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Well, I rigged up a adapter test adapter with my 110v hydraulic power unit, a five gallon bucket of cheap oil, funnel and a piece of pvc pipe. I found the first two valves leak badly, and I twisted off the end of one of the hard lines capping it off. So I'm going to go to a wireless...

Yesterday I didn't get as much as I wanted done, I did get the sides of the bed welded back together and the troop seats and side cut down. As for the knuckle boom I moved it forward a 2" since I noticed when I putting in the U bolts that I would hit the air tanks, but I could move it forward...

Actually looking more in depth these might be -8 ORFS it they are can get a adapter to JIC for $2.60 then a adapter from JIC to NPT 3/8 for $3.30 so $6 extra per hose which is still less than the ORFS hoses. But hopefully the hydraulic shop has a 1 step adapter just to keep the amount of...

Looking at 1/2" / -8 size ORFS hoses eek! those hoses are a lot more expensive than the NPT cheapo hoses and adapters from ORFS to NPT are hard to find. I can get ORFS to JIC or oring BSPP. Hopefully it is something cheap, I'm going to the hydraulic shop tomorrow for a rousing game of "What...

Now I'm making some bottom supports for the U bolts and some top plates to better hold down the knuckle boom, since the nuts on the ubolts fit with just a 1/8" of contact on the mounts. I'm going to have to go the hydraulic hose shop to figure out what these flat oring metric fittings are so I...

Well it was nice out today so I got a lot of work done! My original plan was to use a gantry crane at my house or use the 10 ton crane at my buddies warehouse, but as I was taking out my spare and tool box today, I remembered that where were a bunch of 2" to 4" holes at the front of the bed...

Looking around and taking some measurements, there is no way to use the stock master bracket, except as a guide for the rod. So looking at this thread, https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/hydro-max-brake-assist-pics-added-long-read.16065/ I'll be mounting the master to the frame cross member...

Those grove cranes from the hemmt are sweet! and probably heavier than this Hiab at 2100lbs, wish I could get a forklift and the truck in my driveway but a gantry is what I can fit, my skid steer is to small to lift the bed, thought I can probably lift the crane enough to move it around once I...

Looking at my 24v hydraulic pump I had it had some problems mainly being it had SAE #4 and #6 fittings way to small, so I got a new 24v hydraulic pump in it can run 5gpm, and my hydro-max master cylinder came in. Now to block off the blown wheel cylinder and limp it back to my drive way to get...

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I'll go with the 5/8" u-bolts for now, I had my doubts about the all thread. If I ever experience any creep on them I'll think about another mounting solution.

I'm thinking about the bolt to attach the crane to the frame, I can either use four 5/8" grade 5 square u-bolts or I can get 3/4" grade B7 all thread and use some 1/2 or 5/8" plate to top and bottom brackets. The ubolts would be easier, but the 3/4" B7 rod is stronger but more work and more nuts...

Well I did some math today, and I'll have to cut the bed down 36" to 9 feet for it to look right but if I take but the bucket off the skid steer it will fit easy and I'll have room along the side to hold it and some gear so I'll have to live with a 9ft bed. Now the crane is only ~23" deep so If...

Your truck looks about two steps up on both the crane and the truck! I have my old crane in the same spot. But I cant lift my jeep TJ with my current crane! I run my current crane on a 1.5gpm 12v power pack I got from northern tool a while on a single group 31 that charges off my 12v...

Keeping it 6x6 would mean getting another M35a3 wheel ($250) and another MVT 395 tire($75), another set of discs($164 each) and calipers($189 each) plus a second set of mounts. I haven't gotten the disc brake caliper mounts yet, or know who makes them still but I'm sure there not cheap, I think...

Well I just got the crane. It needs more hydraulic lines replace than I would have liked, but I got it for $800 instead of $1300 so that was good. But that was a day. I get there later than I wanted. and the crane is buried in the back of the guys supply yard so he gets out his baby track...

Well, to preface I have a 1969 M35a2c with a D turbo, air shift, hardtop ect. I'm going to convert is to a long bed 4x4, pulling the mid axle, deuce front springs with air bags. Currently its sits on power king 9-20's tires. But I have a set of MVT 395s on M35a3 wheels just waiting for me to...

I though it was the Canadian deuces, but I guess I'm wrong, I was digging through some threads before the forum update and saw some references to a 3 grove pulley for some model, I cant find the thread I was looking at so I guess I'll had to experiment with it.

I heard in some threads that possibly some Canadian deuces had 3 groove crank/harmonic balancers, (seems after looking around more its only a 3 groove pulley) I'm hoping to track one down for my deuce to run a dual v belt to the power steering pump. Does anybody know of any part numbers? Or...

I just saw this on amazon while I was searching for something else and thought of this thread, its a pnuematic exhuast cutout valve, that is all stainless steel and they run around $30-$60 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NC6ZQGP/ref=twister_B07NC78V4X?_encoding=UTF8&th=1 What I was actually...