LongueCarabine
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Hi everyone:
As I have indicated in other posts, I picked up the M109 from Pineville on Thursday, Sept. 15. The 109 will be for my brother, and he plans to turn it into a camper.
We got there around 10:30 in the morning to find several people working on their Deuces to get them home. I apologize for not remembering everyone's names, but the first guy we met was Sailor, from Columbia, LA. He says he mostly just lurks here. Nice guy, he had two Deuces loaded on his low-boy and was preparing to head back home. I apologize for not remembering the name of the gentleman with him.
Then we met three guys from Lafayette (Jimmy and two others) who were picking up a Deuce and doing some prep work on another (the owner was still waiting on his EUC).
My brother and I started working on the 109, and thanks to the guys from Lafayette, we diagnosed a bad fuel pump. I need to mention that we all helped each other a bit, some with knowledge, some with simple things like water for the radiator.
Since my brother and I had figured we'd have to tow the 109 anyway, we hooked it up and started on wiring the taillights. While we did that, Sailor and his friend took off. After a couple of hours, the Lafayette guys got the one Deuce running and managed to get the other one (the one waiting on the EUC) cranked also. Looks like it will be ready to go once the EUC clears.
In the meantime, a gentleman from Hattiesburg, MS, named Harold, arrived to pick up a scrap Deuce. He offered parts to anyone who wanted them, so we got the fuel pump on that one.
After we got home, we had to wait until Saturday to change the pump. After we got it in, it only took a slight amount of bleeding the primary and secondary fuel filters and Voila! she cranked right up!
Here's a pic of how it looked when we arrived back home from the recovery. I am hoping to post video in the next couple days of her running.
LC
As I have indicated in other posts, I picked up the M109 from Pineville on Thursday, Sept. 15. The 109 will be for my brother, and he plans to turn it into a camper.
We got there around 10:30 in the morning to find several people working on their Deuces to get them home. I apologize for not remembering everyone's names, but the first guy we met was Sailor, from Columbia, LA. He says he mostly just lurks here. Nice guy, he had two Deuces loaded on his low-boy and was preparing to head back home. I apologize for not remembering the name of the gentleman with him.
Then we met three guys from Lafayette (Jimmy and two others) who were picking up a Deuce and doing some prep work on another (the owner was still waiting on his EUC).
My brother and I started working on the 109, and thanks to the guys from Lafayette, we diagnosed a bad fuel pump. I need to mention that we all helped each other a bit, some with knowledge, some with simple things like water for the radiator.
Since my brother and I had figured we'd have to tow the 109 anyway, we hooked it up and started on wiring the taillights. While we did that, Sailor and his friend took off. After a couple of hours, the Lafayette guys got the one Deuce running and managed to get the other one (the one waiting on the EUC) cranked also. Looks like it will be ready to go once the EUC clears.
In the meantime, a gentleman from Hattiesburg, MS, named Harold, arrived to pick up a scrap Deuce. He offered parts to anyone who wanted them, so we got the fuel pump on that one.
After we got home, we had to wait until Saturday to change the pump. After we got it in, it only took a slight amount of bleeding the primary and secondary fuel filters and Voila! she cranked right up!
Here's a pic of how it looked when we arrived back home from the recovery. I am hoping to post video in the next couple days of her running.
LC
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