is 2x heavier than it...

While not deuce-specific, I find that I virtually always have some level of metal 'sludge' on my magnetized drain plugs in my vehicles. The sludge is a mixture of metal filings/shavings and oil. When I rebuilt the transfer case in my landcruiser I had a pretty good sized volume after the first...

Good call - I couldn't back up the M105 when I had it. It seemed like the M1102 had both a better carrying capacity (weight) and more volume ability than the M101, going strictly from memory. That makes it awfully tempting.