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Reaching out, please see this thread: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/conversations/88620-would-like-rent-borrow-deuce-montana-wyoming.html

Drag racers employ some wild automatic transmissions that handle mucho HP and extreme shock loads. I was wondering if one of these would work in a Deuce. (Not because I would ever do such a thing, just because I was wondering how strong these drag trannys are compared to the needs of a Deuce.)...

I started my Deuce a few minutes ago, taking it out of its long winter's sleep. The good news is that the batteries held their charge. :) The bad news is that I think I have been jinxed by all of the recent run away threads. The motor started normally, blowing black smoke, and then it kind...

We've got plenty of threads on running WMO in your multi and others on running WMO in your diesel, still more on running home heating oil in a vehicle, but I don't recall seeing any discussion on running WMO in a home heating system. Some folks burn WMO in home-made 'furnaces' piped in to their...

My Deuce engine has a petcock mounted on the side of the oil filter/cooler housing. When the motor is running, if you crack that petcock open, you get a nice stream of oil. I presume that this is intended for obtaining a sample of the oil for testing without having to drain the sump. Also, it...

Yesterday I made a day trip to pick up a bunch of Deuce parts. I ended up with both front fenders, a hood, instrument panel with gauges, two-channel mechanical Pyrometer, a lot of odds and ends, and a complete front spring setup in case I ever decide to build a bobber. The front fenders on my...

It looks like I got some crazy mileage with my Deuce. Carrying 4,000 lbs plus in the bed and flat towing my Jeep, driving hilly Interstate with the hand throttle pulled out to 55 mph on the flats (did 50-ish up hill and 58/59 downhill), 11.00x20 super singles. 230 miles and 16.2 gallons. 14.2...

I purchased a couple of Deuce fenders and a few small parts from one of our members who is near Ft Meade. I had hoped to drive down to pick them up over the holiday break, but I got jammed up. I am trying to find some time to do this - however - is anyone heading up from Ft Meade to the NY...

It sure would be nice to have a smart phone app that connects to the SS forum. iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry - whatever. I know that some other forums that use the same forum software have iPhone/iPad capability. One I know of provided it free (I think, maybe it was .99) and the other...

Made a new avatar - what do you think?

It's time to put my Deuce away for the winter. I've got a 200+ mile trip to bring it to one of my shops where it will sit out the winter in an insulated and heated space. I figure that I'll flat-tow my Jeep behind it so that I have a ride home. I've got the Deuce full of shop equipment I am...

Please help us identify this unit - not sure if it is a whistler:

My M416 has original NDT tires in really good shape considering their age. I have some 16" BFG take-offs from my wife's Suburban - plenty of thread. I would like to use the civilian 16" tires for every day use, and save the NDTs for special occasions. For obvious reasons, I don't want to...

Does anyone have any insight as to how I could find a Deuce in the vicinity of northeast Wyoming/southeast Montana? It's for a non-profit organization out of one of the familiar universities that runs educational programs to help get kids started in science. The area is question is used to...

I have wondered whether, when bobbing a Deuce, it is feasible to convert the stock rear suspension to quarter-elliptic. Simply remove the rear-most axle and torque arms, cut the rear spring off behind the mount, and leave it as a slipper design for the remaining axle. This would seem to...

I hope that this post is not off topic for this forum. My DD is a 1990 civilian YJ Jeep. The stock lighting wiring harness is showing its age as well as indignities wrought by prior owners. I am a bug about good wiring; this 20-year old wiring is just not aging well, and on its best day it...

I've searched, and while there are a bunch of threads that discuss moving the bed vis-a-vis bobbing, I have not found anything on the feasibility of moving the bed back 6" to a foot. (In one build thread, the poster states he is considering moving the bed back to provide room for a crane, but...

I always seem to be loading and unloading heavy objects in and out of my Deuce in situations where ramps or loading docks are not practical. I am considering setting up a truck crane that I can mount on the tailgate when needed. The stuff I lift tends to be small in volume and up to 600 or 700...

The brakes on my M35A2 are grabbing. If slowing the truck using the brakes only from, say, around 10 or 15 mph, when I step on the brake pedal the pedal goes down a bit and then has high resistance, with no application. Press harder, and all of a sudden the brakes grab and the truck...

Will be driving my Deuce north across CT and MA into VT later this week. Wish me luck. Would appreciate contact information from any members more or less en route for moral support. PM your cell phone and I will reply with mine. I have AAA and other towing - should not be a reason for...