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My first Deuce from the Air Force came with zipped boots, but she is starting to leak some fluid onto the tire, so I get to go digging for worn out seals. The second Air Force Deuce has OEM boots that need work too, but that will wait till after retirement. My time today was taken up by fixing...

I saw the scale, but it was not manned @ the time, so I never even thought of weighing the truck. The placards on the S-280 stated that the gross weight was under 1800 lbs, but I do not think that is correct. The normal weight carried in the truck for military shows & camping is 2000lbs & this...

The entire trip consisted of no issues with traffic either on the highways or the interstate. The traffic on the highways was able to pass me whenever they wanted to, so no blockage there. The interstate had 3 lanes on each side, so everybody just blew past me with no problems. The locals in...

The trip was on the Florida & Georgia highways & interstate I-75 @ constant speeds of 45-50 mph due to that is as fast as she likes to go with stock 9:00 x 20 tires & standard gears. I have a complete set of 11:00 x 20 mounted new tires that I haven't take the time to install.

Speaking of seating for the Deuce, I parked my rear end in my '87 Air Force Deuce from 05:00 yesterday morning till 16:00 in the afternoon running a recovery operation of a Gichner-280 mobile shop from Albany, Ga. back to my home. That was a 350 mile trip that the Deuce performed flawlessly the...

I am going to start unloading all the camping gear, crates of Deuce cover systems, & everything else out of my tan Deuce in anticipation on going to Albany, Ga next week & picking up a S-280 truck shop system. This will be the first trip outta Florida into Georgia since I bought the truck &...

This afternoon, I need to finish checking fluids & loading the Deuce to go to our winter MVPA meet in Mt Dora. The meet starts tomorrow & runs thru Sunday. Another fun filled weekend. Pictures next week.

When I bought the second Deuce from GP, she had two 6TL's in her, but one was not recoverable no matter what I did. The other 6TL battery is in reserve with the affected truck having a new pair of batteries from Interstate that keep her cranking right. I hated recycling the original 6TL, but had...

My repairs were not that mechanically involved today after work, but my speakerman backup lights didn't work the last trip to work for some reason. After chasing down the problem with a VOM, I discovered the major problem in most military vehicles had settled in my lighting...a bad ground (go...

You can't find them because they are probably still wrapped up in the plastic & foam that I shipped them in. If opened, you would not be able to miss them unless you crate stuff up. Good luck finding them.

I could find some to sell @ the $70.00 used price, but they would be NOS instead, just can't see charging that amount of money for used lights.

I put one of those in the back of my Deuce cab interior for improved lighting @ night. The difference is that mine is painted white from the manufacturer & has an external wiring connection (which was bypassed). They work really great lighting up the cab instead of fumbling around looking for a...

It made several people's day just seeing the old girl. She makes some of the older vets memories come back. :)

Thought that fit nicely! For some reason it didn't attach? I checked out the Deuce & took her to work today @ the Chemical Plant where I work. Since it is a homeland security facility, security was quite surprised when I drove up to the gate @ 05:00 wait to get in & get to work. They finally...

I went to fuel up my deuce this past week & after pulling up the strainer & turning on the fuel nozzle, the diesel just sat in the strainer, none would flow thru. After removing & dumping the fuel out of the strainer & filling the tank; I saw a slimy green coating inside the strainer on both...

Today will be the pressure washing of one of my Deuces to go to the MVPA meet in Green Cove Springs this coming weekend. Have to remove the green stuff growing on a tan truck, the camo truck grows black algae on it, so go figure that one out. Hopefully there is a good turnout, although the meet...

If it was not a compound corner, I would do the welding route. The other Deuce would go the weld route if I didn't have another top & rear section. Look @ this picture: The tan Deuce has the hole in the front left corner.

I had a low tire on the M-1082 & my old 88 Hilux Toyota & couldn't get a tank or compressor near it, so what it a guy to do? Fire up the Deuce & after she warms up, back her into position to feed air off of the Emergency glad hand to all the low tires via a hose I made up years ago. While...

I don't have access to it either, so in light of that, "Get Well Soon Rusty!" The hospital is no place to visit or be interned. Been there, done that, got a nightgown, but no T-shirt.

This little bugger shut me down for a while due to dried biodiesel fuel residue on the valve & bore. Once cleaned & free, off she went running. Good luck with your truck.