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re-iterating... driver training is cheaper than conversion... even in religion...manual transmission should be a 12 hour block of instruction in Fireman 101... I started on a Model TT Ford with a separate all brass Guptil piston pump and 1 1/8 cotton brush fire hose, and graduated to a 1935...

ya all want some Cabot cheeze to go with the whine... Email the administrators with your concerns and you will get action... ACE

You have an air operated sprag. The switch is on top of the transmission and works when you shift from first to reverse and so forth... When you have air built up and shift the main tranny from first to reverse and back you should hear a ssssss clunk... that is the sprag being shifted from...

The diff tags were usualy dated about a month before the truck was assembled....ACE

Driver training would be cheaper....heck you only need the clutch for first and reverse in a 5 ton anyway....ACE

White smoke when cranking a diesel is a sign of excess fuel.... when running it will show black for fuel, If it is antifreeze or water it comes out as steam running and that of course looks like fog.... ACE

The valves on your axles and xfer are positive release only... there is a spring loaded disc in them that keeps water out...they are not pressurized for fording... ACE

I have a set of new ones... $30, but under 54 inches of snow in a container and it is 24 degrees below zero here today, so cannot ship for weeks... til after mud season... before black fly season...last frost here usually June 8. ACE

Put you right in CDL Territory... I sold a M800 series cargo to a quarry and they carry 40000lb blocks of stone on it in off road low range short haul.... grosses at 65000....ACE

RE: New gauges, Packard crimpers, chassis paint prep I have a new tach... original surplus for $45 plus Post from 05839 ACE

Yup, the oil is supposed to stay in the pumpkin.. the inner axle seal is not a 5 minute job...check that vent... ACE

Blackout system.. the headlight and the 4 markers probably only draw a coupla amps.. so current should not be a problem... Lots of these units were flushed with salt water before sitting on the boat for a coupla weeks on the way home from u no where.. and in reality, the windshield seals ae...

Yup Kenny, a lot of folks don't realize that there are 25 mechanical adjustments for the juice brakes on the Deuce.. and #25 was your problem... good catch.. ACE

Running against the governor all day long will not hurt the puppy if all systems are lubed correctly and timed correctly with tire inflation right etc... A good test is high range 3 rd... should hold 31 MPH...as I remember from the data plate...when floored... The governor has a purpose and...

Ground....and don't forget on the later ones with composite lights... There are two grounds for each housing...aCE

The original system lasted 50 years... just put the cork in the keyway to keep the oil off the brakes....ACE

Israelis make repros too.. ACE

Emily at Landstar1-856 358 3061 Moves a lot of MV ACE

RE: plug the pin readout is in the manuals.. ACE

It is called competition...the thousands of small dealers who put out good money for surplus at DRMS for 50 years have basically been put out of business by the internet..They did the screening, buying, sorting for the end users. Now everyone is a "dealer" but some are not happy with having to...