Recent content by msgjd

well i'll be ! I have not seen grilles hacked out like that for a hood lock .. :D .. None of the 880's in my units had any locks.. However I have an M880 and M890 in the yard with bolted external hasps for a hood lock, immediately above the grille.. Glad to see you went by photos , i stand...

"what's supposed to be here?" : i will have to check my wrecker or the m51a2's to be sure, but that flat boss might be for placing the fitting for the line coming over from the transfer pump on certain M39-series-types that have a pony (reserve) tank on the pass side "what's this?" : i...

yep i concur with that !

depends on the decade perhaps .. i seem to recall tons of them out in AZ and CA in the early 2000's , and they seemed to be a steady commodity in PA since the 1990's

after install, referred to as a truck with a "wetline". .. used for running dump trailers , detachable-front lowboys, winches, etc.

i see you chose the less-common 1976 version .. very nice build ! .. the BO drive light cutout should involve the next tier up on the grille , and what is the cutout over at far side of grille supposed to represent ?

a few people have LDS's in their deuces , done by a PO or themselves.. i don't have any spare lines for the LDT's , sorry

i might be able to help you if it's not been robebd off the parts truck and yours is indeed a LDS (your title line says LDT)

haha it sure seems that way at times, especially on muddy ground .. But M62's are "only" 34500# thereabouts .. Crazy to think the Western Star tractor w/ 36ft triaxle dump trailer i once ran Tare'd at 36200# .. When parked next to the M62 nobody could ever guess the two were so very close...

nice combo ! my fiance has a "normal" fummins , 2004 24-valve dually 4x4 Lariat pickup w/gooseneck hitch for her 40ft LQ livestock trailer, and a tuner for the VP44.. Fortunately it retained the ford 6-speed standard tranny .. The thing is a bear and sounds awesome .. We wanna hear/watch...

assuming there's a back seat, 4 men ... would certainly be crowded for the two in the back, leg room would be very much an issue but they could sit a bit sideways ... be much roomier to remove seat and have the rear two sit on the fender wells .. I had an early CJ5 with seat pads that...

searched the forum but came up short.. i believe it's a #2 but unsure.. Need to put an offset housing on a commercial application where friend is removing an L10 and replacing with a NTC350 , however i am thinking the bellhousing will NOT like the torque of the 350 at all , and his L10...

your tag indicates truck was built on the 1970 (4-year) contract, and the USA registration number (04E13271) indicates it's a 1971 model year ... that's how these numbers usually work from the late-60's into the early-70's , same as this period of 5-tons .. PS: " General Products...

the downshift trick (same goes with multifuel deuces) is take 5H to 4H as normal but then you avoid the 4th/3rd hole by hitting 5H , drop the transfer into neutral, double-clutch the rpms up and slide transfer into low range cleanly. . Then you're in 5L which is faster than 3H.. You have...

Oh there's more gears to choose from than we actually need.. Once a driver learns how to use the shift points (per the dash tag) and use both the high and low sides of the transfer case when pulling heavy loads, the dreaded "3rd-4th hole" of the overdrive spicers can be avoided, . Depends on...