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    Night Owl patrol help needed on light swap question

    Hoping that someone sees this fast and is able to help. Can I swap my non-working old style tail light from my deuce for a tail light off my m1082 lmtv trailer that says "12 volt" on the back if I put new 24v bulbs in it? I believe all the blackout lights are LED anyway. Will the rest of the...
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    part identification: Springs

    Can any of you fine individuals assist me with identifying this spring that came with my deuce in one of a couple of unlabeled random Parts bags? Any chance it's the parking brake arm spring? Doesn't look like the diagrams in the TMS or parts list but that's where I happen to have a spring...
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    Got my Light Material Handling Crane (LMHC) today!

    Got some questions about the receiver hole in the bed. Did you install this yourself or was it something that was already there. I'm building one to put in an m1082 trailer and never considered that as an option. Would someone mind posting pics? I was just going to mount it on a 12" square...
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    Wiper Motor quick fix help!

    Good morning and thanks in advance for any suggestions. Got a Deuce with plastic wiper motors, driver's side is starting to get "sticky", assuming from swelled o ring because of oil in the system (another story). It works if I crank up the air to warp speed but doesn't take too long to...
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    Thoughts on tandem m1082's?

    Looked around on the forum for folks doing mods to try tandem trailers and didn't really find what I was looking for so I'll throw this latest brainchild out there for suggestion and scrutiny. Welcome to coffee talk Topic of discussion - What are any thoughts you would like to share on...
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    Moisture in brake system

    Sorry to bump this thread but do you not, then, advise driving a deuce with no air dryer in single-digit temps, even with purging the tanks religiously? What kind of brake failure is possible? Will they lock up or just not engage (or both?)
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    West Michigan roll call

    Actually yes but we are in the process of moving from there. You are obviously familiar with the area. Are you in Ortonville or Brandon Township? Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk
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    M35 IR driving light

    I retract my question as I finally read the ENTIRE answer you provided. Thanks!
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    M35 IR driving light

    Looked in your thread history for the info you mentioned but didn't see it. Would it have been labeled relative to the topic (I assume)? Also, are you still doing vehicle info?
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    School me on my water separator please

    So any thoughts to share about replacing the 6 micron secondary filter (I have the single spin-on filter conversion) with a 2 micron filter? Would that restrict flow too much?
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    M35 IR driving light

    How did you do that with the high and low beam sockets? Or did you just up for one of the other? Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk
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    M35 IR driving light

    Been looking through threads trying to find tips on putting an IR light on my A2 but haven't been very successful. Need recommendations on location, wiring, etc. I was looking at putting is on the bumper between the headlight and turn signal and then using the wiring from the blackout driving...
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    School me on my water separator please

    Thanks Guyfang but this is from a Deuce and a half, not a generator (unless I'm confused about what you meant).  Great advice.  My understanding is that gas is great for cleaning diesel tanks
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    School me on my water separator please

    So, time to change the filter? Drain the tank? Again, no idea how old this filter is
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    School me on my water separator please

    Ok, gotta jump in here. I know this is an older thread but I just drained my NAPA water separator/fuel filter on my deuce that I got late last July. I'm just getting up to speed with fuel system maint. Never owned a diesel before so the learning curve has been interesting. Here is what...
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    Free craigslist fuel preparation

    Kind of reddish brown. while I was pumping it through the clear hose, it looked like Sam Addams beer, maybe not quite as opaque or dark. thoughts? I can't imagine it would be any worse than WMO that people use, especially with filtering twice and using additive. Or am I wrong?
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    Free craigslist fuel preparation

    fuel oil (#2 diesel)
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    Free craigslist fuel preparation

    So, fuel experts out there, here is the order of operations so far on 250+ gallons of free fuel oil off of craigslist (10+ years old), -pumped (unfliltered) out of original tank leaving the bottom 5-10 gallons of sludge/water(?) (opened the petcock until dark fuel oil was coming out before...
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    WMO filtering

    My deuce came with the spin-on oil filter upgrade already done and the old system/parts came with it. Was thinking of trying to set the dual filter system up to filter WMO to run in the truck. Most of what I have read suggests 5 micron or less filtration but do the filters for that set up...
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    Best way to clean tarp cargo cover?

    I used Tilex and a floor scrub brush. Worked beautifully.
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