cookeemann
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HUA!!
Deuce 2 recovered successfully from Ft Sam.
500+ miles/no issues other than one tire removed for peace of mind
, rear main seal leaking and clutch slipping last 175 miles (probably due to the main seal)
19?? M35A2 former Med Bde Truck
Multi, Softtop, heater, a few new Titans (and some REAAAALY old Coopers), Operator's Manual, Mx History Paperwork, 19K miles/1400 hrs
Left Clovis at 1800 Wed night, drove as far as some town I can't remember about 1 1/2 hours from San Antonio and spent the night at the Super 8.
Got up to severe thunderstorm warnings from the NWS and yes, it was moving right for us. Yep, it hit 15 minutes into the recovery and held me up 2 hours. Not afraid of the rain (worked aircraft flightline for 20 years) but that lightning and wind was a different story. Even got so dark the street lights came on. Bad wx!
Met Chester at the office with my paperwork - good dude. He'll work with you. He sent me to the lot to meet up with Rod - another good dude who also has a bobbed Deuce. He's a lot of help and they're not real pushy with the time or with whatever mx you need to do to get your truck running. Rod even brought out a slave cable in case we needed it.
Walked around old girl and found she had a few new tires and about three that were shot. One was so flat it had swallowed the valve stem. Checked the brakes and -- holy cow, good pedal! Checked the fluid (yeaaaaa, no vent line, had the vent cap) and it was full of new fluid, yeaaaa!
Oooo ooo, rust on the bottom of the radiator, hope it holds. Popped the hood, loosened the rad cap, pshhhhhhht, it had pressure. Good sign, topped off with about a gallon of antifreeze.
Looked like weather moving in , then CRASH, lightning, thunder, 40 MPH wind, sideways rain.....ugh. On hold, wet, cold sitting in the 'Yota chompin' at the bit - was right in the middle of unloading the batteries.
Rain let up (after two NWS warnings on the radio - yep, it's right on top of us) a little so I finished looking under the hood. Belts o.k. (got spares with me anyway), new air filter - cool, a couple 'fresh' oil leaks so I know it at least ran 'recently'. Cutoff cable not frozen. Eghhhh, found a rust hole in the floor and rear of cab. No problem. Patch and cover with bedliner.
Crawled underneath. All three diff's low. Filled to first knuckle, trans, trans case all good. No leaks from master cyl - cool. Everything else looks o.k. underneath. Maybe a rear main seal leak (oh yeah, figured that one out on the way home).
Hit the batt switch and at least got a click. Mx manual says they were 'new' in January but put my new ones in anyway. Getting closer to hitting the switch! Pulled the cutoff out, flipped the pwr, got the air buzzer - sweeeet! Hit the switch, BIG click and then everything dead. Doh! Checked the starter connections, found one a little loose, tightened, buzzer's back, hit the switch, same deal. Ugh. Hmmm, must be a conn in the battery box. Wiggled the cables, heard the one that connects the batteries together crackle - came apart in my hand. Did an expedient field repair/replacement. Buzzer back on, cutoff out, hit the switch, rolled over no problems - sweet! Left switch on, drained the primary filter. A little water but not worrisome. Cutoff in, switch on , buzzer buzzin', quick prayer, hit the switch and she roared to life in about 1/3 a second. Hittin' on all 6 and running like a sewing machine! Ooooooo, and a whistler! LOVE that sound!
O.k., buzzer buzzin' until pressure came up. Holding 120, cool. Pressed brakes - great pedal. Pushed a few times and then checked for leaks under the truck. None. Awesome. Aired up the tires with the glad hand hose. Hmmmm, where's that inside rear tire's valve stem. Swallowed whole. No biggie, three on that side are good and two are new. Two on the other side are Cooper's and worn out but hold air (found out later they're shaped like an egg apparently).
Checked the lights. They all work inside and out. HUA! No drips, no knocks no ticks, looks like no problems. Prepped to roll out.
Drove up the hill to level ground. Idle for 5 minutes, shut down and checked oil. Added about a quart, visual inspection again and good to go. Headed up to Rod's office to check out. He handed me his personal cell number and said to call if I had any problems and that he knew some guys in the area as well. Sweet! Another quick walk around and then headed to the back gate.....
Deuce 2 recovered successfully from Ft Sam.
500+ miles/no issues other than one tire removed for peace of mind
, rear main seal leaking and clutch slipping last 175 miles (probably due to the main seal)19?? M35A2 former Med Bde Truck
Multi, Softtop, heater, a few new Titans (and some REAAAALY old Coopers), Operator's Manual, Mx History Paperwork, 19K miles/1400 hrs
Left Clovis at 1800 Wed night, drove as far as some town I can't remember about 1 1/2 hours from San Antonio and spent the night at the Super 8.
Got up to severe thunderstorm warnings from the NWS and yes, it was moving right for us. Yep, it hit 15 minutes into the recovery and held me up 2 hours. Not afraid of the rain (worked aircraft flightline for 20 years) but that lightning and wind was a different story. Even got so dark the street lights came on. Bad wx!
Met Chester at the office with my paperwork - good dude. He'll work with you. He sent me to the lot to meet up with Rod - another good dude who also has a bobbed Deuce. He's a lot of help and they're not real pushy with the time or with whatever mx you need to do to get your truck running. Rod even brought out a slave cable in case we needed it.
Walked around old girl and found she had a few new tires and about three that were shot. One was so flat it had swallowed the valve stem. Checked the brakes and -- holy cow, good pedal! Checked the fluid (yeaaaaa, no vent line, had the vent cap) and it was full of new fluid, yeaaaa!
Oooo ooo, rust on the bottom of the radiator, hope it holds. Popped the hood, loosened the rad cap, pshhhhhhht, it had pressure. Good sign, topped off with about a gallon of antifreeze.
Looked like weather moving in , then CRASH, lightning, thunder, 40 MPH wind, sideways rain.....ugh. On hold, wet, cold sitting in the 'Yota chompin' at the bit - was right in the middle of unloading the batteries.
Rain let up (after two NWS warnings on the radio - yep, it's right on top of us) a little so I finished looking under the hood. Belts o.k. (got spares with me anyway), new air filter - cool, a couple 'fresh' oil leaks so I know it at least ran 'recently'. Cutoff cable not frozen. Eghhhh, found a rust hole in the floor and rear of cab. No problem. Patch and cover with bedliner.
Crawled underneath. All three diff's low. Filled to first knuckle, trans, trans case all good. No leaks from master cyl - cool. Everything else looks o.k. underneath. Maybe a rear main seal leak (oh yeah, figured that one out on the way home).
Hit the batt switch and at least got a click. Mx manual says they were 'new' in January but put my new ones in anyway. Getting closer to hitting the switch! Pulled the cutoff out, flipped the pwr, got the air buzzer - sweeeet! Hit the switch, BIG click and then everything dead. Doh! Checked the starter connections, found one a little loose, tightened, buzzer's back, hit the switch, same deal. Ugh. Hmmm, must be a conn in the battery box. Wiggled the cables, heard the one that connects the batteries together crackle - came apart in my hand. Did an expedient field repair/replacement. Buzzer back on, cutoff out, hit the switch, rolled over no problems - sweet! Left switch on, drained the primary filter. A little water but not worrisome. Cutoff in, switch on , buzzer buzzin', quick prayer, hit the switch and she roared to life in about 1/3 a second. Hittin' on all 6 and running like a sewing machine!
Ooooooo, and a whistler! LOVE that sound!O.k., buzzer buzzin' until pressure came up. Holding 120, cool. Pressed brakes - great pedal. Pushed a few times and then checked for leaks under the truck. None. Awesome. Aired up the tires with the glad hand hose. Hmmmm, where's that inside rear tire's valve stem. Swallowed whole. No biggie, three on that side are good and two are new. Two on the other side are Cooper's and worn out but hold air (found out later they're shaped like an egg apparently).
Checked the lights. They all work inside and out. HUA! No drips, no knocks no ticks, looks like no problems. Prepped to roll out.
Drove up the hill to level ground. Idle for 5 minutes, shut down and checked oil. Added about a quart, visual inspection again and good to go. Headed up to Rod's office to check out. He handed me his personal cell number and said to call if I had any problems and that he knew some guys in the area as well. Sweet! Another quick walk around and then headed to the back gate.....
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.........first chance, that flat one's gotta go.....
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