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  1. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    I watched the youtube video on how to install the monstaliner, Im not in agreement with the method of premixing the product parts a and b . The instructor suggested removing the gallon of base product and into a bag! " make sure the bag has no holes" he says, and then do the mixing in the bag...
  2. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Well today I wanted to fill the rear tires on my M185A3, but I had to pull it forward, The chain single connection stalled the engine The single cable winch connection stalled thwe engine too! So I connected with a snatch block for a dual cable winch pull, ( 10,000 X 2 = 20,000 of pull), and out...
  3. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Well on one of my M35A@'s, in resonce to a spongy brake pedal, I adjusted all the brake shoe to drum clearances, and then bled the hydraulic sysem. But the brake pedal is only about 1/2 up from the floor before it activates the shoes> What ccould it be?
  4. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Shookum?
  5. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    speaking of snatch blocks, I found on that weighs about 60 pounds! Too big for my deuce winch...
  6. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    WEll i now have aq working winch on the project M35Aq2 ive beenn posting about. Time to adjust the winch run out grake. I am having a challange aligning the spring loaded bolt to catch the brake pad . Im preparing to fabricate another bolt with a tapered tip, so as the start and alighn it. Am...
  7. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    I confess! I need tires on all threee of my trucks.......Who in Florida can help me"
  8. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Well today I adjusted the front brake shoe clearance, using my partner Bertha. She can lift the front of the truck up and easy! Say hello Bertah !
  9. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    You can, if you wish, make them work by selecting the=at coductor representing that is unswitched , and reconnecting it to a frame ground. This way, your in cab light switch will still provide the " switched " conduvtor with 12 volt, and the altered reconnected unswitched conduvtor will be...
  10. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    I have several M35A2 trucks, I wonder if the harness, and diagram, are different for your particular model. Check your diagram....Do you HAVE a diagram?
  11. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Dear mrmag1, if you want to use the 12 volt buls you have, you can be creative in altering your harnes to accomodate 12 volts at the bulbs. A study of your wiring diagram wil enable you to do this.
  12. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    very pleasant to watch
  13. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Thank you Tracer...
  14. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Theres more to the correct use of fasteners. The manufacturer of the fastener determins its claim of strength. For example, chinese grade 8 does not live up to the standards set for grade 8. American made grade 8 does meet those standards. When you but " grade 8" in the local hardware store...
  15. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    WEll today I organized my fastener section. I realize in this winch installation that I have plenty of patience to do each part of ther work. But I do not have patientce for looking for the correct fastener. And IT MUST BE THE RIGHT ONE !
  16. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    " There is nothing right or wrong, only thinking makes it so"...Shakeaspere
  17. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    And those mounting bolts are spaecial too, different lengths and some use a spacer....I looked for the details in the TM's but did not find that specific answer I was looking for...
  18. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    WEll todayI successfully unstuck the winch drum! And the bowed crossmembers was the problem, as I expected. But forst I took everyones advise and checked , loosened the free wheeling brake band. It is now lose and in serviceable cionditionm Next I used my engine crane and lifted straight the...
  19. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    Well I found out why the drum is so tight. I noticed three assembly points that are severly bemt, first the plate ontop which has the nameplats, it is bowed upwars, second the bottom crossbar that goes from one oil reservior to anaother, it is bent too, and thirdly, the rearmost crossover plate...
  20. whatadeuce

    What did you do to your deuce this week?

    And why is the drum so tight? I had to pull the cable from connecting to another truck and drive it unwound? How do I loosen it?
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