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I would recommend the multi. It's pretty reliable and way cheaper to fix than the Cat. Most deuces have them and it's a pretty simple engine, so when somehing breaks it's not that hard to fix. I do like the M109A4s though. They're basically new from the early 90s and most I've seen have less...

I read on here that sometimes they just bypassed and removed them, so it's probably not even there.

Update with some progress. At least I'll have somewhere to stay when I get this done. You should be working at work[thumbzup]

You could maybe try re-torquing them, but if it's a sudden change it's probably more serious. The old style is more prone to failure. It's not too much of a job to replace them. The heads are HEAVY though.

My truck with the old style head gaskets does that too. I've read that it's normal. I've put over 1k miles on the truck like that and it's been fine so far. I just check my oil regularly for any signs of coolant and keep going.

If there's no leaks it has to be air in the system. This sounds similar to what my buddy's deuce was doing. It turned out to be tons and tons of air coming out of the front left wheel cylinder so it was in the line going from the front to the air pack. It would shoot out lots of air bubbles then...

Eastern Surplus has the master cylinder but it's very pricey. I really want to put the AF system on my 109 when I rebuild the brakes.

Made some more progress today. Pics in post 3.

The seats came out of GL in French Camp. I didn't replace the steel sub-floor, just put the plywood down and I'll tar the bottom to keep the water off. The floor didn't look that bad when I got it but I saw some patches underneath that were rusted with lots of flakes falling out so I decided...

Got air ride M939 seats from GL for the 109, these will be so sweet to ride on. Spent hours today and yesterday trying to stop the ****ing hard top from leaking before the seat install. Also got some engineered oak flooring for the back. I envy you guys that have a nice shop to pull your 109s in.

TM 9-2320-361-34 shows both the wear limit and how to check end play. Basically all you need to do is take the spindle off and remove the axle shaft, then get a pry bar, jack stand and dial indicator.

This is a better alternative to bobbing.

Check for end play also before you take the knuckle apart. There's a TM that shows the allowable amount.

Drove it 100 miles Friday with lots of dirt road driving and turning and still haven't heard it. I also replaced the bottom plate for the kingpin since it had worn it down. So, it was either my kingpin bushings, spindle bushings or bottom plate or a combination causing it on my particular truck...

My M109A3 came with no gauges. All the rest in the lot had none either so I'm guessing they just removed them all so they didn't have to check them, seems like a harder way of going about it but that's the way they did it.

Bought air ride seats for an M939 from GL. I don't think they were ever even used. I'm picking them up next Wednesday. I spent 5 hours in a my a2 today with the box seat and can't wait to get these in the 109.

The fuel gauge on my 109 actually doesn't lie. When it's full it's full and when it's empty it means empty(well empty enough to kill the engine). Guess I got lucky:grin: Of course the one in my A2 doesn't work though, it's on full all the time.

I think it's possible. I'm going to look into it and maybe do it for piece of mind.

Got a few more things done.

It's definitely a PITA it is to back a 105. Usually when I see the side of the trailer, it's already too late. I've seen one person attach a little metal flag on the side to see what the trailer is doing. My record is backing one about 75 yards in one try. Low range is already too fast...