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Good morning all, Lots of reading later. Looks like the Hydraulic Head needs a cleaning and given the crunchy nature of the fuel lines from the head to the injectors, I’ll clean and probably paint them, at least get the fittings happy. I will likely bypass the fuel density compensator and add...

Hello all, Some work on the deuce. Finished wiring the new batteries. Popped the fuel pump wire out and tested it with the help of a friend. Getting juice. Took off the cover where the fuse is. Fuse was burnt. I’m ordering one shortly. We temporarily jumped the fuse and the pump works! Opened...

Good afternoon all, Starting to warm up, I’m preparing to bring the deuce home! To that end I’ll be using a temporary fuel tank with a fitting directly to the secondary filter assembly. What size is the fitting at that point? Does anyone know off the top of your head? My life got super...

Greetings all, We are into the cold season out here. I’m ready to move forward with this project, but realized the county needs to take a couple of trees down on my driveway, so not a rush to bring her home. I’ve given up on doing the fuel pumping where she is. I’ll use a pony can and drive...

Hello all, It appeared my willingness to manually pump diesel is limited. I got about 5 gallons out and bailed on doing more. I bit the bullet and got a cordless transfer pump. It’ll be useful for my alt fuel set up. I picked up the group 31 batteries. Ouch $$. Next hydraulic lines for my...

Hello all, A brief update. The drill pump failed. Now I have a lot of 1/2” fuel line, so, not really a problem. I’ll use my manual transfer pump to finish it. Just see that taking time. Looks like about 40 gallons. If I can get the siphon going it’ll be less effort. I looked at the fasteners...

Hello all, Fall is coming, but it was lovely today. I picked up the barrel, it has some fluid and based on the whiff it is diesel. I delivered it to the deuce and am slowly getting ready to transfer the “fuel”. I took a look at the wires on top of the tanks, they look pretty crusty. I didn’t...

Greetings from Outer WA, I tackled the oil filter conversions today! Fairly straightforward. I sourced a barrel for the muddy fuel. Still waiting for a truck. It’ll free up the end of the month. I’ve got a nifty drill pump I’ll use for the transfer. A friend is coming up soon and I’ll use...

Hello all, My fiddling with the fuel tank demonstrated a problem with my steel tools and brass fittings. For this that have removed the in tank lift pump how did you accomplish it without seriously damaging the fasteners? I’ve tracked down a barrel to hold the “fuel”. Now I’m waiting to get my...

A friend has a small fuel transfer pump that I’ll borrow for this purpose. I’m not quite ready to dive into my wmo process, otherwise I’d try to get a pump that could be used cross purpose. Island politic-ing, I’m back to gaining interest in a centralized shop for machine maintenance. I’ve got...

The horrible view where I go for cell service… ;)

Hello all! Finally some time and weather to work on the deuce! Spin-ons occurred today. It went really well, except reinstalling the fuel line from the primary to the secondary at the secondary. Not enough space to get my wrench on the brass piece without stripping it. I may have to drop the...

Hello all, Some more tinkering the other day. One of the batteries needs replace. I swapped out some of the terminals for the kind with wing nuts. A community member was clearing near the truck and discovered 3 more tires and wheels… On a separate vehicle, my dd she had a critical failure...

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Greetings all, Spent some quality time with the deuce this afternoon. Worked on the batteries and connections. One of the old batteries is definitely toast and doesn’t want to hold a charge. I have a couple of spare batteries that may work. Yay, more things. I messed with the fuel bleed nut...

Good afternoon all, It just dawned on me that it makes more sense to get the deuce running and home before digging into the spin ons and other stuff I have planned. It’ll be infinitely easier when I’m near my shop rather than toting my tools across the island. Plus the brigade wants her gone...

Hello all, More progress today. Brought my tools to the truck and found a couple of T30s I’d missed. It’s mighty cold here today, in the 20s (cold for PNW) Looks like I won’t have to take off the outer board! Dowsed the tank top screws and bolts with my trusty PB. The wiring looks a tad...

Good evening all, Finally had all the tools and willingness to work on the deuce today! I’m waiting to do the in-line pump. A friend pointed out that I could take off some of the decking on the bed to access the lift pump. I had some tunnel vision going about taking the bed off. A few 3/4”...

Hello all, The water tank came off today! My other half gave me the perfect hood ornament. I’ve got an in-line fuel pump coming. Fingers crossed she runs after that. I will do the spin-on fuel filters when I crack the line. There were some boxes in the cab. I had a look. They are cases of...

Thank you very much! I’ve seen 5-9psi, is that accurate? For the bypass just a one way check valve to the fuel return line? Cheers, 🥄