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I'll get the shop drawings finalized and upload them along with the NSN. The 5 ton shaft is very similar, just longer.

I picked up a winch, complete with everything including PTO for only $300 from a guy who was parting out an old deuce. The only downside was that everything was really rusty. In fact, the guy cut the frame just behind the steering box and loaded it right onto my trailer, frame extensions and...

It really wasn't much trouble to replace the shock; it was relatively easy to drill out the bushings. I hadn't seen the Monroe shock in my searches for a compatible shock on this site; most people were using the Polaris type shock successfully, so that's what I went with. I paid $25.99 for the...

Replaced my seat shock today. The factory seat in my deuce was bottoming out on severe ruts and potholes and was generally unforgiving. I’m sure it had nothing to do with me being 6’ 2” and 275 pounds :roll:, so I figured that the shock must have worn out. I researched through this site and...

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Welcome from East Virginia. I spent 3 years on recruiting duty in Milwaukee, WI, in the mid-90's, used to go down to Great Lakes to use the medical, commissary and PX.

Welcome from East Virginia.

I put an inclinometer on a sailboat I had to show the wife that we weren't tipping over. It seems every time we'd heel, she'd think we were going over. The inclinometer showed just a 10 degree tilt. Until you get used to it, a small amount of tilt feels like an awful lot.

Let us know what you find. I'm betting on corroded bulb connections.

If so, since I have done the FDC bypass and pretty much only burn diesel fuel, switching to a single hole shouldn't be a problem, should it?

Welcome from Eastern Virginia.

Based on the 5-ton wiring diagram from TM 9-2320-260-20, the buzzer and light are fed from the same supply wire (#85), so if the buzzer always works but the light is intermittent, check for loose connections at the #85 supply wire to the bulb, bulb contacts or in the ground wire coming from the...

Can you find a place to get an accurate measurement on each side between the front axle and the first rear axle to see if the front axle is lined up with the rear? That should give you an indication if the bushing or anything else (frame, spring mount, etc.) is out of alignment between the front...

Back when I was a fleet diesel mechanic for Perdue Foods (35 years ago), we'd align the front end of all trucks like this: We'd jack the front tires up one at a time and spin the tires, spray painting a 1 inch wide stripe at the center of the tread. While the tire was spinning, we'd place a...

Back when I was in the Army, we used to have to tow MEP-012A generators that weighed 25,000 lbs that had surge brakes. More than once the generator trailer tongue was bent out of shape when someone tried to back up the trailer without using the lockout pin.

It is a common misconception that a grade 8 bolt is brittle and that a grade 5 bolt has better sheer strength. The tensile strength of a bolt is its strength when being pulled, while its sheer strength is its strength while being stressed across its diameter. The sheer strength of a bolt is...

A lot depends on what you'll use the truck for. If you need a daily driver for heavy loads, you may prefer an automatic and the relatively higher power of the FMTV. If you'll only drive the truck occasionally in parades, nothing invokes nostalgia like the old deuce and a half, in my opinion. And...

Welcome to the site. If you ever need help with big generators, I spent 18 of 22 years in the Army as a Prime Power Production Specialist running power plants with everything from 12 cylinder diesel 750KW Fermonts (MEP 012A and MEP 208A) to 16 cylinder 4.5MW Electro Motive Diesel (EMD) plants.

I had a feeling the fuel was turned up too high on my recently acquired deuce. The truck smoked considerably with thick black smoke from ¾ to full throttle. I chose not to drive the truck until I got a pyrometer installed, to prevent any damage. After a lot of research on this site, I purchased...

Welcome to Steel Soldiers. I don't think that stainless steel bolts will be as strong as grade 5 or grade 8 studs. In my experience, stainless has a tendency to gall quickly and could break off. Here's a link to a chart showing typical bolt strength by grade...