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By the way, I did end up changing the oil in the local wal mart parking lot before the 100 mile ride home. After thinking about it, a little iron in the oil probably makes sense for an engine that was built by the lowest bidder 40 years ago and sat most of its life in a motor pool. We're...

There was also some fine Yankee Farmall Ingenuity on display. This thing looks like it was some sort of tracked log skidder/buzz contraption:

There was also some other cool equipment to see, these public works/municipal guys sure seem to enjoy playing with neat stuff:

Home! I'm pleased to report we made it home tonight without any mechanical problems! Here's a few pics from the Skowhegan Fairgrounds. Ironically, Maine Waste Water "table" got really busy and I had to help out and completely missed the "rodeo" in the process! That's OK tho. The M109 was...

Made it up to "Skow Town" this afternoon without any road problems, first the good news: -The wife is loving the camping experience so far, this could have soooo gone the other way for me! -The M109 was a big hit with the campers in the RV park, and its a really nice RV park. There was also a...

Hey guys, the missus and I are bringing the M109 to the Skowhegan, ME area and it will be on the Fair Grounds on Thursday June 6th. This is the site of this year's Maine Highway Congress, a 1,000 person public works event that includes workshops, vendors, and equipment demos. It's also where...

With the Donaldson muffler I had the people at the Maine rally confused. They heard me coming down the road and thought maybe I had a "D", but as soon as I downshifted to turn into the parking lot the "C" turbo made its presence known. :)

First time I've looked this up, but the M1 Abrams engine is a multi-fuel: http://www.honeywell.com/sites/aero/Turboprops3_CDF1BA7AE-8A37-9A78-EC1A-E00A4B74F3E9_H52422376-8368-1EC3-AA6D-83165D399CBF.htm

The LDS-465 troubleshooting manual lists the correct opening pressure as 2800-2850 PSI. "Spray formation should be sharp with a rather solid pattern and the angles formed by the spray or sprays uniform."

I think he meant blinker fluid.

On mine.... Brake controller, 12v Step-down transformer, relay, and circuit breaker are under the dash on the driver's side. Dedicated lines from the batteries are run to the step down transformer. Relay for brake signal is activated off the air booster switch. I put a Y connector and fuse...

Here's the one I use with a brake controller: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004NIKVY0/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Just reading this now. For the record, I don't want anybody to feel bad there was no overnight last time, I'm actually quite proud of how well my truck held up during that 300 mile day. :) In any event, one idea I've had you may want to consider is timing a rally with a rifle shooting event...

I'm a little late to the party, but I think the trick to dropping down into third on the flats is to be rolling just under 25mph and 1500rpm. Watch the gauges and give it a brake if you need to. Since I've been practicing this that downshift has been going much smoother.

I think you're saying you sleeved a plastic line? I don't know how you could do this without compressing it and restricting the fuel flow. I suggest replacing that line with new DOT air line and new brass ferrules. I recently replaced all my plastic lines and ferrules and noticed a slight...

I think it's important to note the NAPA GL-1 is more viscous (thicker) then the Tractor Supply GL-1 (Ford Tractor Transmission fluid). The difference is about the same as 50w vs 40w. Read the labels and look at the oil viscosity charts and you'll see.

FYI, I've said this before, Tractor Supply SAE90 GL-1 has the same viscosity as 40W motor oil. (ISO Viscosity Grade : 150)...

The last odometer record on my deuce was from 1981 (Thank you Carnac for looking that up), and the odometer read just 30 miles more than that when I picked it up in 2009. Now I know from the tags the truck was rebuilt around 1985...does this mean I got a rebuilt truck that only traveled 30...

Good Year Wingfoot did a couple tire changes for me, they also completely sandblasted and powdercoated the rims for about $25 extra bucks. You can use their website to find a location. http://www.wingfootct.com/ FYI, I'm interested in buying 9.00x20s, I'm just averse to paying shipping. :cookoo:

With the NAPA 1060 filters I can get oil pressure just by spinning over the starter a couple times. Its kind of like a pre-lube system! I noticed this after I changed the plastic fuel lines this weekend, it was 35 degrees, I had mixed fuels in the tank, and it took several attempts to get the...