Hunter2506
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Well, after several attempts to register, I'm finally online. 
Anyway, I just got back from Warner-Robins AFB last thursday with my new baby:
Stewart (was written on the hood, now it's his name) is a '66 Kaiser with Hercules LDT-465 and T136-21 T-case. I rode my old Honda Interceptor down there (1470 miles) and then loaded it into the deuce after replacing batteries, bleeding the brakes and finding the open in the lighting power circuit. It took two days of being beat to death to get home, but now begins the fun! The sprags in the T-case are shot and the master cylinder is leaking that expensive DOT-5 fluid at an alarming rate, but I've already ordered a new master and sprags from Memphis equipment, along with a service manual, a couple filter kits, belts, light bulbs, weatherstrip, wipers and front window frames. Also ordered a used T 136-27 T-case that I will go through later and install if/when the sprags fail again. Other than the front drive output, everything is operational (very fortunate, since i had no way of verifing its driving condition prior to riding that uncomfortable bike half way across the country) He'll be repainted soon in a darker OD and the only markings will be white stars on the doors.
That said, I am needing some help to find a heater unit and winter radiator cover. It gets plenty chilly out here on the Eastern plains of Colorado when the snow starts flying, and Stewart is to be my bad weather vehicle now (my poor old 1980 Powerwagon keeps snapping front stub shafts in those 4 and 5 foot snow drifts across the driveway).
I'm just happy to finally have a deuce. Wanted one forever, but they just aren't that easy to aquire around here. People who have them don't sell, and none of the local bases ever seem to liquidate.
Any and all tips and tricks are welcome, as this is a first for me. I'm pretty capable, but this thing has a steep learning curve for a guy who has always worked on light duty gasoline powered stuff.
On a personal note, I'm 25 years old, married with no kids and turn wrenches on cars and light trucks to pay my mortgage. My other Hobby vehicles include the old Power Wagon (1/2 ton, 440, 4 speed w/ 4" lift and 35's), my '51 Dodge D100 rat rod, '87 Daytona Shelby and my pride and joy, a B-5 blue '69 Charger R/T clone (currently minus powertrain). I love the Colorado outdoors and live to hunt, which I do with my little sister and father-in-law. I am also quite the gun nut; I collect just about everything that goes bang. No title II stuff just yet, but I'm trying to figure out how to fund a Ma deuce for Stewart
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Glad to be aboard.
Anyway, I just got back from Warner-Robins AFB last thursday with my new baby:
Stewart (was written on the hood, now it's his name) is a '66 Kaiser with Hercules LDT-465 and T136-21 T-case. I rode my old Honda Interceptor down there (1470 miles) and then loaded it into the deuce after replacing batteries, bleeding the brakes and finding the open in the lighting power circuit. It took two days of being beat to death to get home, but now begins the fun! The sprags in the T-case are shot and the master cylinder is leaking that expensive DOT-5 fluid at an alarming rate, but I've already ordered a new master and sprags from Memphis equipment, along with a service manual, a couple filter kits, belts, light bulbs, weatherstrip, wipers and front window frames. Also ordered a used T 136-27 T-case that I will go through later and install if/when the sprags fail again. Other than the front drive output, everything is operational (very fortunate, since i had no way of verifing its driving condition prior to riding that uncomfortable bike half way across the country) He'll be repainted soon in a darker OD and the only markings will be white stars on the doors.
That said, I am needing some help to find a heater unit and winter radiator cover. It gets plenty chilly out here on the Eastern plains of Colorado when the snow starts flying, and Stewart is to be my bad weather vehicle now (my poor old 1980 Powerwagon keeps snapping front stub shafts in those 4 and 5 foot snow drifts across the driveway).
I'm just happy to finally have a deuce. Wanted one forever, but they just aren't that easy to aquire around here. People who have them don't sell, and none of the local bases ever seem to liquidate.
Any and all tips and tricks are welcome, as this is a first for me. I'm pretty capable, but this thing has a steep learning curve for a guy who has always worked on light duty gasoline powered stuff.
On a personal note, I'm 25 years old, married with no kids and turn wrenches on cars and light trucks to pay my mortgage. My other Hobby vehicles include the old Power Wagon (1/2 ton, 440, 4 speed w/ 4" lift and 35's), my '51 Dodge D100 rat rod, '87 Daytona Shelby and my pride and joy, a B-5 blue '69 Charger R/T clone (currently minus powertrain). I love the Colorado outdoors and live to hunt, which I do with my little sister and father-in-law. I am also quite the gun nut; I collect just about everything that goes bang. No title II stuff just yet, but I'm trying to figure out how to fund a Ma deuce for Stewart
.Glad to be aboard.
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Welcome. Deuces are just as much fun and are very practical. Enjoy!
