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Photos from last saturdays parade and one of the duce pulling out a tow truck . You cant see it but the front of the tow truck is on good ground . The rear is on shake sand and sunk like a rock .
Parade was in Standish Mi .
Did my research , found the schematic for the trailer plug on the deuce .
Made up a test light with a standard 24V tail light bulb . Turn on L blinker and when i tested it the flasher stopped flashing . Tail light stays on but it seemed to burn out the flasher .
Flasher is the electronic...
Im painting my duece with a color that is " late wwII " color . My question is this , being it is quite a bit lighter then the dark OD green did they still have the white star on the trucks when they switched to this lighter color at the end of wwII ?
Im painting it in sections . Sprayed the...
Im guessing the TM section is still MIA ?
Fine time to have brake issues eh :mrgreen:
Plan to put the truck in the shop tomorrow so prepare to answer dumb questions by Sat evening .
Buying my 1st deuce ( 71 jeep ) i have no idea how the brakes should feel . They stop the truck fine , pedal is up at the top . Fluid looks good and is full . Iv driven it quit a bit with no issue but how should they work ?
Today while playing in the snow in the yard they changed abroptly ...
Theres no way to know for sure what paint is on my deuce . ITs green . Under this green is desert tan , truck was in desert shield so im told . Asuming this info is correct the paint is not all that old . Now i question weather this would be a lead based paint or not . Its getting buffed down ...
Been batting around the idea of a winter trail ride . Given these facts is there interest in attending ?
1 Chains would be a problem , trails in the area are short , run a trail hit some pavement to the next trail . Dont want to put chains on and off all day .
2 Have not convinced a better...
Put the tarp on the back today , There is 1 rubber rope , the other side i used what i call parachute cord .
2 questions .
Where can i purchase that rubber rope ?
can some one post a photo of how the tarp should be secured ?
I have it tied down for the trip to Petoskey to help with the...
Started a new pole building , useing the deuce as portable scaffling . To get around the back side i either had to cut up some dang big trees or .............
Cant see to post a pic on this site but theres the links . Dont know what i need to do different then on any other site .
seeing if my photos will post
i can post a link , why dont this site see to let me post from my photo bucket ? No issue on any other site !!
normal this just shows a photo hmmmmm
I bought my deuce as a toy and as an ambassador for my company . Tonight it served its first job as ambassador . A major delvery company had a driver put gas in his diesel truck , we towed it in to there garage and the mechanic was just a whining about disposing of the mixed fuel .
Multifuel...
I did some reasherching here , see the aluminum pin is normal , i sheered mine today . The pull i was doing was not very hard . Im new on the board so i should state i have been in towing for 34 years so im pretty familure with winches .
1st iv never seen an aluminum sheer pin on any civi...