What did you do to your deuce this week?

[MudMarine]

Had a tire changing day! It was a lot easier when I was 20!View attachment 769955

Reminds me of the old 'chocolate chips' desert cammies!

 

[Mrmag1]

Reminds me of the old 'chocolate chips' desert cammies!

Reminds me of MERDC style. I think there was something like 9 different camo patterns in that system.

 

[winfred]

i've only heard mine trigger once in a couple hundred miles, possible others occurred underway when noise levels are too high, never been able to pump the brakes and get em to pop, even after pumping the brakes down to 60#, i think they need to have the non compressable water in the chamber when the pressure change happens to trigger a blow

and installed two automatic air tank drains (type DV-2).

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[tobyS]

What do you use all the air for to have so much condensate ?

 

[cattlerepairman]

Ordered tintable Raptor Liner, their army green tint, and etching primer to do the cargo deck. I am not too concerned about exact colour match, I just don't want it black.
I need to cut 18 4" holes into the drop sides and weld the cargo hook pockets in first.

 

[Nomad1]

We have them on one of our fire trucks and they work just fine. They operate by using the slight pressure differential between the air system being full and when brakes are applied to open and expel water and junk. I had manual drains and they worked ok, but after the second time both cables broke I decided to switch! Install is super simple...unscrew old, hand-screw new into bottom of tank and tighten...done.

Do you have the heated ones?

 

[Nomad1]

i've only heard mine trigger once in a couple hundred miles, possible others occurred underway when noise levels are too high, never been able to pump the brakes and get em to pop, even after pumping the brakes down to 60#, i think they need to have the non compressable water in the chamber when the pressure change happens to trigger a blow

I read some where that some models had a filter that needs to be removed per the manufacturer I think its earlier models

 

[cattlerepairman]

Do you have the heated ones?

No. Dont drive it in the winter.

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[fasttruck]

I had a commercial truck with an air dryer which was fortunately fitted with an electric heater. If it is above freezing at the end of the day, water will collect in the ejector valve and freeze it open. The solution is the start the truck so the heater works, melts the ice and allow the valve to close. I didn't want to heat it with a torch out of fear of melting any plastic or rubber components in the valve.

 

[Gralmk]

Reminds me of the old 'chocolate chips' desert cammies!

Almost. It's the MASSTERS paint colors from 1974 Europe.

 

[davidb56]

I had a commercial truck with an air dryer which was fortunately fitted with an electric heater. If it is above freezing at the end of the day, water will collect in the ejector valve and freeze it open. The solution is the start the truck so the heater works, melts the ice and allow the valve to close. I didn't want to heat it with a torch out of fear of melting any plastic or rubber components in the valve.

with the AD9 air dryer installed on the deuce, you can wire the 24vdc heater into the ignition/power switch. then turn the switch on for a minute before starting the truck.

 

[tobyS]

AT-1545 piston and seal numbers

Here are two important numbers for the M35A3 Allison AT-1545 (I posted earlier of Joe's on this thread) when it comes to a rebuild time.

The fourth/reverse piston is Allison 29505882 and the seal for the locking torque converter input is National Seal #29506179.

With these 2 parts plus the master rebuild kit for an AT-545 (readily available) (and Dacco rebuild of the torque converter), a mechanic will have the parts he needs and you will save a lot.

 

[WhoMe08721]

It was super hot here yesterday in NJ. So I made the back of the truck in to a mini pool

 

[frank8003]

It was super hot here yesterday in NJ. So I made the back of the truck in to a mini pool

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Am curious about how many cubic feet of water is that in the bed liner at 64 lbs per.

 

[DB556]

Am curious about how many cubic feet of water is that in the bed liner at 64 lbs per.

Lets do some math

44" * 87" = 12,528 square inches and lets say the water was 16" deep 12,528" * 16" = 200,448 cubic inches

12" * 12" * 12" = 1728cuin = 1cuft = 7.48 gallons = 8.34 pounds of water

200,448 / 1728 = 116 cuft of water

116 * 7.48 = 867.68 gallons

867.68 * 8.43 = 7,314.5lbs of water

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Lets do some math

44" * 87" = 12,528 square inches and lets say the water was 16" deep 12,528" * 16" = 200,448 cubic inches

12" * 12" * 12" = 1728cuin = 1cuft = 7.48 gallons = 8.34 pounds of water

200,448 / 1728 = 116 cuft of water

116 * 7.48 = 867.68 gallons

867.68 * 8.43 = 7,314.5lbs of water

CONCLUSION:

No Deuces were harmed in the making of this swimming pool.

 

[Another Ahab]

Lets do some math

44" * 87" = 12,528 square inches and lets say the water was 16" deep 12,528" * 16" = 200,448 cubic inches

Might need to double-check some figures:

- A deuce bed is larger than 44" x 87".

- More like 6' x 12', isn't it?

- So maybe closer to 72" x 144"

Is that right?

 

[Deplorable1]

The math is off too, aside from dimensions

44 x 87 is 3828.

Back to the drawing board. lol

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[montaillou]

More like a typographical error.

The post wrote 44 x 87, but meant to write 144" x 87" which does equal 12,528 [bed is 12' x 7' 3" - inside dimensions]

A cubic inch of water weighs 0.036127 (presumably at sea level). So... .036127 * 200448 = 7241.58 lbs. I think the difference in math is likely due to not figuring things out to 6 decimal points. Still, close enough.

 

[Slate]

Got registered running good then this. Rear main? Thin black oil. Used 15/40 in engine. And I think it's 80/90 in tranny? Not all the time just when run good. Bought main just in case.

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