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I agree with the idiot problem, they breed like flies. I think a little chlorine in the local gene pool would cure a few ills. I have no problem doing a budget build, but I see some absolutely terrifying stuff on the roads around here. The pulpwood trucks look safer than some of the local...

I envy your shop space!

Around here the kids with the lifted 4x4's like to put them on. My brother in law has suggested I put a pair of bowling balls in an old duffel bag to hang under my deuce. His opinion is that the deuce has the biggest pair in the county!

Most deuce nuts are the military self locking style.

The only problem with wooden ones is getting a piece of wood that will not split or check. The labor is not too bad, I make wooden objects on my metal lathe all the time. Metal lathes allow more precision than is normally encountered on wood lathes. All you need to do is grind your tool bits to...

What I am looking at is using a stamped steel stacking target (readily available, and cheap) and welding it to a turned flange that would fit the hub. I have some heavy wall (1") pipe that is the same OD as a deuce flange. I would cut it into 3/4" slices, face off on the lathe, drill on the...

Al I am going to Montgomery tomorrow to pick up an M-105 trailer from the guy who sold me my deuce. He has a M35A2W/W that has the front axle disassembled, I'll see what he wants for it. I watch GL auctions, but I would prefer to buy from a private individual. Test drives are nice! I paid 3K$...

My idea exactly.

Aluminum would be fine. So would some of the plastics. I have a set of 4 M151 lifting rings coming, I am thinking of making some flanges for the hubs and adding the lifting rings. Should look cool!

I'm 6'1", 245#, no problems driving. Mine has spring seats as well.

Let me see what I can come up with. I believe I can do better than wooden ones. They would not look exactly like the factory hubs, but if I can make them cheap enough, they would be fine.

Damn, what a miserable job, getting paid to work on old MV's. Sigh.....

Any sign shop that does vinyl lettering can do you a stencil. You weed out the lettering instead of the background. They use a product called GerberMask, or TransMask. You get the stencil on a piece of application tape (like wide, low tack, masking tape). You peel off the stencil on the...

Saturn has new ones for $28 each, probably the cheapest around. I saw some on E-bay, they were too high. Get a set and I will de-spline them for you on the lathe. Takes me 1/2 hr to do a pair.

Saturn has the NOS kit for $7.50. I got one in the other day. Since I have a spare dash that already has the hole in it, it will be an easy swap. The kit is the light assy., a packard "Y" connector, and the mounting screws. Fairly simple.

Air shift. Too many issues with the sprag type T-cases. You should be able to do the clutch in 1 day, if you have the parts on hand. You might want to take the pressure plate and disk to a local clutch rebuilder, that would add a couple of days. Deuces are easy to work on, the parts are a bit...

Watch E-Bay, I have seen running engines go for $500-$750. I got a good LDT 465 1 D on GL, $445. Depending on where you live, there are a couple of list members who have take-out engines, Spicergear comes to mind.

I am planning on a boost/egt gauge in my stock 1-C engine. When I get to that place, I'll have some readings.

They bring a good bit less at Fort campbell Tn. There are a pile of 800 series trucks showing up at Fort Riley Ks.

I saw a bunch of trucks in Montgomery a month or 2 ago, all looked good, all were sold as residue, no SF97. Also, look at the condition code. If it translates into "economically repairable", you can usually get it working. If it is HX (some value in excess of basic materials), you probably have...