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renovate7, It's impossible to find parts... as these are a Rock Island Armory mfg. item. Real printed material on the ring is gov't restricted, and won't help with any major rework anyway. These things are still issued and in use I guess thats why. I dont think theres a service/repair kit. I...

Wow!

Oh yeah, and not like it's ever gonna happen, but... the next time I'm using the small Remote Control Spotlight, to find targets to illuminate with the AN/VSS3 Tank Searchlight, to get a bead on with the Remote Control M2HB T&E on the gun ring, while talking on the CB radio and heating up food...

cranetruck, :| Didn't know that. But on the other hand the slave socket price was right. Besides, I just couldn't find it in myself to go with the second option... just too civilian.

The timing is pretty good I just finished this up last week. I had an AN/VSS3 searchlight for the roof, the UH-48 heater, a remote spotlight, a center console with the comms, remote electric T&E for the M66 gun ring. So whaddya gonna do? :idea: There's a guy on Ebay(right now) with $12...

DanMartin, Did you see the hours and miles on those Peoria trucks? Virtually like new! Almost bid on em to give LilRuthie a twin sister.

richardsredemption, Nice catch, looks like its in great condition. DanMartin, Although I had the Slave Cable and seat belts, didn't have that flight line sticker(sounds cool tho, got a pic?). My Deuce was from Home AFB, and had 'Air Force - Official Use Only' on the doors, FWIW anyone know...

3 Deuces in Peoria IL near me went for about $4,000 each today. They were 1988's with under 150-300 hrs, about 5-8 thousand miles, one of the last production runs. :drool:

gwalker, Not long... mines been under review since Aug 07. :roll: Just joking, no rush Mike I'd prefer you continue the great site upgrades anyway. [thumbzup]

Lil' taller than the 9' I planned for with the XL's.

Chuck, It's an on-off switch in the thermostat, I used a jumper wire to run mine.

Chuck, You may want to use the thermostat on the thermo plug and not on the power cable. Is that what you meant?

Chuck, Sure tomorrow, then you just jumper the two pins in the 'thermo' socket. I did just that to see if everything tuned on. I hope my pump diaphram isn't dry rotted when I finally fuel this thing up.

Chuck, Thanks, no rush, whenever it turns up. A wrong barrel locking pawl kept us from shooting anyway. JDT, They're out there, Ebay NOS in the box $150. Fixer uppers are a lot less.

Yeah cranetruck, the 'push on' swivel connector had to be re-machined to fit the flared fitting on the unit. But a flare to pipe thread adaptor might be out there too. Qt/hr... not bad.

Chuck, Why don't you just run it to a jerry can. I'm still trying to figure out the fuel consumption of these guys. I saw that Austin(Aviation) had a jerry can spout attachment for 1/4 inch fuel lines on his Ebay site. I'm using that flexible plastic tubing so I can route it to where I need...

Man, that outage last night really cost me. Between refresh tries I must have spent $50 bucks buying non essential mv stuff from Ebay.

RE: Heater Manual MilSurplus, The amp meter doesn't budge on my power supply when I have the UH-48 on and dry running. I haven't put diesel in it yet tho. Does it really take that many amps?

If the alt/bat wires were connected during the test run you might have been just picking up the battery's 24v. You're right, when charging the alt should put out 28v. Make sure the exciter wire is getting 24v at the solder post.

Swapped the alternator this weekend and gave a 'look see' to the alt fan belts while I was in the area. They looked good, soft, no cracks, not glazed. But this year they'll be going on 20 years old. Do I go by the age of the belts or the hours on the engine, I sure wouldn't replace them by the...