Recent content by 50shooter

Sent a Deuce and trailer down the road with this company today. Small operation with great service and equipment, 53' ramp step deck beaver tail. Both the dispatch and driver were polite, knowledgeable and did exactly what they said they would do. Actually, showed up early even. Been a...

Morning Had similar issues two years ago after firing it up after 5 year sit. The diesel had gummed up the mech. fuel pump. I removed the fuel line from the mech. pump that feeds the secondaries. The fuel only trickled out the output side with the in tank pump running. I squirted Acetone in...

- Update - She might be toast. Trailered it to a friend who is a mechanic, former Navy Mech. even. He pulled the oil pan and there was lots of metal in it. He "put a bar on it and can't get it to turn", referring to the engine. Not sure where one places said bar to try to turn it over but...

Matt5 - I believe I asked my Dad the same questions in the same order. He felt like a soup sandwich so I had to take a different approach. My conversation would have been much different had it been one of my boys doing something like that. The lack of oil still remains a mystery. Granted the...

Thanks a lot. My hopes are up now, perhaps a miracle in the making.

Thanks for the feedback guys. May triage it this w/e. Tinstar is probably right on the scarce and expensive in these parts.

My Dad was using the 1008 to haul a load of wood home from the farm. It started to get gutless coming up a hill and then smoked a bit and died on side of road. He called Mom to bring some oil. Turns out my near 80 yo parents deduced that there was no oil appearing on the dipstick...

Can't get a photo to come up from my phone. My son has the Deuce at the FFA Barn yard zoo. Months of work and frustration paid off. Thanks all!!

mmmm... powwwer steeeeeering. That would be super awesome.

You guys are awesome and a lot of good ideas for me or the next guy searching posts two years from now while his truck is causing sleepless nights. I am extremely happy to report my son got to drive the Deuce last night. I decided we were going to start over at the beginning and test at each...

I did replace the fuel line and thought I was being smart. Now in the last couple days of reading posts to figure out my issue, I see reference to submersible hose. I'll have to order one and replace it again later. Would it be possible that the engine is consuming fuel faster than fuel can...

Thank you for the suggestions Gimpy & Rusty. I ended up pulling the lines from the boost pump and injecting some Acetone into it for a couple hours. I hooked the inlet hose back up and turned on the elec. pump to flush it. Worked great, Instead of the previous little dribble, fuel shot out...

That is going to look and function great. Well done and good luck.

Howdy gang. I've been away and out of the game for a while, having read and searched posts for an hour, I miss this site. Long story short, my son wants to drive a deuce in the FFA event next week. Been 6 years since a deuce fired up. 1 Drained fuel and cleaned tank it was gummy shellac...