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It's a very variable state. East to west too. West is fruits and nuts. ;-) Out here in the southeast corner of desert, we get our water from the Colorado and the crunch isn't too bad so far.

Gonna recover it Saturday. Hasn't run in three years. Think I should pull the plug on top of the plunger and soak it with something to loosen it before I crank it? Been sitting in a hot barn in a hot desert. Thanks

So far, pretty much all of the axles I have taken apart have had the grease washed out of the hubs by oil whether they had the little wedges or not. I think that's because the bearing and seal washer don't actually seal to the spindle. Idea is to put a thin bead of gear oil specific RTV where...

Best of luck, lots of work. I know. ;-)

Yes, Ahab

I drove by one or two full reservoirs this weekend. Who knows. News and politics...

Big Bear is cool, I'm hoping to do something more southern around Lake Hemet/Idyllwild/San Jacinto/Bee Canyon. Probably Thomas Mountain 6S13. There are a few of us that are a couple hours more southern than the rest. 4 hours to Barstow was no fun last weekend.

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Then there's the guy who put a control cable through the top plate of the FDC so he could adjust it on the fly. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?56010-Adjust-FDC-on-the-fly&highlight=control+cable+FDC If you're going to turn it up, it would be a good idea to put a pyrometer on it...

I was joking about the investigation due to your sig line. I have also thought about cutting brakes (dual circuit) and or lockers...time to move to the other deuce forum I guess.

I will be running the truck in the desert. Some sand dunes and narrow canyons. I know smaller and lighter weight and a warm LDS 465 will help in the dunes. I may be new to deuces, but I am an experienced offroader/builder. Been doing nothing else in my free time for the last 15 years. I've...

All the brake fluid talk and research made me decide to change the fluid in my '95 dodge the other day. I don't know if it has ever been changed. It was brown, but the brakes still work fine. Same thing with my '70 dodge. It's going to good use stripping civvy paint off the deuce.

...so are you going to be investigating that? ;-) ROTFL, haha

DOT 5 is like 24v. Yeah, better, but I don't want a unicorn. I want simple ,standard, familiar ,available stuff.

What's that saying about proper prior planning? I needed some good shoes and some of my wheelbearings were iffy, so I pulled the brakes off two of my 80s era a.m. general donor axles tonight and everything is beautiful. Can pretty much take everything and swap it right onto my backing plates...

Wow, thanks 109. That helps. That is exactly the kind of comment I specifically stated above that I didn't want. If you don't have anything useful to say besides being rude, why bother? I am not a mod, but this is my thread, so feel free to show yourself to the door. I did my homework and made...

I don't see your new pics. fuel adjustments should be under this which is the FDC that should be bypassed something like mine has.

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I realize being a foot shorter isn't much...but the bed is huge size-wise, hangs out there on all 4 corners. Seems like without it and half the rear tires it would be quite a bit narrower and a couple thou lighter...?

So...been busy/lazy and haven't touched the deuce lately. Haven been researching and went and looked at tires. Looks like only 6 Hhalf decent 11.00-20s available locally but I just got another lead on more. Gotta decide on what to run for tires first so I can flip the hubs or not. Waffling...