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I have a really strange problem with my parking brake adjustment. When I picked up the truck from the DRMO, the parking brake wouldn't grab at all, even with the adjustment on the apply handle screwed all the way in. No problem, I just backed off the adjustment on the apply handle all the way...

Use the link below to download the LDS-465 troubleshooting manual from the TM section of steel soldiers. The manual was written by Continental Motors and has procedures for diagnosing the type of problem you have. It is written for the LDS-465 but the procedures should be the same for the...

Without using the exhaust brake, what is the aproximate max pressure in the exhaust system at WOT? I'd guess pretty low, 1-2 psi max. I'd probably be better off with a guage measuring inches of water, but what do you suggest as a max scale? From the photo it looks like you brazed a 1/4" flare x...

I can't comment on the use of WMO yet, I have to change my oil first. The idea is not mine, there was another posting on the Deuce forum claiming that a 25%-50% WMO/Diesel mixture can be used. http://steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=5249

Bjorn, I agree with you comments on methanol consumption. From what I've read, 25 gallons of WVO will require about 5 gallons of mentanol to process, and should yield a little less than 25 gallons of Biodiesel, which is a little more than one weeks consumption for me. Using those figures, a drum...

Greg - Kind of sounds like the problem I had with my OP gauge when I got my Deuce from the DRMO. The gauge would read high, read low, not show any reading at all, stick, swing back and forth wildly, still be reading 60 psi hours after I had shut the truck off, etc. There is a trouble shooting...

The two that came on my truck were wood, I bought 8 more fiberglass ones to complete my set. Since you have a full size template available, it should be pretty easy to fab up a set with some hardwood boards from a local lumber yard.

Ken - It seems (pun intended) that BFR is referring to the seam where the front and rear sections of the fender are joined, right about on line with the front of the door. BFR - Since the rear fender section overlaps the front, the front metal is on a downward slope underneath the rear part. My...

Bjorn, you ALWAYS have the answer. What an appropriate range for the pressure range? On a non-related note - going through some old postings, I noticed you use (or at one time used) a Stellite flip top tote to brew your biodiesel. Did you ever have a problem with the glycerin hardening in the...

Will - Radio Shack sells a neat digital sound level meter for $49.95! BTW, I recently installed a Car Chemistry 3 disk collector insert in my stack. The mfr claims a 5-7 dB noise reduction, I didn't have a sound level meter at the time so I can't verify that but it sounds (pun intended) about...

Here is the original posting from Dave on the use of mixed (diesel/gasoline) fuel form the Deuce forum: "Don't know what its like in the States, but in U.K. we get drivers filling diesel cars with petrol, and petrol cars with diesel, by MISTAKE. When this happens the vehicles have to be towed...

Will - Where do you find those petcocks? I've been looking for some to replace the radiator style petcocks on my primary fuel filter drain and secondary/final filter bleed so I can drain/bleed without getting diesel all over the place. Got to be 1/8" NPT though.

CCATLETT1984 - It's probably not practical for us to try and share a drum of methanol, SCS is a 230 mile, 4 hour trip each way for me. If all your retailer has is drums, try finding another source. I located three sources within about an hour's drive from me, one only sold by the drum but the...

Gary - Your taste may be wierd, Bjorn's is plain BIZZARE! I just wish I knew 10% of what he does though!

Dave - OK, I can read the graphs, but what do they tell me and how do I use them? How about instructions for using the graphs in this thread, so all necessary info is in one place?

Kenny, Gerhard - You guys are making me work. If you don't like the Suplus Center pumps about halfway through this posting, try the following link to Saturn Surplus, they have a humungous 24V fuel transfer pump (2" inlet, 1-1/2" outlet) for $299, and further down on the page a universal 24V fuel...

HAH! Ten cents wouldn't buy enough diesel to get the Deuce up my driveway! That's why I'm trying to make Biodiesel. I'll probably still spend as much money making the Bio as I do buying diesel, but I'll get to drive the Deuce 5 times as much! Interesting concept though. At nearly $3.00/gal for...

Looks like military pay rates have gone up quite a bit in the last 36 years. Most any Field Grade officer would make more than I did as a graduate engineer working at General Motors. Of course, GM is going bankrupt. Come to think of it, so is the US Gov't. At least they can print more money when...

And how can a Coastie afford a 2007 Cadillac? Pay rates must have gone up quite a bit since I was in the service, making $90/mo as an E-1!

Odd as it may seem, even with six, eight, and ten year old sons living in the house, I couldn't find a single, empty 2L pop bottle around the house! The last one I had was made into a rain cap for my Deuce, after I finished repairing the rusted-out bottom of my J-pipe (recieved from DRMO in that...