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Not much of a road trip.. about 4 miles from the house... here are a few pics from the Wings over Houston Airshow... the Military Museum of Texas was well represented... many of the WWII vehicles were from the 6Th Cavalry re-enactment group, who did a great job hosting the event and were also on...
My M1090 cover needs a new home... I have the 'correct' cover now and no longer need this one... has kept my Deuce bed dry through our Houston monsoons... you have to kinda scrunch the front together with a couple of bungees... Will ship for my cost or you can pick up in Houston... my little...
Well... drove the Deuce today without my earplugs... and think my transfer case MUST be going... sounds good up to about 35 mph in 5th gear... then a LOUD grinding / whining / screaming noise starts... sounds like from under the seat... push in the clutch ( at 40+ mph) ... same noise... put...
The shift lever on my transfer case vibrates and wobbles around something fierce at 35+ mph... if i put a slight upward or downward tension on it, it feels like holding onto a blender... pressure to the side seems to quiet it down... and just left loose it bounces up, down and around and makes a...
Just put new U joints on the deuce... and observed while taking the old ones apart that the greasing I had been doing was not getting to all the bearings... so while I had the new ones assembled in the driveshafts but still on the bench I gave them each a generous greasing... and saw that I only...
OK.. so my driveshafts are off for new u joints... and have made the following observations...
The input shaft to the front differential ( the one with the flanges) has some fore and aft free play... feels like alot but is probably 20 to 40 thousnadths... I can just see it move... the rears...
Does soemone have NAPA (or other commercial) numbers for the M35A2 drive shaft u-joints? ( I did search the forum... either get zero or a thousand hits... can't find 'em)
Thanks!
Anyone know of a source for a 24 volt fan to mount in the cab for the driver? Back b4 trucks had A/C they were standard equipment, but I have googled it every way I can think of and cannot find a source...
OK.. I know I need to pull a wheel bearing PM on the truck... am sure the former owner who had it for 2 years never did one... but til I have the time and place to do it... I am riding onward... so... after a 15 mile trip down the interstate at full ramming speed (50 mph) how warm should my rear...
My Deuce front tires start to wobble badly at about 45 mph... then it smoothes back out at about 50 mph... the steering wheel pulls from side to side and the whole front end of the truck shakes... I have about 4 inches play in the steering wheel from the steering box which I will adjust out...
Just back from my first visit to the Military Museum of Texas in Houston. http://www.texasmuseum.org/display.htm
What a cool place... and as a bonus, my tour guide was Ken from Steelsoldiers! The pictures don't do it justice... and if you have the MV disease (and if you are reading this you...
Got a virus warning when accessing this site today... Exploit-MS06-014 was what it was tagged... how do I tell the site admin??? Can't find a link to an admin e-mail...
This shows you how long it has been since I have done any serious wrenching... bought a rechargeable grease gun on e-bay... no instructions of course in the box... and it keeps 'air locking' or losing 'prime'... have to pull and release the plunger, pull the hose off and get the air out again...
OK.. so I have my new compressor, have TM9-2320-209-20-3-2, chapter 13, section 13-31 in hand and am trying to get the compressor off. TM says just use an 11/16" wrench to take off the 4 mounting bolts... but how in the heck do you get at them????? The pulley is in the way and there is no way to...
Who would be interested in a convoy to sugarland from wherever around houston 7/28 or 7/29??? Meet up as we go... the convoy gets bigger as we get closer... Destination Sugarland Town Center... Cannon Nijna's Satrbucks maybe or a good palce to eat nearby???
Coming from Clear Lake myself....
OK... I have probably fubar'ed this from the get go due to incompatible impedance's or some other Sparky magic... ... but here I am.. have bought a Telex DBM-1000 headset and a DAVID CLARK 40411g-14 HEADSET (they were cheap on e-bay) with the intent of setting up an in cab intercom or using...