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Real quick, I think I might have said 11" if you were going to install the shackle mounts like Gringeltaube is showing above. Also, if you do, you will need to trim the exposed threads near flush with the nuts to get a bow shackle to fit without jamming into them. I'm glad this is helping...

I am REEEEEELY going to have to think about that. #1 They are very time consuming and tedious to make this way #2 Liability........

Here are just a couple of the latest pictures I have of my work so far. The first picture is a 1/4" plate (all 3/4" dia. holes). This plate was for working out any possible bugs and a permanent pattern. The second picture is of a 1/2" plate being drilled for holes to clamp it to the milling...

When I was working on mine one of the parts diagrams in the TM showed a spacer in the fuel delivery valve area. If I remember right, mine didn't have one and I was confused as to what it was needed for. I put mine back together with what I had and she runs fine. I thought it was just a simple...

Thanks for sharing that info, Luckydog! That is very helpfull, I might just order those parts to have on hand. :beer:

I'm sorry to hear that after all the work, I hope everything works out for the best.

BINGO! Just cruised this thread and Sigo's link is exactly the concept that I had been brain-storming. I'd add gussetts to the tube (underneath) and add plating or channel under the bed to spread the load (esp. for when swiveling).

That looks very good, the numbers are right on (except for the larger wheel half ID - its 15.75). Full steam ahead!

G., Yes, 17.7812 was a typo, I was going for 17-9/16". BUT it is confirmed at 17.50". I just machined the plate and installed the locator pegs at 17.50" diameter.

I didn't realize they were hard to come across. Mine came from GL as a set of 8, two of the tires were junk though. Measuring stamped metal to make plans from is tricky. You can get a funky number then realize that it was supposed to be a round number that changed by stamping. The 20 stud...

(I'm not sure if I should start a new thread, so feel free to move this. FMTV wheel conversion to Deuce with 395's) My 395/ FMTV to Deuce wheel conversion is starting to finally get off the ground. This comes after a LOT of prep work. Slowly but surely progress will be made, so stay tuned...

I think that the crew cab idea is very appealing to a lot of people around here. Can't wait to see where this project goes. That is really awefull what happend to that guys dogs......wow...... One question about this project, how are folks dealing with the fuel tank? As you can see from the...

"Their solution to a poor running motor was to get it out and run it about 45 to 50 MPH for around 50 miles to "clean it out." Dang! Well, I must be babying mine since I'd be afraid of going 50 miles in one trip! Guess I need to be tougher on the old girl. Mine knocks also, like in one of...

"Depending on who installed the heater, it could be tied into the wrong passages on the motor, there's an old PS article concerning this. The top hose is plumped into the thermostat housing on the motor, not radiator side of the thermostat and the bottom plumbs into the water pump and you have...

Heath, I think you are looking for FMTV and/or LMTV wheels. (same diff.) - 20" dia. wheel - 24" OD - 12" or 11" wide - military or civilian (read some where that its the same only termed diff.) - 10 lug - 20 bolt studs (18 are long enough for bolting all three parts, 2 are short for CTIS...

Oh yea, sorry. I forgot that he wants to keep duals.

Thanks, Gringeltaube. I've PM'd the OP with my current status on this project. In a nut shell, I'm on plan B-1/2! Plan A was the $4000 machine shop quote for 6 plates and that was before cutting out the original centers. Plan B was a conversation with a local machinist to take over/finish...

Look for A3 combat wheels. I just saw an A3 the other day that had bolt together wheels running 14.00 tires. The wheels were stamped MPT, so this would suggest to me that one would be commited to the other side of the fence in referance to the rubber available for them. I think that the...

I wasn't aware that the Gov. was letting some of those vehicles go. Nice new toy, good luck!:drool::drool::drool: Occasionally in winter if my (two) deuce doesn't have enough juice I can get away with attaching a 12v battery charger to the 12v side and fire it up using the "jumper" option. If...

Those look like m34 wheels/rims, correct? I would also have to agree with the dry cracking concern..............