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You need to get the manuals and then read em in bed and decide if you want to get your hands dirty... They are 40 year old vehicles and need a lot of TLC. Coveralls, gloves, a creeper and lots of fluids...
Yup, too bad Devens is closed as there were several nice dealers in MA and southern NH... You can go to Schotts in Lewiston ME.. or Plattsburgh NY Diesel or VTCSM37 in Vt. Lots of nice Deuces sold by Gov Liq from RI...etc
Ya, cuz a M54 normally would have a 6602 Continental Gasser... If so, I would suspect a stuck float and a over gassing situation and a couple of fouled spark plugs....
the cork is from the Wild Turkey Bottle... and after the bottle is MT you give the cork to John Tennis and he cuts wedges out of it...that is my experience... I only get to MT the bottle...
RE: Jumping
...nato style... two extra 12 volt batteries wired in series and a pair of regular jumper cables and a big Phillips screwdriver... You shove the big screwdriver into the nato adaptor in the front and put the positive cable on it and then put the negative clamp on a good ground on...
Nut, Steering Wheel, 5167785 Ordnance #, Studebaker 914537 and historically G509 (truck 4 ton Diamond T of WWII) and more modern 5310-00-995-1833 Ord 7748769 from the 20P 209 series of 1976...
Steel or Rubber? I would just match it up at a good Napa truck store... or go into your manuals, get the NSN or Ord Part # and convert it to CAGE part # by end use....
The entire list is available in multiple locations... not the least of which is the manuals for your truck. Portrayal press has a reprint ot the article from the original Army Motors. etc etc.
RE: Need Help IDing a Duce from Serial #
The chassis is the M44-A2 which is a standard Deuce chassis for use with specialized equipment...Multifuel etc.. So Ward LaFrance got the chassis and built the fire truck on it as part of a contract for the gummint.. The Chassis should have a number...
knock out the middle and use a 3 fingered puller on it... or if your labor is free.... soak it with penetrating oil and heat it a little in the wifey's oven... and soak it some more then take and put the housing in a vise and use a small pipe wrench to rotate it... then put it in the yellow...
RE: What Gauge Size for dash?
2 1/16 inch is the M-series size. You can take a two gauge panel, aftermarket type, and have a 12 Volt Voltmeter in the original hole and a mechanical oil pressure gauge and a mechanical Bourdon tube temp unit in the new panel...and clamp it to the steering...
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