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Much easier to work on if you remove it. I agree with gringeltaube that if the front bearing is bad it needs to come out anyway. Parts should be readily available at truck repair parts suppliers.

Man that sucks! Seems there is always something that is working to frustrate our best efforts to preserve something. A friend of my dad's had a big fish net rolled up in his barn. He went to get it in the spring and found a possum had chewed in to the center of it and made a nest. When he was...

I agree with 162tcat. Since it is cleaned out put in a good gear oil mixed with STP and do not worry about it.We have done that with all of ours with no problems.

The general consensus here, and from my experience, well maintained stock systems on both deuce and five tons work fine.

Has it possibly been partially sheared, leaving offset diameters that will not go through the hole because of misalignment? Can you center punch it and drill out to the winch shaft each side, then remove the drive sprocket or yoke and then drive out the remaining pin piece in the winch worm shaft?

Possibly not the problem here, but we had a weird one, we found the hollow bolt down through the filter can was a bit too long, bottoming out before properly clamping the can and allowing a leak at the base. Ground some off the end of the hollow bolt and all was well.

Wow, cool as we used to say. I have one that needs repaired, so I will be hoping you have good results.

Welcome, and nice truck! I would leave it original as much as possible. I can understand more power to a point, but then you probably do not intend it to be a power monster to off-road or run 60 mph down the roads. To me original preservation is the goal; they don't make the original ones...

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I agree with TobyS, stay with duals, more stable. Also, with duals you can have one tire fail and still limp along to get home or to help. Blow a big single and you are stopped. I often think of that when I see semi's with the new super wide singles. I automatically think "Buddy, blow or...

m1010Plowboy, I am with you on the root ball coming up under a Cat. I had one come up between the back of the blade and the tractor on a D6. Interesting to watch when I was lucky enough to still have enough traction to back up and watch the tree come upright again!

I in no way recommend doing the 'winch cable on the ground in a wad and taking off' solution. Many things can and likely will break in the winch, or if it is a mechanical drive winch, the brake can slip as I have had happen with my wrecker. Best to dig around on the opposite side of the fall...

A normal deep well socket out of a deep well 1/2 drive that maintains its inside diameter all the way to the drive square has always worked for us for all of our military shielded plugs. Impact socket is too thick. Go to Lowes, Menards, NAPA and look for a deep well that maintains the inside...

Hello and welcome to the site! Keep us posted with pictures of your work on the 715. We all enjoy pictures of other's projects.

Yes, worth it even if you have to saw trees by hand or chop down with an axe!! :) Gee, it even looks like the tires have air in them! You have added a couple of nice finds to your livery lately.

Nice acquisition! Looks like it can be easily kept in 'as found' condition that is now becoming more popular than full restorations. Is it a Canadian truck? I ask because mine is and it has the hard top which I was told is usually an indicator of a Canadian. If so it has the bigger displacement...

With the water pump off pull the water distribution tube out of the block and be sure it is not rusted off. With it not working right you will get hot spots in the block/head. Mine has the larger displacement Canadian motor which has a brass tube so it was OK. Vintage Power Wagons has pullers to...

To shorten the bed put a bed off an M105 trailer on it after going to one axle? That looks like M1010plowboy used in his pictures.

We have adjusted valves both ways. Don't run a Chevy small block that oils through the pushrods with valve covers off unless you want oil on your shop walls! We never had much trouble that way with most other engines though. The most important thing is to be sure the valve stem tip has not worn...

That sucks, Rustystud! Hopefully you will get a replacement to your satisfaction in a timely manner. Insurance may only go for the cost of replacing what you had plus your labor. If you want to improve it as some suggest you may have to pay the difference. Or, the better replacement with the...