Recent content by oboyjohn

The Canadian army had similar issues with the rubber inserts separating from the dog bones. As a safety, we modified outs by drilling a large diameter hole in the middle of the bushing ends, tapping them, and installing heavy washers with a big enough diameter to prevent the bushing from pulling...

There exists special pliers for safety wire binding. The pliers lock onto the two wire ends and when you pull on the handle, It spins the wire together, creating a tight, uniform twist.

Hi Mud truck daddy, Those pics of the 8.2L in the Canadian deuce look like ones that I posted here a while back!

Our Canadian Deuces ran with a 8.2 litre V8 Detroit diesel under the hood. Had no clearance issues with the steering box ( but ours were on the outside of the frame rail).

I have posted here on the site a ton of pictures on how the power steering box was mounted on the frame including picture of the re-enforcement bracket. If my memory is correct, there is also a plate on the inside of the frame rail.

That Highway tractor hauling the lowboy looks tiny compared to those 10 tons!

When reading the bumper numbers, Is left standing in front of the vehicle or from sitting in the drivers seat?

Go to a reputable hydraulic shop and have a real HP hose made. For the amount of money spent, you will have peace of mind that it will not let go at the worst possible time.

North of the border here in Canada, our deuces came with power steering from the factory. They used a Ross HFB-52022 steering box with a ratio of 20.4 to 1. The pump was an Eaton Corp model 16352-1 pushing 2.2 gallons per minute at 900 RPM. The pump was belt driven off the harmonic dampener and...

Our Canadian deuces had a mod done to install a platform between the bumper and the fenders. Made engine maintenance so much easier and safer.

Here in Quebec, the roads are salted like crazy in winter, hence the corrosion on all areas of the truck. As for the Leopard C2's no more for sale. Many, many were stripped internally and made into gate guards or static targets.

Try the old fashion way, build a small fire under the engine to warm it up. Or use a Colman stove.

I agree with Mullaney, someone dumped the clutch while stuck in mud or was trying to throttle out of sand and the front end started to hop.

Could it be `Drained Fluids`?