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  1. Valley Rock

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Having watched many of this individuals recovery videos it never ceases to amaze me the things that he does and remains in business, clearly there is a severe lack of competition, or he works for free . Holding the throttle to the floor while shifting the transmission from forward to reverse...
  2. Valley Rock

    Transport M35A2

    Well, you just bought a 6x6, so what's the big deal, buy another one that's big enough to tow that one and when you get home they can hang out together and become friends and when you come outise in the morning you will have more choices . 😊 🇺🇸
  3. Valley Rock

    Transport M35A2

    ... "IF" you had a military tow bar, you could just pull it home with something capable, one of the better investments I've made personally .
  4. Valley Rock

    Must Have's for New Deuce?

    Make sure your brakes work good . Possibly convert to disc ( pretty easy) which eliminates the wheel cylinders that are the major cause of brake failures . Make sure your E-brake/parking brake work properly as this will save your ass in the event of a hydraulic failure . I have seen videos on...
  5. Valley Rock

    Piston pin fit. How tight is too tight.

    Your pins should NEVER be tight in the piston, only the small end of the rod . If you have full floating pins they will be tight nowhere and held in by clips in the pistons .
  6. Valley Rock

    Can't prime fuel lines.

    O The fuel tanks in my 5 ton have a drain on the bottom, pretty handy .
  7. Valley Rock

    Can't prime fuel lines.

    How ? Even if there are things above the tank that prevent you from removing the tube out, dropping the entire tank is like a 30 min job tops with a beer break . Hopefully someone didn't run bio fuel in your truck and turn everything including the injector pump into an entire rusty gooey mess...
  8. Valley Rock

    Just bought a Deuce...

    Have you taken delivery of the truck ? Does it have oil in the engine ? Is there water in the radiator ? Does it start and run and have good oil pressure ? Does it have brakes or at least the pedal doesn't go to the floor ? Asking for a friend ... ✌
  9. Valley Rock

    Can't prime fuel lines.

    Process of elimination, start near the source . Undo the fuel outlet line at the top of the tank and see if it comes out there, then go from there . 40psi is way too much imo, I would say 10 psi would be more than enough provided the vents on top of the tank are plugged so that the added...
  10. Valley Rock

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I realized it was MIA, remembered I left it on front bumper playing music, found it face down in the dirt with two large tire tracks over it still playing music 😃 Looked in my box of phone junk and realized I already had a new screen for it, pulled out my pocket knife and a small Phillips had...
  11. Valley Rock

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I used mine to test the limits of my phones screen . Found it .
  12. Valley Rock

    4L80E Code 22 and 73

    While not an expert, if I walked out and discovered my trans wasn't talking to it's two main contributors (tps and pcs) I would check for grounding issues first, I find a simple and effective way to do that is to hook a test light to the + side of battery and get to probin' them grounds and go...
  13. Valley Rock

    Chevrolet 1984 K30 Dually - Restoration

    Not to me, but it aint my truck . If it was my truck I would remove the gutless smoke maker and drop a 454 in the same hole and add a 2" or 4" lift and taller tires and done . The Mark IV engine will comfortably rev 2k higher and the engine trans combo will live trouble free longer than the...
  14. Valley Rock

    Chevrolet 1984 K30 Dually - Restoration

    Taller tires and leave it alone ? If I had both trans at my disposal and I had to change it out, I'd definetly go with the 4l80 and a stand alone . But I really like them old TH-400s, I cant even fathom removing one to put a 700r4 in its place .
  15. Valley Rock

    Cooking oil as coolant?

    If I was to run oil to cool for some reason in this day and age I would cut half the fins off the water pump and remove the thermostat, the thickness of oil would be your thermostat, and trying to pump it in a hurry would aeriate it .
  16. Valley Rock

    Cooking oil as coolant?

    A lot of older engines used oil as a coolant instead of water or water based products, the famous Oil Pull engine is a perfect example . You would not want to mix the two, you would drain the water out and fill with oil and it will work, but why do it if not necessary ? There was an old...
  17. Valley Rock

    Unloading system.

    Are you obtaining the old dusty truck you visited ? Because that beast is awesome .
  18. Valley Rock

    Transfer of guardianship

    Every time I see one of these things it reminds me of the movie "Maximum Overdrive" .
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