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Welcome. Look for chafing on the wiring behind the dash. On the soft skin trucks, the gas pedal linkage would wear through the harness and cause shorts only if you were on the gas. Not sure if the armored cabs have this problem or not. The on - off cycling sounds like the breaker resetting...
Yes, the International could be considered a "deuce", but I don't think they were called that back in the day. Yours is prewar and should be closed cab.
The balancer failing will cause the crankshaft to break and you will know it! I would not replace the chain. Others here have had repeated failures of Dorman balancers.
If you get a hot spark with the cap off, but no spark at any of the plugs with the cap on, the cap has a hairline crack where the electricity is jumping through to get to ground.
Nice rig, needs fording equipment next for our storms. This one come from Polk also? Really nice paint. Glad to see the trucks being put to use for the taxpayers rather than cut up.
In the Army supply system, there are various "groups" for different assets. Group "G" is vehicles and fighting vehicles. Within the group, a number is assigned to each "family" of vehicles. The 1950's GM deuce family (M135, M211, M215 etc) is 749. The WWII GM deuce family is 508. The Reo...
I don't follow this too closely, the 715zone guys would know, but last I saw for sale, seller was asking $500. All the brush truck conversions are missing the tailgate.
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