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I think that is understood. The comparison was cheap SF historic policies to Gulfway/Haggarty, etc historic policies. The SF personal commercial policy behaves the same as you would get for your daily driver pickup truck, only it is on the commercial side of SF... because the deuce is too big...

Yes, you do have to back the transmission away from the engine to get to it. There really isn't much else that could account for the leak. Here is a snapshot from TM 9-2320-361-34P. -Chuck

The shaft doesn't really have a seal. It is surrounded by a fairly long sleeve that is a close fit to the shaft. The first gear on the input shaft tends to fling the oil away from the bearing and shaft. However.... There is a cap that is bolted on the front of the transmission that holds the...

For air to get into the system while the truck is running, the leak must be on the suction side of the IP's fuel pump. Suction leaks usually don't drip fuel... they well, suck. If your in tank fuel pump isn't making enough pressure to force the fuel through the filter restrictions, the IP's...

Not surprising given Florida's high humidity. In Maryland during the summer, the wet tank picks up quite a charge of moisture, maybe as much as 1/4 cup per day. In the winter, not nearly as much. There is no harm in letting the wet tank take on water as long as 1) you drain it daily, and 2)...

I'm insured through Gulfway, so it doesn't much matter to me. Gulfway knows what HMV's are, knows what deuces, and 5T's are, and wants to insure them..., but never the less, the SF agent I tried was the same one that Ian uses, and I referenced Ian's policy, and she told me that SF wouldn't...

I was quite worried when I talked to her that it would raise a flag and get you dropped. She assured me that they knew exactly what you were insuring, and that you did everything just right... And that they wouldn't drop you just because they changed their mind on historic policies for...

Cured CARC paint is no more hazardous than any other pigmented paint. The only component in it that could cause problems is silica, which flattens the paint (eg. makes it not glossy). Silica is sand.... Ordinary beach sand.... If it is fine enough, it can cause silicosis if you breath it...

About the only way for you to get air in your fuel system, while it is running, is for there to be a leak in one of the filter cans, or tubes leading up to the filters. Everything is pressurized, and will squirt fuel if there is a leak. -Chuck

What does the tag on the right side of your engine say? If it is an LDS427 (unlikely), it could be the original MF engine for your truck. The army and guard units very frequently swapped engines rather than fix them. Most deuces have had several engines over the course of their life. ...

When I talked to your agent, Ian, she told me that although SF would honor your policy for as long as you wanted, they would not write any new historic policies on deuces. She did say that if you ever let your policy lapse for any reason, SF will not renew it. Count your blessings, and make...

State Farm has decided its personal policy division doesn't know how to rate trucks like deuces, so they will no longer insure deuces as historic in Maryland. When I checked them out last year, they would only do a commercial policy, and it was about $650 per year. Not bad for a personal use...

Gulfway, commercial, $141 with the usual historic restrictions. I don't have the replacement cost set very high. Allstate wouldn't insure my deuce... Atankersdad, I hope your policy really describes your truck. My broker told me that Allstate won't insure anything above 10,000 GVW. -Chuck

Driving a deuce is like driving any full sized pickup truck from the 1960's with a manual transmission, and manual steering. The deuce's steering is generally manual, but the steering wheel is huge to give you extra leverage. They are slow, lumbering beasts. It sometimes seems like it takes...

Every time the PTO is unloaded (clutch in, neutral, whatever...), the entire drive chain relaxes. A loose pin will seek a neutral relaxed position in its hole. When the PTO again takes a load, the pin will move freely in the wallowed out hole, building up inertia, until it gets hammered when...

Hi Gringeltaube, I have no doubt that the pin's shear strength in a carefully controlled one time experiment is nearly the same... But, I think you will find that shear pin longevity drops drastically with a wallowed out hole. The lost motion caused by the wallowed out hole lets the pin go...

The quickest killer of shear pins is allowing the winch or load to jerk. Slow and steady are the rule with winches. No quickly winding up the cable and letting it snap tight, or dumping the clutch... Slow and steady. Also, if a truck is buried in the wheel trenches it dug, a straight pull is...

You might want to consider buying a new water pump to have on hand. Every time I have gotten that aggressive with cleaning out a cooling system, the water pump's seal failed shortly afterwords. -Chuck

Ok, if I am understanding you, your engine probably has excessively worn main bearings. Oil seals won't work if there is significant main bearing slop. You should have between 15 and 30psi oil pressure at idle, and about 60psi when the engine is going 2500 rpm. This is a common problem...

They all have a 1 inch, or so, rubber slobber hose that vents the valve cover. -Chuck