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I'm not really a mechanic. But a board member here who was a deuce mechanic in the army showed me how to do it. It's not difficult or complicated. Just a time consuming pita. Especially if you don't have some tools that make it alot easier. Or if you've never done it before. There's...

I've done it by hand. I don't mind the mess but it's just so freaking time consuming. I've got three trucks, tho. And a friend of mine 30 miles down the road where I usually go to work on mine because he has air tools and a hard surface to work on has one too... in fact we both did our 12k...

Harbor freight and northern tool only have models capable of handling up to 3.5" OD bearings. I can't recall exactly with size the deuce wheel bearings are, but I know they're bigger than that.

how much is a "little" extra? I'm assuming by myself it would take ~2 hours per wheel. And I try not to get out of bed for less than $20 an hour. So, $300 reasonable? That would account for time and parts for everything.

I've got some other deuce and a halfs I'm going to try to sell this year. Being the greedy, capitalist running dog that I am, I'd like to get the most amount of money for them possible. So, would any of you pay extra for a deuce that you knew had just had a complete 12k mile service done on...

oh man. Do WANT!

Assuming everything else is fine... probably $700 to get it running. eta: er, if the fuel tank is missing, then I'm guessing so is the fuel pump. Make that another $100 or so.

cessnatwin, what color is the deuce in your avatar?

Yep, it is very possible to sell an EUC item overseas. Get permission first.

Yeah, we did a complete 12k service so we know the shoes look fine. Remember, keith is the "Deuce Whisperer." I'll just do the minor adjustment again today by adjusting the front one outwards until the wheel locks up, then backing it out a quarter turn. Then doing the same for the rear shoe.

Ok, cool. It must have just been one of the top ones then that was dragging slightly as it didn't take much turning in one direction to lock the wheel up. eta: Yeah, I didn't even realize there were two sets of adjusters. dur hur deep durr...

Trying to adjust one of my front brake shoes today (passenger side) and I could not for the life of me figure out which cam adjusted the tops and which adjusted the bottoms. I ran out of light, so I just turned the cams to where the wheel would spin freely and jacked her down for the night.

That's an original oak one that warped. I made a bow to replace it, but I quit after doing the first two. My chestnuts were about to freeze and break off.

Is there any practical reason to clean the outside of the engine?

The truck Jarret and I parted out was that way. Extra wide fenders (extended into interior of engine compartment) and a poorly torch cut hole to accommodate the stack.

here's my home made pine bows.

Hope these help

If no one else posts any pics, I'll take some shots of mine tomorrow morning.

I just steamed and bent some clear pine bows. It was regular old McCoy's hardware store lumber. Like a dollar something a board. Worked just fine. I'll post pics tomorrow when there's light to take a picture.

I don't know much about it, but I've been told that you'll also have to re-time the IP.