What did you do to your deuce this week?

[caliber1]

I bought two, one for each Deuce, glad I did! The manual washer pump really sucks!

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I've never even tried my manual washer, are they that anemic?

Holy cow Goldneagle, with that muffler, can you hear your truck run?

 

[misupratwin]

Do the fans help alot?

I haven't gone anywhere yet but i can tell you they put alot of air.

 

[fuzzytoaster]

My rapco paint order came to my door step in under 24 hours (awesome) but I'm still grinding out some rough spots and getting ready to prime.

 

[caliber1]

I haven't gone anywhere yet but i can tell you they put alot of air.

Can you post a close up shot of your fan mounts?

 

[lawdog1623]

removed radiator, water pump and all associated coolant system parts. Now im stuck with the task of painting it all

 

[AnonymousOne]

Got an MA inspection sticker - I know doesn't sound like much but in MA they tear into your truck to check lots of stuff .. takes a mechanic a full hour do run though the check list and the extended smoke tests.

I was panicking that I might get a rejection sticker and have to spend a grand to fix something, so when I dropped her off I made sure to tell all the mechanic's that they should feel free to driver her as she is a lot of fun.

First thing that happened of course was that all mechanic's stopped working and rushed over to check her out .... under... over .. inside ... my poor girl violated by so many .. they where thrilled to get some hands on .. I think that she was their second MV they have ever had in the shop.

I got my passed sticker .. I am happy .. shared the MV bug .. who knows if any of them will get one but I am sure there are a few thinking about it

 

[RECONJON]

Nice! I will say that not too much is easy in Ma. How did you have to register it? Commercial plates? How about the insurance? I have a buddy that lives over the border from me and he had a tough and expensive trip to his plates. My was hoop riddled too, but I was able to get Ins. out of state and it was very cheap. My dad is in the insurance business and kept telling me how hard it would be to ins and reg in Ma. Another good guy wins!

Happy humming down the road!
Jon

 

[martinwcox]

AO, welcome to the club, where in MA are you located, I am up in Wilmington and Crazywelder72 (Dave) is in Winchester, lets plan a convoy date!

Cheers,

Martin.

 

[the buddah]

ok replaceing the driver outer bearing on my A3 and that cost 239.00 so after i am done that wheel its all the other wheels clean and repack that should kept me busy for a little while lol

 

[Chuck76]

over the past 2 weeks..... new clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing.... only took 3 days of off and on working on it, to replace and install. Battery disconnect switch. Adjusted transfer case linkage.... she was stuck in low.

 

[YOUNG GUN]

I've been putting off my in bed spare tire mount for way too long... so here it is

I even got my lovely wife to assist me with the install, although she wasn't exactly thrilled.

 

[Docuscg]

That's one brown truck!

All done with the priming. Now next week the primer rub down. I should get a job with UPS with a truck this brown. Soon the the new 3 camo paint job. Can't wait for that to be finished.

 

[AnonymousOne]

Nice! I will say that not too much is easy in Ma. How did you have to register it? Commercial plates? How about the insurance? I have a buddy that lives over the border from me and he had a tough and expensive trip to his plates. My was hoop riddled too, but I was able to get Ins. out of state and it was very cheap. My dad is in the insurance business and kept telling me how hard it would be to ins and reg in Ma. Another good guy wins!
Jon

Here is what I did for MA

• Commercial Registration - $340 (17k GVWR – a few k short of actual so I can’t load it all the way up)
• American Collectors Insurance - $267 – very limited activities are insured
• Truck - $9,500 .. I stretched an extra $1,000 because it had a winch. I figured I could get it back if I had to re-sell the truck.
• Tax - $580 (6.25% in MA)
• Filter kit (all of them) $170
• 20 gallons of 15w40 $220
• Chock blocks, backup alarm and other safety gear $200 for inspection sticker.

To qualify for the insurance I had to send them a pic of a Deuce in a lockable garage... I mean MY deuce in a garage.



You can read about my experience here doing the math ...
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/conversations/90811-so-you-want-mil-truck-here-what-they-cost.html

martinwcox - I have only been driving it 4 weeks on the weekend now so I need to put about 150 miles on it before I do any trips to visit folks .. This truck sat idle for 8 months before I got it .. so I think "murphy's law" is waiting for me around the corner ...

 

[RedbeardTheZombieHunter]

Till I can get on the big parts of the project, I'll just have to get my happy on by taking on the little silly jobs like replacing the retainer string that keeps the slave receptacle cap from getting lost. Mine was rotted away to nothing, so I replaced it with a piece of 4130 paracord.
Don't wanna go and lose my slave receptacle cap! The MV gods hate a dirty slave receptacle!
Last night I had a little free-hand fun with a Sharpie, a red paint pen, and my intake cap. I think it feels kinda like improvisational combat zone MV artwork. Know whatta mean Vern?

 

[lawdog1623]

To qualify for the insurance I had to send them a pic of a Deuce in a lockable garage... I mean MY deuce in a garage.


This is so funny to me. I wonder how many people have answered a knock at the door and been asked ....."excuse me, i know we have absolutely no relationship so im going to assume you're about to call the police on me, and ill end up going to jail for criminal trespass but before you call ....may i photo my cartoonishly large military truck sitting in your garage?" "Oh, yes sir this is totally legit but if an insurance agent EVER knocks on your door asking to see this truck, please tell them someone has taken it for a spin and immediately call this phone number"

 

[Welder Sam]

To qualify for the insurance I had to send them a pic of a Deuce in a lockable garage... I mean MY deuce in a garage.


This is so funny to me. I wonder how many people have answered a knock at the door and been asked ....."excuse me, i know we have absolutely no relationship so im going to assume you're about to call the police on me, and ill end up going to jail for criminal trespass but before you call ....may i photo my cartoonishly large military truck sitting in your garage?" "Oh, yes sir this is totally legit but if an insurance agent EVER knocks on your door asking to see this truck, please tell them someone has taken it for a spin and immediately call this phone number"

 

[SteveKuhn]

"...may i photo my cartoonishly large military truck sitting in your garage?"... LawDog1623

We have a guy locally who has a collection of digital building pics w/ doors. Give him a digital picture of of your Deuce and magically he parks your Deuce in the barn or garage of your choice.

Steve

 

[Castle Bravo]

Had the 916 parked next to the deuce today. Really shows off the size of the 916s/920s in comparison.

 

[Welder Sam]

poor deuce resembles a cowaring dog... my spelling sucks tonight im sure.. sorry.. dang thats big...

 

[connectingbar]

Got it inspected then installed the armored dome light, next weekend will be some fans in the cab