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My wife and I have talked about getting a back-up generator to provide single-phase power our house during a lengthy outage. Also, I want a generator to provide 208V 3-phase power for my ~1950 5-horsepower Federal Signal Model 5 air raid siren, and any other sirens that I might acquire (a...

The Leopard 1 has an 800 hp multifuel in it, though it's a little big to be installed in the truck's engine bay:unsure: Rear-engine superdeuce anyone? :p

The Cat 3116 on my truck has a satisfying turbo whine :sneaky: The 3116 in the M35A3 has comparable performance to the LDS 465 the M39A2 trucks came with, both around 170 hp and ~420 lb-ft of torque, though I think the LDS has a little more torque than that. The 3116 in the FMTV was uprated from...

I've read about deuces coming out of the service with the 5-ton multifuel in them. Seems those were quite speedy!

Fiberglass troop seats?! Mine has wood - I must've been cheated :ROFLMAO: Then again my A3 was #246 built out of 6000 trucks, so I lose out on the fiberglass hood too :p

One day I'll do engine swaps too, if only to save me a ton of cash! I think it would be neat to put a Cat 3126 in the truck. I have an A3 with the 3116 from the factory, but AM General lengthened the engine bay toward the bumper and widen the hood a few inches to better accommodate the motor...

Years ago I remember reading a post on G503 justifying a deuce-and-a-half for a teenager's first car. Some stuff I remember or maybe added: Learn how to drive a manual transmission Fuel efficiency isn't as high as other vehicles, leaving little spare money for drugs, cigarettes, and beer The...

Everyone else is spoiled with automatic transmissions? :p I'd like to drive an M35A2 at least once just to see what it's like compared to my A3. I haven't driven a manual transmission in forever!

I'd take the regular rims to a tire shop that does truck and ag tires and have them do the tire swap. if they were bolt-together rims I'd do them myself, and I have - and I lost about 10 pounds doing that job between restoration and mounting six super singles :p

Heh, I just repaired a sewing machine where that was the problem :p @cessnapilot89 did you take the motor out of the truck and test it on the bench? If you want it professionally rebuilt perhaps a shop which works on starter motors, automotive generators, etc. would take a look at it.

My dad made an entire Ford GPW wiring harness out of 3M electrical tape years ago. Still does what it should!

That's absolutely wild! I'm thankful my truck came with dual-circuit brakes for situations like this. I'm glad everyone is safe (y)

I consider the Deuce the baby 6x6, the cousin between the M37 and the M39/809/939 :p The 5-tons are definitely more trucky, and I hope to get one myself in the future, ideally a wrecker 🤞

I think the LMTV bows, stakes and covers would be nice because they're taller than the deuce covers. I've never been under one, but perhaps you can actually stand up under a LMTV cover?

That looks sharp! That would get attention at car shows, especially with a fresh coat of paint. Great find! I always enjoyed driving my dad's M37 - I hope you enjoy it too!

That sounds pretty convoluted o_O But that's typical for the government isn't it? 🙄

I didn't realize the Air-O-Matic was a military kit! How was it decided whether any were purchased? Did units who consistently skipped "Arm Day" get them?

I just bought an assorted nozzle size kit from Creality for my Ender 5 Plus. It came with two nozzles each of: 0.2 mm 0.3 mm 0.5 mm 0.6 mm 0.8 mm 1.0 mm And it came with twelve 0.4 mm nozzles, probably because they make twelve times more of those than the other sizes :p I started off with a...

I can't see why not - the only computer on the thing is the CTIS controller. The Cat 3116 and Allison AT1545P are purely mechanical.

My wife and I are, but our wallet isn't :p