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It would seem to me that while the inlet and exhaust systems are bespoke, that the architecture of the engine itself would be the same. I am not aware of any variants.

Which of those have the Jag XK engines? Talk about dependable and easy to maintain..................

Thanks for that link. The moral of the story is that you should not run on the front rear axle with the rear disconnected. You should disconnect the forward rear axle and drive on the rearmost axle. You do this by replacing the driver's side front rear axle with a double-splined unit and then...

You only need one lockout hub on the front end - there is a thread here that goes into the gory details as to why one is enough. Since you only drive on the road, you could just remove the front drive shaft. You could also remove the rear drive shaft and drive off the center axle but I suspect...

When I was a kid in Brooklyn we had a good way to get new batteries on a budget. We'd take a battery out of a car that was parked on the street. A couple of days later, we'd replace the old battery and take the new one. This way we got a new battery for cheap.

I believe you mentioned a track operating cost of approximately $12/mile. Do the tracks wear disproportionately when turning, or do they also wear significantly during straight-ahead operation?

I wonder what would happen if you removed a valve stem and connected a vacuum pump - or ran a line to the intake of an idling gas engine.

Nice photos, well composed and a good change of pace from the usual snapshots. Nice truck, too.

If the truck drives normally with no seeming front-end problems I would use the zippered boots this time around.

I guess that means it can be done in most any truck. Maybe all you need to do is to extend the front end a foot or so to fit the motor under the hood. Would help weight distribution and give whatever donor vehicle a unique look. For example, a Chevy Silverado 1 ton with a longer nose.

I don't know what would be prelubed, because I don't know where that petcock sits in the circuit. If it is downstream of the crank, for example, I might just be prelubing the valvetrain, which is the great so what. I would not be drawing oil out of that port. I would be pumping it back in...

No, I'm just a friggin' Braniac. ;)

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...

Looks good, maybe your Ford will survive the apocalypse with all our Chevys. One suggestion however is to lose the chrome exhaust tip.

In some forums, it is customary for someone creating something like a build thread to reserve 6 or 10 blank (reserved) posts up top, editing to add photos and descriptive texst as work ensues. This way, someone reading the thread sees all of the pertinent text and photos up front, without...

Grease, or peanut butter from your lunch.

To calculate the steering arm/tie rod arrangement, calculate the Ackerman for each steering axle. This is an imaginary line originating at the steering knuckle axis (with the wheels straight ahead) and then straight to the center of the rear axle - since you have a tandem rear, then to the...

How would a military vehicle be considered to have been used for commercial purposes? The government is not a profit-making enterprise. It would seem to me that a military vehicle could not, by definition, be considered to have been in commercial service.

Nice truck; why ruin it in a salt environment? The PO of my Deuce ran it on the beach and all it accomplished was a lot of rust that would not have otherwise been there. Salt water corrosion is very distinctive, so I know what caused it. Both front fenders and both running boards are...

Our turbos run on plain bushings, not ball bearings, so I am sure that the extended idle before shut-off will help cool the turbo if it just have been run hard. Once the motor is shut down, the turbo is still spinning and no more oil is coming in. If the turbo is that many degrees cooler...