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I have had a couple of flats on my 5 ton. One was on highway at about 45 mph. Heard hissing for a few seconds as front corner went down. I did not use the brakes until truck was almost stopped. Tire sidewall was shredded in about 100 to 200 feet. The other was off road at about 15 mph, also on...

Here is a pic of me against my son in his 75 Formula in the finals at the Pontiac Heaven drags in Phoenix, and one of my goat with my 74 Ventura and my uncle's 46 P/U. The 46 was purchased new in 46 by my Grandfather.

By the way, I get your antique auto mentality. I have owned a 70 GTO (among other classic autos) for over 40 years and have attended many car shows with it. At the big shows, there are usually many cars there closer to stock than mine. I have made modifications to mine that are hard to spot yet...

My choice of spare wheel was driven by the fact that I did not want to purchase 7 adapter plates. If you have an a3 wheel for your spare, it should work and the modifications are very hard to spot, though I admit may keep you from best of show at Pebble Beach.

The truck could tolerate the 1.5 inch difference well if the spare is mounted on the front. Keeping the four tires on the drive axles the same size if needing to drive distance on road is the goal. The size difference would not matter much off road.

I have an m35a2 with 395s on MRAP wheels with adapters on my truck. The spare is a 395 on a stock a2 wheel, in the stock spare location. They do fit with slight trimming of the tool box support arm and some elongation of the holes in the spare tire support.

98G has one for sale in the classifieds.

The air pressure would not be a problem for a brake system. But I doubt air alone would be enough to flush out old fluid. But plenty of brake cleaner followed by air should be quite effective.

To be crystal clear, either type will work but 5 is incompatible with 3 or 4. This means your system needs to be cleaned of all old fluid before introducing different fluid.

What were you pulling on it with? Did you try a come-a-long? My dad always said “Don’t force it, get a bigger hammer”.

1100x20 is what I have heard is the limit for duals on stock wheels.

If you go the reward route , use quality tape. I second the suggestion to use Scotch 33. I use that exclusively.

Might you need spare light bulbs for stop/tail/turn signals? A volt meter or test light might come in handy. Do you have a serviceable spare tire? Does the truck have everything needed to change a flat tire (Including cribbing)? Have you thought to share your itinerary and route here for...

I have a dual Delco alternator setup I installed on my deuce after the original alternator quit. One is 12 volt and the other 24. Both are one- wire alternators. I did not isolate either alternator because I went to a three- battery setup. The ground is common for both the 12 and 24 volt...

I considered using a hitch ball as the front anchor but that would be more intrusive in the bed when the camper is not on the truck. Since my camper is easily removed (like a slide-in truck camper), I did not want to interfere with that function. Since the trailer had surge brakes, the hitch...