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  1. Blythewoodjoe

    DC to AC inverter for AC in Dodge

    OK, here's the idea. I want to use a 120 volt air conditioner (window unit maybe) in my M886 box. I may even put a unit on top. I was thinking of keeping a 120 volt generator on the vehicle but then I thought, could I use a 1500 watt or bigger inverter and install a larger alternator on the...
  2. Blythewoodjoe

    Got an empty truck headed to central Florida this week

    My cousin has an empty goose neck trailer going to Florida this week and can haul some stuff down. I'll get him to post details later, I just wanted to give you all a heads up if you need something hauled down. Joe
  3. Blythewoodjoe

    I love my M886 :-)

    It seems half of what we do here is brag about our favorite trucks. Well here I go. I have owned several deuces and a few 5 tons, but with out a dout my M886 is now my favorite ride. I have posted pictures of it on the following thread...
  4. Blythewoodjoe

    M813 has no lights working on the rear, help.

    I could probably figure this out, but I have spent several hours working on the problem and I am hoping there is a common place to look for the problem. Here's the problem and what I know: I have working head lights, front turn signals, and black out lights all over. I don't know about the...
  5. Blythewoodjoe

    I hate to ask, how do you get 14.00's to inflate on ODIron wheels?

    I am trying to get my 14.00 XL tires to seat up on the ODIron wheels and I am having no luck. When I say no luck, the tire shop that mounted them couldn't get them to pop up even with 2 cheata tanks. Is there a trick to getting these things to hold air and once they are up, if they leak down do...
  6. Blythewoodjoe

    Info for S788 shelter?

    I have been looking and not finding info on this shelter. I think it is for a HMMWV. I was wanting to find the dimensions for it. Anybody know what TM this is in or where I might find it. I looked around the TM's here but couldn't find one that had it (I could have over looked it, I've done that...
  7. Blythewoodjoe

    Starsky and Hutch is dead

    I couldn't stand the red and white paint any more so I sprayed the M886 last week. I think it looks much better. Now if I only had time to work on it.
  8. Blythewoodjoe

    Dodge 886 electrical problems

    Yes, I know Dodge installed electrical problems at the factory, but seriously, my new M886 is not working well. There appears to be a problem between the battery and the starter relay. It gets fire once in a while to the distributor but when using the key it will either not turn over, or it...
  9. Blythewoodjoe

    Unloading a deuce, no animals where harmed.

    Don't try this at home, but I just happened to have a camera with me today as I did my gravity/tree assisted unloading. Watch the trees at the back of the truck as it stops. And yes, I know I need help.
  10. Blythewoodjoe

    Deuce electric wipers, what they worth?

    I was talking with a dude while I was picking up something from GSA and we where talking about recent purchases. When he found out I bought a deuce with electric wipers he offered me $350.00 for the set up. I am very temped to let him have them. Are they really worth that? Joe Trapp
  11. Blythewoodjoe

    Where to buy paint, Gillespie maybe?

    I need to start painting several vehciles, one being the M8?? I just bought and I was wondering how you guys get paint like Gillespie? I have bought it in the past but it was always at Aberdeen so shipping was not an issue. If I have to order it who is the best at having it on their shelf? And...
  12. Blythewoodjoe

    Dude needs a wrecker transfer case

    I just met a guy that needs a transfer case from an old wrecker. He looked at our M543 and it is not what he needs. He saw one in a 52 (?) Internation that would work, but he don't know what M number it was. He said it needs two rear PTO's to run the winches. Any of you guys know of a place...
  13. Blythewoodjoe

    Just won on GL, how 'bout you guys

    I just won the best truck out of the batch at Ft. Jackson. Still watching inferior trucks go for more. Did I need this truck? Don't matter now.
  14. Blythewoodjoe

    EM pulse and the deuce, will it survive?

    I was talking with someone about emergency preparedness and they wanted me to let them know if I ran across any former military vehicles that didn't have much electronics in them so they would not be disabled by an EM pulse (if I am talking about the right thing). So the question is: Will the...
  15. Blythewoodjoe

    Ham radios and this hobby, any military radios work for that?

    Happy Thanksgiving. I have been encouraged to become a ham radio operator and know nothing about them. I assume some of these radios I see at shows in trucks and stuff broadcast on amature radio frequencies. I will one day need a radio and was wondering if any of you guys are experts on the...
  16. Blythewoodjoe

    Help needed identifying M813

    OK guys, I have found the problem with our M813 and now runs like a champ. For the last couple of years it has sat around and was really hard to crank. It was a fuel leak on a little 1/4" plastic line all this time. Fixed that and it can sit for days and fire right up with a few seconds of...
  17. Blythewoodjoe

    Maybe my wife is right?

    Well this seems like as good a place as any to post this. My wife says I have too much stuff. That's a good reason to sell it I guess. Pictured below is what I have pulled out of the woods so far. About 1/3 is still in the woods. Most, if not all of it, will be finding a new home, either...
  18. Blythewoodjoe

    Air show at Ft. Jackson, SC this weekend

    For those of you who might be interested, Celebrate Freedom foundation is having it's annual show at Ft. Jackson this weekend. It's free admission from 9:00 to 16:00 hours on Saturday. I am looking at the flyer right now but I think there is info on the web site at...
  19. Blythewoodjoe

    Concealed weapons permit in SC

    This will probably be considered off topic my most but I have had a good experience and wanted to share it with my South Carolina brothers. I posted it here in the safety section because I will be packing heat in my MV while in SC and the other states that honor my CWP. I just got my CWP in...
  20. Blythewoodjoe

    Bob D. Deuce for sale!!!!

    Well I hate to do it, but I am going to have to sell my truck :cry: I will post something in the classified next week but I just wanted to give everybody that might be interesting in driving or looking over the truck a chance to visit and do just that before it goes. I need to sell it over...
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