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It's a pain in the butt to disconnect.

same problem. I have one side of fiberglass troop seats. I might be willing to trade it for enough oak lumber with which to make a set (two) troop seats.

My temperature gauge was not working. So I replaced it with the one from my parts truck. I ran the truck for a few minutes and watched the needle slowly move up. Shut her down at 170. Problem solved. Out of curiosity, I took the "bad" gauge and switched my multimeter over to resistance...

Keith is the deuce whisperer. Listen to him.

This may be a dumb question... but why add a 12V alternator to a deuce? Is it for charging a single battery dedicated to cab accessories only? If so, where do you put the third battery?

GL doesn't "ask" you for anything. They have an automated form online that you fill out. Which they don't proofread. You can literally put just about anything you want on that form.

I'd also like to see a picture of the interior of his deuce showing how well his windows and windshield seal against the frame of the cab. Mine has some significant gaps that make me doubt the efficacy of an a/c unit...:cry:

That almost happened in our case. And yeah, the part time GL guy at Minot is indeed very part time. Apparently they count "business days" as days on which everyone but THEY do business.

Removing each hub, cleaning the hub out, repacking the bearings, replacing seals (if need be) and putting it all together takes about 2 hours per wheel for one person. Call it 15 minutes for refurbing a wheel cylinder. Even longer if you have to replace a brake drum or shoe. I guess it all...

Actually, I participated in it 24 times.

Personally, I kind of like them not knowing what it is they're looking at and signing.

Yep. Hm. You know, I do have one bearing that needs to be replaced eventually. This might be as good an excuse as any to give this thing a try.

I just wish we'd had your idea 2 weeks ago. I've got a food saver vacuum sealer and the open ended bags you can cut to size.

Heck, for that matter, you could take drdstny's strategy, but use it to quickly and easily repack old bearings, too. Just start off with a bigger bag then you need, load up the bag, suck and seal, cut the top off, remove the newly packed bearing, and go again. You won't waste hardly any grease...

Feel free not to buy from the secondary market then, cup cake.

WHOA. That's... beautiful, if it works. If you had a complete set of replacement bearings on hand, you could repack them all ahead of time with a minimum of fuss. Is it a problem to use new inner races with old outer races, tho?

What do you mean it should "be in the sell cost?" If I put 1,000 dollars worth of parts and labor into something, I'm going to pass that cost onto you, the customer. That's just all there is to it. I don't work for free. The purpose of this thread was for me to find out how many people...

Hrm. We should talk...

good gawd the military likes grease zerks. :roll::oops:

I think he just means buying a vacuum sealer like you would use for food and pre-lubing spare wheel bearings for quick replacement on long road trips. Seal one side, drop the bearing in the envelope, seal/suck the other side. I've got one that I use for meat, fish, etc... works great.