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  1. airmech3839

    New Green Iron Owner...5 ton is home

    Welcome to the site!!! Keep posting pics of your progress and spare no detail.....I would hate to miss out!! hehehehe Nice looking truck... Wish I had a sandblaster...I just wire brushed and spraypainted.....I guess I am a low budget kinda owner!! Oh well!! Have fun!!
  2. airmech3839

    Cranking problems

    :ditto:on cables and starter!! clicking to me means connection!!! 9 times out of ten it is the wires. either batt side or frame side or both!! get a wire brush and go to every cable from frame to batt to starter and check wire and clean terminals...including the posts on the batts! Then start...
  3. airmech3839

    Car show at st pete vet hospital

    I wonder if all the VA's are having them? We have two VA's here in Augusta!!
  4. airmech3839

    What do you think of this Deuce? (pictures and starting video)

    It looks like the truck use to have a winch...bumper is different color and missing lower half of grill.... same problem I have... If you get it let me know if you wanna swap front tires with me!! I would like to have some street rubber under the front...I drive my deuce everyday so it would...
  5. airmech3839

    Need Help Recovering Deuce in Ft. Jackson, SC

    glad you made it safe... she looks good...Jackson is a good DRMO... most stuff seems to be in good shape and the guy on the lot seems to know if the trucks will drive and have brakes...he usually looks them over cause he has to move them from time to time....I went to look at a 1009 they had...
  6. airmech3839

    Desert Camo CUCV?

    well ya'll have managed to find several examples for our friend here and I wonder how he will do his paint! Keep us posted and take pictures. How old is your daughter by the way...my 5 year old wants me to do stuff to the deuce all the time...she wants me to paint her name on the door in pink...
  7. airmech3839

    CUCVs for sale near Atlanta

    :ditto:
  8. airmech3839

    attempted theft

    I useually pull the plug out of the back of the start switch.... but most people dont know how to crank it anyway... I am sorry for what you are going thru! Hope that it can be resolved soon and you can find a better way of protecting it and/or catching the punk who did it!!
  9. airmech3839

    Check for loose bolts!!!

    wb1895 good point about non typical noises.[thumbzup]...I know of a issue that I am having where I get a pop when I turn....I know what it is due to me being in the axle in last 6mo and have been putting off fixing it till I knew I would have a day or two available with good weather and the...
  10. airmech3839

    Check for loose bolts!!!

    good point 319!!! any locking nut or washer is not to be reused!!
  11. airmech3839

    Check for loose bolts!!!

    Yeah that was how I noticed it...was the little bit of grease on the rim in one spot....then I looked at the hub....:shock: hewew....so glad I found them... I would hate to have to replace the bolts cause they fell out... Checked the driveshaft bolt while lubing the shafts and front springs...
  12. airmech3839

    Check for loose bolts!!!

    here you go.... I figured I would keep you in suspense!!!:D First couple are of what I found....others are of how I fixed it!! enjoy!! :nothingfunny:
  13. airmech3839

    Check for loose bolts!!!

    If you drive your truck alot and you get familiar with her, you can forget or skip steps in your before walk around and post walk around....:roll:.....Well just hope you dont miss one of these for too long....may this be a lesson to check all the bolts on the wheels and axle that spin...:!: I...
  14. airmech3839

    Water leaking into cab

    make sure its not the heater core ....but if it is only after a rain then the others have posted good info... I just put some sealant on my deuce hood hinge cause thats where I get most water entering the cab...my cab is a rust bucket....so I am going to make it better by coating everything in...
  15. airmech3839

    Drive Shaft Flanges...what kind of bolts?

    rmgill......were you on I-20 on Sunday? I saw a deuce on I-20 heading toward ATL here in Augusta about 3pm??? Was a M35A2 with camo pattern and cargo cover... sorry didnt mean to threadjack!! I would want grade 8 if it were me....but I would not want to pay for grade 8....I am cheap...:mrgreen:
  16. airmech3839

    Sometimes It Helps To Think

    was at a buddies house and had similar issue but a bathroom light....he said he tried a new bulb but couldnt get it to work...so I asked if he had another bulb that was known to be good....we took one out of the lamp next to his bed and bingo it worked in the "must be bad socket cause my new...
  17. airmech3839

    Hi I need new monroe shock # for my deuce and seat.

    Oh....just forgot to add that I really like the ride of these....I mean it is alot better than the ride on the old ones...paid $38 each for them on Amazon and got free shipping. Ordered on Tues. and got them on Thurs. Took on a road test of about 50-65miles round trip and she rode...
  18. airmech3839

    Hi I need new monroe shock # for my deuce and seat.

    I to just installed the #34787 monroe's on the front axle and they were a tad long when fully compressed to get in the holes by about a 1/4". I put a jack on a piece of wood across two jackstands and jacked the front bumper about 1" and it had plenty of room. Then just put them in and snugged...
  19. airmech3839

    first Deuce and a half

    nopics Just cause I am obligated to post by the steel soldiers code of conduct... welcome to the club
  20. airmech3839

    Need Help Recovering Deuce in Ft. Jackson, SC

    SEVO has a tow bar and is about 5 min from there....If it is a real early morning I may be able to drive the deuce up and tow it off if I can get a towbar...maybe borrow SEVO's if he is unavailable. I work second shift and have a little time in the morning....but I would have to drive about 2hrs...
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