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Great to see that your getting real use out of your Deuce! Your winch may come in very handy in the woods. I like your equipment plate on the back too.
You mentioned welding, so sheet metal and you must work well together... WHAT IF you removed the braces that are there, reformed them to touch the center of the hood? I am just thinking out loud - but wonder if over the years - if the hood supports have "spread" left to right?
I'm a beginner welder as its been 40 years since I did much welding. So fish plate, plug and skip welds are not in my vocab..yet. But they will be soon! If you look at the cross brace close to my thumb you'll see where it is distorted. I think to reform it I would have to cut out some on the sides in order for it to take the adjustment needed.
I was thinking of cutting the s[pot welds to remove it, then Cut out some of the sides of the channel so it will collapse, so to speak, to match the curve of the hood. I have nothing to gage how much the hood has spread. I considered measuring side to side and comparing to the hood, but don't recall the hood hanging over on the sides. Good excuse to buy a portable spot welder!
use a 1/8 inch cutoff wheel one it in a half dozen places, when you weld them back up, it will pull/shrink the channel in a arc. then form a length of 1/8 to 3/16th flat bar that fits in the channel, bending it to shape like the hood, tack it ( half inch welds) in a dozen places.
This may sound dumb, but I'd try cleaning the metal under the brace, squirting some construction adhesive under it and then setting some cinder blocks on top of the brace to hold it down while it cures. If it works, it works. If not you can go the shrinking welding route. Another way would be to drill the hood and brace for steel pop rivets. Dimple the rivets on the outside of the hood with a punch and then cover the dimples with body filler. You could also use a few round head machine screws through the hood and brace. Unless your trying to win MV of the year, nobodies going to notice a few painted round heads on the hood of a Deuce. I'm not a good welder myself, so I sometimes figure out ways to do things without welding. The cracks are another matter. They are quite common on the sheet metal of older vehicles. I'm going to try to mig some of the cracks in my trucks, but it's really easy to blow holes in sheet metal with a gasless mig if you're not good at it even with the welder turned way down.
I cut the top off a soda can & slide the can over the threads, which protects them when moving the brake drum off the axle. Works great every time.
G'day mate! Towards the end of your video where the cable keeps jumping to the left, is it maybe twisted (like a garden hose) so it is trying to curl up? Maybe lock the drum & twist the rest of the free cable to fix that? Also, concerning your cable lube, did you just pour motor oil on it as it was rolled out or did you dip it?
FYI. I wrote a review at HD website, and Husky (actually Sanborn manufactured) replied, asked for pics, explanation and serial #s, then sent me another motor/compressor to me free of charge. It arrived yesterday. Squeaky wheel gets the grease......
I wish I were as good a welder as you are. I should have realized the brace is not fastened to the hood in the middle. I hear you about the nice curve. Whenever I stand or sit on the hood of my Deuce to work on the wipers, the hood dimples in (I only weigh 150 lbs.). I usually just open the hood afterwards and with one push of the hand it goes right back into shape. A lot of old-timers used to braze metal. I may try that on my cracks. I'd just get some brazing rod, flux, and use my map gas torch. Good luck on your repairs and thanks for the pics!
They ae bad here too. They make their nests in the cab often, and always on the bed frames. I was using Spectricide" but recently it seems like the producers have watered it down and I have to water board them with it, then smash them. So now I use cheap brake clean.
I use a shop vac for leaves in my yard (rock yards in AZ) because I can neither mulch or rake & leaf blowers just swirl them around the yard as the wind counters my efforts like a fencing opponent.
How old is your compressor? I got mine in 2005 so it was 14-years old when it gave up the ghost. From what I have read, that is a long life for a compressor. It is actually easier to just run the Deuce compressor than move the compressor out from its storage spot (no where near the power outlet). Thanks for the info though & glad you got your compressor working again!
Its about 3 years old. It will be my back up one now, since I got a gas powered one that I got in the bed of the deuce to operate my log lift for extra heavy green Hemlock firewood rounds, and another electric one since.How old is your compressor? I got mine in 2005 so it was 14-years old when it gave up the ghost. From what I have read, that is a long life for a compressor. It is actually easier to just run the Deuce compressor than move the compressor out from its storage spot (no where near the power outlet). Thanks for the info though & glad you got your compressor working again!
