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I never really understood that myself, thanks for clearing this a bit. Isn't it undesireable to lock out the driveshaft in non 6x6 mode? I mean, normally it keeps the shafts and the differential moving and it seems to me that it is better when those things are in motion and therefore...

I had the same problem on my truck, internal brake fluid loss. It was a semi-stuck valve in the airpack that allowed brake fluid to enter the air pressure cylinder in the back of the airpak. But this was accompanied by dot5 blowing out the vent line of the air pack that normally exits near the...

Disconnect the bone (cable between the batteries) and take it with you, and secure the steering wheel with a long chain lock to the drivers seat. The cab doors can be locked from the inside, too, but you need to leave the drivers side front window (easier to reach) unlocked. I do that...

...doesn't serve the green disease...I'd get a m109 if I had such inclinations...

Definitly, please do so! I love these old m21x trucks. If the resources and space requirements are permitting (er, and the spouse...), I would buy and restore it. Cheers, Mark

Hmmm, what about an original seat back plywood piece w/o padding, for it is already curved and has the right mountings? Maybe it can be mounted set back a little further for additional space and re- upholstered with a thin foam sheet and original canvas for both comfort and original looks. If I...

5 minutes?? If you say zipperless, do you mean they are one piece, closed? I always thought you had to remove everything to the axle stumps to put one piece boots on? Maybe I have a misconception here... Cheers, Mark

The lowest temp I started mine was around 20 degrees F, maybe even a little lower. It behaved as usual, and the oil pressure was there after the normal delay. But it had new filters all around, and a WMO / Diesel / Gasoline mixture in the tank. Never used pre-heat, cold-start-device, or sniff...

Hmmm, about old, I noticed that the fluid turns yellow / golden quite fast. I flushed and refilled my brake system with new mil DOT5 after a complete change of the MBC and airpak and several brake lines with new units. After just two months or so, the color of the fluid already changed...

When your tank pump is running, and you open the vent (bleed) on the primary filter, do you get fuel? If this is the case, and taking it one step further, when you open each secondary filter bleed valve, is there something coming out with a reasonable pressure? Cheers, Mark

You might also want check the color of your motor oil. (edit: sorry, I saw you confirmed that already) In regard of checking the oilcooler, what can be checked there, and how can oil enter the water system from there? Just wondering. Cheers, Mark

I would opt for a separate tank solution, maybe made of a good old air compressor tank. On this, you can mount a set of outlets for an assortment of devices like an oiler for tools, pressure regulators and water separators / filter for a spray gun, and so on. The little fitting in the cab is...

Good job, Karl! I wish I would have had the possibility of taking the bed of the truck when I did mine, and I admire your workspace of course. Cheers, Mark

I removed the mud guard for cleaning reasons, because I had a inner axle seal leak. Besides that, when fluid comes out, it might collect between the guard and the housing and create a future "phantom leak". Good to know that the inner rear bolt thread is open to the inside, too, because one...

I build one with a water seperator and a pressure regulator to spray paint on my deuce :-) Cheers, Mark

Now, what I'm gonna write now should definitly __not__ keep anybody from really fixing this. It's just what I found out when I had the problem myself. There's a way of draining the fluid - whatever it is - from the housing of the steering knuckles, without dismounting or opening the boots...

Unfortunatly (only for this matter :-) ) the original fenders got replaced by new ones during the restoration process. They are as smooth as a babies butt !;) Thanks, Mark @ crazyguyla : do you mean SN or VIN ? Where exactly is this number to be found? My Deuce has a lot of paint on the...

in my case, the whole VIN is 012710094, and its on the right side of the frame (passenger side). I suspect that the frame is older, because it has the mounting bracket for the exhaust from the gasser (exiting before the first rear axle), and the bracket also looks quite used. Deuce...

Would be interesting! On my deuce, the relevant part of the VIN says 10094, that should be the 93rd vehicle from the first contract, if I understood the decoding correctly. Shoot! Mark

When you swap the MBC and have things open anyhow, you could check the system for sand or crud step by step, e.g. first open the airpack cylinder and see if crud is inside (most likely, if the airpack has been bled for example), then dismount the first brake line and flush it with alcohol -...