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Is your truck running OK with the normal accessories (lights, etc.) operative? If so there might be a problem with the heater blower itself. If the problem only occurs when you are using the heater, I'd expect a problem in the blower motor. I haven't checked mine, but I'd suspect it only draws a...

In general I agree with you Kenny. However some of the big Duallys are rated to tow 13K to 15K. IF FreightTrain has a Dually with this much towing capacity, IF AND he has a light gooseneck or 5th wheel trailer, IF AND he can get some of the weight off the Deuce and into the bed of the Dually...

The general rule of thumb is to tow the lighter vehicle with the heavier, all other factors being equal. However, all factors are not equal here. As long as the Dually is rated for towing in the 13,000 -15,000 range, and your trailer has a GOOD set of brakes, I'd go with Jason's suggestion. You...

RE: Blake What you say is true Ryan, but when you need to connect something up and don't have the right Packard connector on hand, the bullet connectors make a good field expedient. Besides, many of the female boots on my deuce have cracked to the point I doubt they are still watertight anyhow!

RE: Head gaskets ABSOLUTELY plane the heads every time you change the head gaskets. With all the heat and pressure the heads are subjected to, they are going to move around a little bit. One or two thousandths will make or break your new gasket set, especially if you do not deck the block...

#1 thing for extreme cold weather starting is warm batteries. When batteries get cold they quickly lose cranking amperage and you can't spin the engine fast enough to create enough compression heat to fire the fuel. #2 is a good working flame heater or ether injection system. Use of 15W-40 motor...

The PINTLE towing load is given on your data plate, 6,000 lbs x-country, 10,000 lbs highway. If you are planning on installing and using a receiver hitch, the capacity is whatever the manufacturer rates the hitch at.

When you install your boot clamps, DO use a self locking nut. The TM says to bend the bolt after the nut is tightened (presumably to keep the nut from loosening). Don't do it, you may need to take it apart again. If your clamps have metric threads you may not be able to find metric self locking...

The Deuce axle seals, front and rear, are pretty much mongrels without any civillian counterpart. The axle bearings are available, as are most of the trans & Xfer case bearings and seals from civvy suppliers. See the X-reference chart at...

Bjorn built his bio-fuel plant for about $40, one millionth of the cost of the Alabama plant. Of course, he is limited to perhaps 15 gallons of fuel per week, but it works for him. He has one part-time unpaid employee, his neighbor Sharon, which helps keep production cost down,shown at the left...

RE: Blake Here is what I bought. I ended up with something like 8 male connectors, 8 female connectors, and 8 "Y" connectors for $14.99. Of course, I had to cut, strip, solder and heat shrink wrap the solder joints, but it worked well for me. The vendor is actually a subsidiary of Memphis...

Try www.Uship.com. They work kind of like Ebay, but in reverse. You list what you want moved from where to where and a time window. The various haulers bid each other down for your job. I needed two deuce engines in containers moved from Columbus OH to NW Michigan. First quote was for $1000, I...

My (stock, OEM) personnel heater is attached to the fender inner on the left hand side. If you look real close at my avatar, you can see the air inlet scoop just outboard of and slightly above the left hand headlight. Has anyone run across anything different?

If I'm reading correctly, it sounds like Rizzo flipped the wheels on the front, i.e. dish out instead of the stock dish in, presumably to gain more clearance for the drag link.

OK, got the picture. With the OEM deep water fording kits, how does the breather tube exit the engine compartment? Obviously it does not exit through the air inlet hole, is the side panel somehow modified to create a pass-through for the breather pipe? Is the installation of the deep water...

Rizzo - I'm not sure I read this thread correctly. Did you say you are running 15.5/80 R20 tires on stock 7" wide M35 rims? Or are you using M135 rims to move the tire sidewall out to give more clearance for the drag link? Did you have a b**ch of a time getting those 15.5/80 R20 tires on a 7"...

Bjorn - From your photo it appears you support the air inlet tube with hose clamps secured to the breather extension tube. What supports he breather tube and what is it affixed to?

Anyone have an idea on how to make a home made air intake snorkle at least? I suppose you could fab one up an acceptable one from a piece of pipe and a couple of elbows, but what to use for clamps. Or you could use flex tubing like someone on this site has, maybe cranetruck, but you'd still need...

IMPORTANT - NEW RULES BY DoD FOR SALES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY - COMMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY DEC 26th Sorry about not getting this out sooner. I received the email from GL(for once GL is looking out for US) at the end of this message Dec 22 and only got around to reading it closely tonight. The...

I wouldn't feel comfortable parking a Deuce on 4" of concrete. The last garage I built I had 6" of concrete over 6" of coarse crushed stone. Of course that increased the price of my slab by 50%, but I wanted a heavy duty floor which wasn't going to crack on me. As pointed out above, the...