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  1. 50shooter

    Oil in the air tank...bet that's not good.

    Happy Easter Spent some times with the iron today. ONe of my bleeders on the air resevior is leaking what appears to be oil. Don't know jack about the air system and hope some of you do and wouldn't mind sharing. What's the issue and what does it take to repair? Thanks Jason
  2. 50shooter

    Camo Pattern?

    Hey guys, been searching threads for the past two nights. Found lots of good info but my newest truck has a paint job that is close to but not exact to many of the pics in the associated posts. This ws purchased from the Army so I "assume" it is a standard addition paint scheme from one time...
  3. 50shooter

    Numb thumb !!

    Well I may not qualify for a Darwin award but I did pull a dumb numb thumb. We've all heard and learned and read not to have your fingers or hands inside the stearing wheel while driving non-power steer vehicles. I was about 10 feet in the timber (as in the rear duals hadn't even made it to...
  4. 50shooter

    Locked out of deuce

    I noticed one of my kids locked the door on the deuce. I went around to the other side and got in so no problem. Then it hit me, what if the other door was locked. How do you get in a hard top deuce w/both doors locked? Without using a PFH. I searched 6 different ways and couldn't find a...
  5. 50shooter

    Da form 2404 given at recovery

    I just recovered 3 deuces from Camp Dodge. In one of the packets given with the vehicles is a DA Form 2404 Equip. Inspec. and Maint. Worksheet. On this form they have listed 9 line items from seals (including part number and est man hours) to tires and fuel pump. Does anyone know if these...
  6. 50shooter

    Newbie EUC cleared in days

    Finally a bright spot. My auction closed 1/22/09, I had one revision for one word wrong and had a cleared EUC on 2/12/09. This was my first GL auction ever. I had lots of phone calls and never received one single EMail from GL other than when I needed the correction. My newb advise is call...
  7. 50shooter

    Iowa Triple Deuce Recovery

    Hi guys, I'm going to Camp Dodge on 2/20/09 for a recovery. Anyone need anything looked at? Anyone else going to be there picking up? My folks did some recon there last week and said there was a "bunch" of trucks on the lot. My auction only had 11 so more are hopefully going on the...
  8. 50shooter

    What's w/ the lights mounted here.

    Sorry if this is a dumb ? but why are the headlights mounted here? I don't know much about 109's but this is diff. then what I'm use to seeing. Thanks
  9. 50shooter

    Iowa recovery recon

    Hi guys Bless my folks for doing some recon for me today so I could save a vacation day for the actual recovery. Problem is they missed a few "minor" points such as; air shift or not, starts and runs or not, turbo or not. I do know that they have all there tires windshield wipers and...
  10. 50shooter

    EUC for private to private sale

    Do any of you guys who sell a MV to another private party down the road have them fill out an EUC or take any other applicable measures? I've got someone who wants to buy a deuce and I'm not sure if I can sell it to him like I would any other vehicle. Thanks Jason
  11. 50shooter

    53mph is now 40mph top speed

    Hi guys. Long story short. Truck ran on the way home from the pickup at 53mph. Truck quit a few days later...bad fuel , filters etc? Truck runs great now having cleaned the tank new fuel, new fuel filters (all 3). It does run great only slow as the top speed is now 40mph at 1,600 RPM...
  12. 50shooter

    New guy with Turbo question

    Hi guys. My truck is suppose to be a C model but it doesn't whistle. The previous owner took the stack off and routed the exhaust underneath near the fuel tank. Whould this eliminate the whistle? How can I check if they installed a D model turbo? Truck runs great so I assume the turbo...
  13. 50shooter

    Now you have fuel...now you don't

    My new 1977 M35 multi is sitting half in the yard and half on the street. It quit while going down the hwy and towed it this far. It sputtered and came to life a few times. I suspected fuel and it did look like very old crud. I drained the tank, clean it, cleaned all filter cans and changed...
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