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I'll say I haven't had issues with stickiness or difficulty shifting when it was cold out, but I imagine in warmer temps, the non detergent SAE 40 would work too. It may not sound as ideal as some other fluids, but it is what Spicer spec'ed for their tranny and such and it is bronze safe. Only...

Non detergent SAE 30 is what mine has. NAPA seems to be the only source around me that has it, usually less than $4/quart.

As far as engine temp goes, that's about right. The multi-fuel engines run fairly cool but will warm up as they are driven. Mine will cool down to about 150 or so when idling, the warmest I ever seen it was 160, 180-190 when driving. As for oil pressure, that could be a few things. Could be a...

Another way to ground the instrument panel, get a terminal block/ground block. It'll have one point for the primary ground, and depending on the type you get, it could have 1,2,3,4, or more points to attach other grounds too and the block can be attached behind the dash with screws, zip ties...

Oh yeah, that be plenty. I've used a regular 2.5 ton jack many times for the deuce. Since then I've switched to a six ton bottle jack I got for cheap from a garage sale. Paired with a 6x6 for height, works great. Be safe and use those 4x4's or jack stands, don't need a truck coming down on...

If you can't get the tires or wish to hire the job out, normal shops usually don't touch those tires. I've even had semi mechanics tell me they won't touch those tires. The ones that usually do are the guys who work on farm equipment as the tires have to be done manually. I'd look up any farm...

You're right, doing it enough you just learn by the feel and sounds. I've never owned any air tools and still don't, lol. I want some but hand tools I've always had so I made them work. For a deuce, I used a 3/4" breaker bar with a 6' pipe. I made the lug nuts pretty tight. It's better to make...

That's probably what I'll end up getting. I've done lug nuts on the deuces a few times and I was using a 3/4" breaker bar with a 6' cheater bar to break them loose. That wasn't so much the issue as I can't torque the lug nuts that way. I just made them all as tight as I could with just the...

I still need a torque multiplier myself. Which ones was y'all looking at on Amazon? HDN- you know what brand you have? I figure if I get something that others say works, which I trust folks on here before I'd trust many of the Amazon reviews, lol.

I hear ya. Air tools, power tools, and hand tools all cost lots of $$ for quality US made, but some of the Chinese stuff isn't so bad. One that surprises me most was my Harbor Freight angle grinder that my dad got for me on my 18th birthday. I'm 35 now and still using it and I've used it a lot...

Nice! That air tool sure will come in handy. Be sure to check the wires too for the temp sensor from the sensor and from the gauge. My gauge quit on me about a month ago and when I went to swap it out, the wire just broke right off at the connector to the gauge it was so old and brittle. I had...

This is a great thread. Sounds like the beast is definitely getting some much needed tlc done and pretty quickly at that considering what's being done.