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Wouldn't a starter issue result in a burned-out starter? Their duty cycle when cranking the motor is only around 10 or 15 seconds plus a cooldown period. I'd think if it were the starter being stuck in the ON position it would be burned out and you wouldn't be able to start the truck.

That's weird! Whatever grease gun I bought from Tractor Supply plugged right into the zerks on my truck without a problem to do its thing. I don't know the size of the gun's fitting other than it snaps on straight and pops off when I bend its nozzle at an angle and pull. The part number for...

You could've picked me up from school. Why, you can even pick me up from the office! I'm not too old for that sorta thing :ROFLMAO: Though my wife might be wondering why I got a ride home in an army truck if I didn't go to work with mine...

I guess that means it's time to find a bridge truck to take to school!

Once in awhile my dad would pick me up from school with his WW2 jeep. It was a cool way to get home :cool: Betcha made those soccer moms all jealous with that truck. You could put the whole team in the back :ROFLMAO:

And it's done! Congratulations on completing it. It looks great :cool:

Did the deuce tractors have a double frame too?

I don't get why they didn't put gladhands on the front of a deuce like they did on the 5-tons. It seems like a no-brainer thing to me if it's doable by a shadetree mechanic 🤷‍♂️

Mine came like that from the factory, so it was some poor AM General assembler's pain and suffering who made it work for me :ROFLMAO: (Though the windshield was probably on a bench for the install, so it was probably easier to do that than this job!). Mine has metal covers over all the moving...

Nice job! Electric wipers are the best wipers (y)

All the talk about parts is why I'm so big on additive manufacturing. DoD is too, which is why they're scanning parts for OOP equipment so they can make their own. We might have to dig into that more ourselves as surplus stock dries up.

Ugh I hate it when that happens :sick: Decades years ago there was a guy here doing the same thing with halftrack parts.

I've seen a few pop up on Facebook, mostly the A3C variant.

I agree with this. I've been starting and running vehicles manufactured 1942+ for years and never had a problem with them sitting for six months or longer and starting them up at some point. They have run at least once a year though. I'm sure many here who have recovered trucks and started...

Maybe it's because we've all figured our trucks out? :p I wish I had the room and funds for the other three flavors of M44A3 trucks.