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Nice truck - you'll be happy with the winch!. Lee in Alaska

Sounds like your comparing apples & oranges. The Deuce is a cargo truck. It does quite well, for what it was designed for. No vehicle is "fool proof". You can get any of them stuck. After a while, you realize, its just too expensive to go some places - in time or equipment. So you get the right...

Beautiful! Lee in alaska

It would be really slick to have a dropside bed. Those beds are fabricated in the first place. If a person has the welding capacities & the means to handle the bed, shortening one up is not that difficult. Nor does the job, have to be cobbled. I drool at having the option of loading stuff from...

Hey Man I know what your going through. When doing electrical work, your Number One concern is: Don't let the smoke leak out from the wire! Your employing, what is called in some circles, the "Smoke Test"! The best advice anyone can give you, is to go buy the best test meter, that you can...

Some of them screw out. They are not smooth. Lee in Alaska

Improper "lash" between the drive gears can be a problem that causes terrific stress on things. Also, leaving it in gear, while driving creates excessie wear/stress. Not sure you had those conditions. The Gear box will be contaminated now too. Its hard to diagionose with out pictures or hints of...

Check in your area for a spring/suspension shop that works on heavy commercial trucks. That is a common item that is often replaces when springs are re-worked. Check the pins too, for wear, but often its just the bushing. Lee in Alaska

That's a classy truck! I'll bet there aren't any bolts missing. Lee in Alaska

"It will be a good place to learn mechanics. Take the lid off, clean it out nice, rotate that input & see what moves & where. Figure out how it works. Keep in mind, that you are doing the easy part. The hard part was inventing the whole T-case & getting it right. " .......... You need to do some...

I did that conversion, many years ago. I have no T-case out or open. Just take the one you have apart - trace the power through it. You'll see the gear. Its in the center on a splined shaft. Its center hub has a large bearing between it and the outer gear ring. Shrink fit a piece in place of the...

If your doing winch work, you need extra shear pins. The forward/reversing of the winch, under normal loads, will cause the pin to fatigue & shear. BUT, if your shearing good fresh pins, your in an overload situation. The winch should do all the work you need done, at not much more then an idle...

In the '70's, there were big stacks of M-37's that were scraped here. Virtually all were fitted with the accessories for the North country. My M-37 is a '51, that came from the Air Force, here. Had it since about 1970. I have never detected a difference in materials. Many differences in how they...

Fundamentally, you have the wrong kind of engine to hot rod. Its like four & 5/8" stroke. Thats what makes it great - for what it was built for - mostly "off road" with just a little highway capability. Its engine design came from the early '40's. You can tune it and make it more efficient. I...

Yes - (don't know the Military designation), but its the T-case of the GM vehicle, prior to the M211. It had a 2 speed T-case, however, its somewhat lighter, coming from a lighter truck. It will virtually bolt up. I don't remember exactly all the details - it was around the early 70's that I did...

Uncle Sam & the USPS are 1st class here - especially with Priority handling. The package delivery services are cost prohibitive and don't have date stamps on the package. The Post Office always beats them, by far. Lee in Alaska

That sort of block puts considerable stress on the springs during acelleration and braking. Lee in Alaska

Its good practice to have a half dozen extras in the tool box too. Lee in Alaska

There are numerous "Relay Emergency Valves". I always liked the Bendix RE-6 valve. It will do the job and is simple to hook up. It would be a direct replacement. I don't believe it is worth fussing with an old valve. When they get old, they also get gummy inside. Just replace it! Your dealing...

I sorta thought the stuff steering wheels was made of was a hard rubber compound. If you had some grease or other petroleum product on your hands, it would cause the wheel to make your hands black, and kept making them black. Lee in Alaska