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Just a suggestion, but if you post your old camo trailer cover on our classified forums it may help offset the cost to buy a new one of the color you choose. Plus I imagine a number of people here would like to have a camo cover as they do eventually need replacing.
By the way, good photograph documentation, like the tagging you did when disconnecting and your work list on the cardboard tags you nailed up. all good work routines.
I hope you don't mind me asking this, but what is your project goal? total rebuild from frame up? fix the oil issue? partial restore? You seem to be looking for something in your tear down process. We might be able to help.
If no one else has mentioned it--that screw in looking thing is a slave cable port. 24 volts--so you can start your truck with someone else's or vice versa with the aid of a salve cable. older deuces have two prong plugs while new ones use a single prong plug.
I like the video! How about a walk around video or pics of your rig? It looks like a really nice driver. Did not seem too noisy and steers nice and straight.
Based on sketch 2 from Gringletaube's post it looks like a simple band around a drum with constant tension. I presume it is adjusted for a certain drag so that it can be freespooled. does it somehow tighten up under load in or load out? kind of like a sprague clutch or perhaps more like a...
I hope this is not hijacking--is the brake then just to put tension on the cable for spooling in and out. a light drag on the line so to speak or in case the cable breaks? anyone know that's reading?
Good pics Arno! And welcome again from Colorado. I did a hitch in the Army in Pirmasens. Beautiful country. Keep us posted as to your work progress. I was wondering if the folks at the "registration/license plate bureau" made it very difficult to get plates? It can be challenging here in...
Voted for you and would love to see a photo spread of what she looks like after all your hard work. From all the good angles, like one of them Paris France fashion shows!!