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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Well... The rear axle bearing issue is not a problem unless you are carrying a heavy load on the truck. You can run either single inner or outer duals without a problem. I agree, standard 9:00-20s look pretty sucky as rear singles, with or without a rear hub flip. However...

I have one of the 1 piece vinyl covers with the fiberglass uprights, standard corners and wood bows. I have about 60" of clearance in the center of the bow, my cover just overlaps the square tube section of the top of the bed by an inch or two. The high tops are nice, but where are you going you...

Actually, I'd try a local parts house, then George at VTCS, then Saturn, then Memphis, in that order. Your local parts shop may be a little more expensive than the mail order specialty houses, but usually quicker to get the parts and easier to exchange if there is a problem. But almost all...

NAPA is nice, have lots of parts, but prices are outrageous. If the part you want at NAPA isn't 150% of what you can buy it for locally, then it is 200 % of the local price. That being said, most bearings, cups and cones have a part number stamped or engraved on them. Look real close and you...

RE: Re: RE: WARNING - DOT 5.1 Brake Fluid I think I'll stick with DOT 5. I really don't Need DOT 3 or 4 or 5.1 introducing water into my brake system and further corroding my brake cylinders and master cylinder cylinder any more than they are already corrupted!

PWM, now that is really cool! Is that a hydraulic setup to crank your "A" frame back over the bed of your truck?

Yeh, ID gets a bit chilly in the wintertime. Don't know about mounting a crane in the front center of the bed though, seems like it would be in the way a lot of the time. Actually, it seems to me the rear side is a more versatile mounting location, but the 1000 lb capacity kind of sucks. I'd...

Rizzo - do you EVER drive in less that 30" of mud or very soft soil?

Ryan - I don't have a problem with the boiling points, but I do have a problem with DOT 5.1 apparently being hygroscopic. Considering the M35 is a 57 year old design, and has been out of production for 20+ years, I don't see any advantage to introducing brake fluid which will absorb water into a...

I stopped by the local auto parts store today (the same one who actually has Deuce wheel bearings in stock!) to pick up a can of DOT 5 brake fluid to top off my master cylinder. No problem, he trotted out a can of brake fluid labeled DOT 5.1. What a deal, I thought at first. They must have...

Jon - Those pre-lubers are nice but pretty pricey for my taste, although cheaper than a new engine I suppose. Saturn has a universal 24V fuel pump for $36.50 which could probably be adapted to use a a pre-luber. I've noticed that there is an unused boss, identical to the oil dipstick boss, just...

Ryan - I thought I had recalled reading somewhere that the inner and outer cones were identical in diameter and width, the only difference being the bore size. That is what I stated in my original post and ended up getting blown out of the water. The 3290 cup fits both the 392 cone and the 3994...

Looks kind of cool, but then you'd need a garage with 14' sidewalls and 12' high doors to park it in. 12' sidewalls and 10' doors will fit most all other standard "M" series equipment, even a M816 wrecker.

Try this: http://www.generaljims.com/shop/product.cfm?p=14

Jason - nice thought, I'd also like more access to the left side of my engine. The big problem I see is that with the heat exchanger under the glove box, you'd have the hot air blowing in the wrong direction through the distribution box. In the original setup, hot air enters the distribution box...

I agree with the pinched wire in the steering column thought. Same thing happened when my OCS unit was traveling from Camp Curtis Guild to Boston to march in the Patriot's Day Parade (a legal holiday in MA). About halfway there, the lead Deuce developed a short in the horn wire. For the next 20...

OK, I admit it, I was wrong in my earlier post in this thread about wheel bearing sizes. The inner and outer wheel bearings are the same outside diameter, but the inner bearing is thicker than the outer bearing and has a larger bore diameter to fit over the step in the spindle. Interestingly...

I installed a Car Chemistry collector insert in my top stack. These things are designed to be placed in the collector pipes of dragsters to reduce the exhaust noise level. I found it reduced my exhaust level to about 90 Dba at WOT going uphill at 55 mph true ground speed (and that with a "C"...

I hate dry starts. 12-15 seconds with no oil pressure to the engine bearings or turbo does not sound good, although after 57 years of experience, it doesn't seem like much of a problem, but Uncle Sam has a lot more spare engines than I do. An anti drain back valve on the filters would be nice...

RE: Updated Photos of the little crane that could Well, my crane is on its way and according to Fedex should be delivered tomorrow. The phone order price was $69.99, plus $8.99 shipping from Ventura CA to NW Michigan! I figure the extra $28.99 was a wash, as my "local" Harbor Freight store is a...