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Yep, it's just my carport. Thanks.
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What did you do to your deuce this week?
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DANG ! You got me with that "TIN ROOFED CARGO BED". I should go to bed earlier.
Looking more closely - without the fatigue - I can see it IS just your carport and NOT a Tin Roof over your Deuce's bed.
(EMBARRASSED!!!)
It's funny what the eyes will see at a glance.
Thanks.
I thought the same thing until I opened the picture.
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I think its a great idea.
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I got fooled by adrianspeeder the same way. He's got his "Frequent Flyer Miles" thread and I was swearing he was at 30,000 feet above farmland in his C-17 with the cockpit open(!!!!):
- He was at like 30 feet, sitting static above the hardpan at some airfield.
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Added air to the front tires, they were at 30 psi 
Now at 60psi I can actually steer the thing, go figure
Cleaning the tank and replacing fuel filters before the first fill-up is next on the list.
Now at 60psi I can actually steer the thing, go figure Cleaning the tank and replacing fuel filters before the first fill-up is next on the list.
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How you planning on cleaning the tank? Mines got some junk in it, and I need to drain it and clean it out, just not sure the best way to do it. I'd love to swap to an A3 tank, so i won't have issues again.Added air to the front tires, they were at 30 psi
Cleaning the tank and replacing fuel filters before the first fill-up is next on the list.
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I'm here searching threads in it currently to see what others have done
One is to add fuel, drain, add fuel drain. Doesn't sound complete enough to me to get crud out.
If it I we're to shoot from the hip without any reading I'd probably take it off and shake/tumble clean it with some kind of solvent followed by a couple of pressure washer flushes or something like that.
If it weren't for the baffles if be tempted to put sand (as an abrasive) and solvent in and snake it good. Then flush with LOTS of water to clean and finish with it hooked up to the leaf blower to dry it out.
That being said, though my "first instinct" works well enough most of the time, I'm reading up for a reason
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Met up with a fellow member and finally got my floor in the box welded up. Now the fun begins putting it all back together.
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Was that the guy stranded at his mother's place? How'd it turn out?
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Had conflicting schedules for over a week but worked out well.
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Finished putting the transmission back together after the 0.69 gear upgrade. Took me a while since I Had to order a new style 2nd gear with the oil passages drilled in it, couldn't find a machine shop in town that could modify/drill through the old one. Painted the inside of the cab while I had it all apart and was waiting, cleaned up all of the gauges with headlight restore. Slowly putting it all back together. Picked up some MRAP seats a while back and more than likely I will not put the companion bench back in and start building the base for the MRAPs since I have it out anyways, as time permits. Put the transmission back in yesterday finally, tried to cheat and put it and the PTO back in one unit, ran into some clearance issues while trying line the trans back in so had to pull it off, and the trans went back in like a dream. But since I have it off now, I noticed the PTO shift rail was leaking, so never a better time to do that repair while its off anyways. Not the easiest thing to keep taking on and off. So while I'm waiting on parts there, I'm buttoning up all the other stuff. Hope to drive it next weekend and test out the air shift retrofit I put in a few weeks ago (used to have a sprag) and the transmission upgrade. Been a **** of a project so hope all goes well.
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Will post pics in a separate post once I'm done.
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Got my LED headlights in. Need to do a little trimming for a better fit, but way better
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Your rig looks good, and I like the light bar AND the skull!
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thanks. I put the lightbar on because of the old yellow 24v sealed beams were just horrible. I couldn't see a **** thing. that thing is BRIGHT. next just to get led turn signals and taillights
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After solving an air leak on my 5 ton two weekends ago, this past weekend was dedicated to finding an air leak somewhere under the hood of my M185A3. Initially it sounded like it was coming from the fuel system near the steering box, but after an hour or so of feeling up each part and piece from the topside, I decided to slide underneath and see what I could find. After going through the same routine, once I grabbed the copper line coming out from the compressor and running under the truck towards the rear, the leak increased and decreased as I applied pressure and then let off.
Long story short, the copper air line from the compressor had been resting against the end of a bolt and after a matter of time (how many years?) the sharp thread of the bolt finally rubbed through the copper line causing the air leak. Like I always say" it's the little things that will kill you first (physically & mentally!)...
Mark (If it can happen, it'll happen to me)...
Long story short, the copper air line from the compressor had been resting against the end of a bolt and after a matter of time (how many years?) the sharp thread of the bolt finally rubbed through the copper line causing the air leak. Like I always say" it's the little things that will kill you first (physically & mentally!)...
Mark (If it can happen, it'll happen to me)...
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That's like the Hindu and Buddhist cosmology of time, which they measure in "Kalpas".
Here't the definition of one kalpa:
Imagine a gigantic rocky mountain at the beginning of kalpa, approximately 16 x 16 x 16 miles (dwarfing Mount Everest). You take a small piece of silk and wipe the mountain once every 100 years. According to the Buddha, the mountain will be completely depleted even before the kalpa ends.
It's the study of Vedic literature through a Deuce-and-a-Half. Buddha would be pleased.
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It Wasn't The Mountains That Needed Wiping...
Mark
By the time I was finished chasing down both air leaks, learning what I didn't know about ferrules and inserts and figuring out how to get a wrench/saw blade/clamp into impossibly small places, it was more than the mountains that needed wiping. Shoulda' started with my Kalpas first...
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Put down a few coats of paint . Today I got some wood installed and bolted down.