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I just changed the oil in mine, and came across some surprises. First, it's amazing to watch 5 gallons of oil empty out of an engine in under 60 seconds. Second, my deuce engine does NOT have the oil filter housing drain plug listed and shown in the TM. I searched for 10 minutes from all angles...

Bummer. I knew I was going to miss something. I'll check it out tommorow, but I think it's ok.

I ordered new brake hoses for the entire truck (2 fronts, and 1 each for the rear axles) and a gallon of DOT5 ($45 a gal) from Saturn. Should be in around Wednesday next week. Then, it'll be a mad rush to get them changed out and the brakes bled for Friday afternoon. Time to hit the TMs for the...

Once I replace the hoses, I'll obviously have to bleed everything. However, I really need to get this truck rolling for next Friday and I don't have time to source parts and build a power bleeder and I don't have a second person available to operate the brakes while I bleed. Can I just use a...

Today I got outside and did the minor brake adjustment on the deuce. Now I have a nice firm pedal that starts working at 1/3 push down whereas it previously took probably close to a 3/4 push before. After adjusting the brakes, I took it out for a test drive. Now I can lock the tires up. I'm...

It looks like Figure 3-44 in the 9-2520-246-34 TM confirms that. Spings on one side, nothing on the other.

When I move the shifter handle left to the reverse and 1st gear positions, I can feel a spring trying to re-center the shifter back. However, when I move the shifter to the right to the 4th and 5th gear positions, I don't feel any resistance from a spring. I'm guessing that spring broke or is...

Looks like a pre-modded Chevy small block oil pump with motor mounted on a stand. I was also thinking a water separator might be handy.

Not to threadjack or anything, but with that valve, would you hook up an air hose connector to the side port sticking straight into the cab, or the port opposite the incoming air line pointing to the passenger side of the cab?

Unfortunately, since I'm still new to the hobby, I don't have anything to offer up, but I do have quite a list of needs. I need a set of troop seats and/or a cargo cover (in forest camo or OD) and bows. I have a couple potential lines on the troop seats, but I'm open to other offers. A...

second dibs on the winch! :)

Thanks for the pointer on which TM and section to look at. I found the minor adjustment procedure; looks pretty simple. As soon as I have some time, I'll run through it. I'll probably go ahead and replace all the brake hoses and bleed the system. Might as well check and possibly replace the...

Thanks Lady Green. I'm looking forward to coming, though I honestly don't know what's going to happen at the rally or what's expected of me. Forgive me if I seem dense, I'm just not usually the party/get together type.

I am not familiar with what criteria to use when evaluating a brake hose and whether I should replace it or not. I know best policy is to if in doubt, replace it, especially with a single circuit brake system. What should I be looking for in these brake hoses? They appear to be solid with no...

I got the window closed. I took some PB blaster to it, but I don't think it helped. I tried closing the window from the passenger side of the truck, and leaned into the handle with all my weight while lifting some. It moved bit by bit until the window closed all the way. Just for kicks, I tried...

This weekend I'll hit the tracks as best I can with some PB blaster, let it soak in and give it a shot. I'd really like to get the window closed and at this point, I don't plan on ever opening it again. My hardtop cab roof is sagging down as most people describe, but it hasn't really bothered...

I knew the deuce ran cool, but I didn't realize that it needed a winter cover on in the extreme heat and obscene humidity I get down here. 8) That's good to know about the dipstick. I'm going to start clamping it in a vice to get the stick to straighten out some. It's got a curve in it that...

I'm not familiar with the M1009 in particular, but I do know that GM generally puts a small hole in the very bottom of the torque converter inspection covers to allow water that gets splashed up there to drain and god forbid you lose the front pump seal the ATF can drain out through that hole. I...

Well, it’s been a couple weeks since I got my deuce, and I have a couple issues and things I need to get done. First of all, when I bought the deuce, the rear window in the hard top is stuck in the open position. Thinking it was just rusted in place, I took a putty knife and cleaned out the...

I JUST got a call from State Farm. They re-rated my policy on the deuce as a commercial policy because of the weight. That doubled what I was previously paying for it, but it's still less than $500 for 6 months, so I still call it a good price.