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Actually Floridianson I've been the cranky one lately. The last couple of days have been hard ones. I was working on my deuce winch-bumper project and all the heavy lifting really got all the old injuries angry ! It's a fine line (pain management wise) between dealing with the pain and going...

I remember when the "Iron Duke" came out. A lot of guys decided to hop it up and see what it could do. It was a great engine.

I'm up late sometimes when the pain won't let me sleep. Such is life.

Now you've given me another project to do ! I was wondering where to mount my tow bar. I needed a place that I could physically get too. So many places people mount them too need great physical strength ! At my age and with all my injuries I needed a place that is accessible. Yes I want to carry...

A lot of people are uninformed about the purpose of a functioning breather. They see a potential problem area for water to get into their gear unit. I've seen this many times with customers vehicles.

The problem with that is if you ever go off road and come across some nasty little branch and it decides to reach out and "touch" your trucks lines. I can't count the times some stupid branch (usually vine maple) has broken one of my hoses, even on my bull-dozers ! I really hate vine maple ! Did...

It really depends on your batteries and your usage. At the transit agency we use "Odyssey" batteries which need to be charged at 30 volts. Most 24 volt systems though charge at 27 to 29 volts. I prefer setting it at 28 volts.

I ended up using the 3M stuff. Just never plan on taking the top off ever again ! My roof is on till Judgment Day !

Your right ! I didn't even notice that. I need to look closer to the pictures next time. Though he will still have the same problems I did finding injectors and injection pumps as that is the same series engine as mine, just two more cylinders.

A few more pictures. The winch is able to mount the roller fairlead on it's bottom also. This is the direction I will be pulling from.

I'm sure I'm under the weight of a regular deuce with factory winch. I don't have any drivelines to mess with either.

Actually this winch will be able to do just about anything I need it to do. I was in "Tanks" in the Marines and they taught us how to get out of almost any situation. In fact one of the courses required for graduating was "Advanced Rigging and Retrieval" . At one point they would take us and our...

I had originally planned to weld the two bumpers together, but after a dry run of fitting everything together I decided against it. I could barely lift all the individual parts ! I paid dearly for what I did lift that night ! I will be welding on some "D" rings I bought for attaching "snatch"...

The bolts only weighed 50 Ibs ! The total weight for the extensions was about 120 Ibs.

It was made from regular mild steel bent on a mandrel press so it would have the same radius as the truck frame. It was 1/4" thick by 18" long. I only needed one drill bit. I worked at a machine fabrication shop for 10 years so I know how to drill steel. It took me the better part of a day to...

The military lug tool is an amazing piece of engineering in my opinion. I would just add that if you use a jack-stand to hold the wrench up it works much better. That way when your applying force against it you don't have it fall down and off the lug nut. PM magazine did a article on this.

I was finally able to upload at least these two pictures. They show what I'm trying to do. The winch will be mounted on the inside of the bumpers on a steel plate that will be bolted through the bumpers. The opening will have a roller fairlead mounted on the outside. The bottom bumper will have...

For some reason I am unable to upload anymore pictures. The next set of pictures show the bumpers I used. Yes bumpers (plural) . I have a new Warn 18,000 Ibs winch I bought from a member here last year that I plan on mounting on the bumpers. I still need to make up some lateral support rods to...

Here's some pictures of my Winch and Bumper Project. I had the inner sections formed at a machine shop and then cut out some 1/4" plate for the side reinforcements. The bolts are 1/2" grade 8 fine thread Frame (Flanged) bolts with Flanged Stover (locking) nuts, and 5/8" grade 8 fine thread Frame...

Any competent automotive machine shop should be able to drill out and install new brass guides for you. This engine never came with removable guides. I plan on installing some on my spare heads I have. Also valve guide seals. This engine was designed to allow some oil to flow past the valves to...