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Driving it off the lot.
My brother and I drove a 5 ton off March airbase, serviced it at a buddies place then drove it 1500 miles. It was fun. We thought we could do anything. We drove an 86 deuece out of IB San Diego, serviced it then drove it 550 when the govenor failed and it ran away from...
RE: What is the best year of Duce to buy?
87 or 88 USAF trucks, contract #1406? Or my personal favorite the handsome and sexy M35A3. These came with split brakes. I think that is the best option to have.
I registered on GL just to bid on what I think is a NOS LDS and the bidding left me in the dust. Was that really a NOS motor? It didn't have the yellow stickers on the filter cans so it wasn't a reman. Someone got lucky! Thanks
seats
A canvas repair kit would have everything to diy. I am not sure if the weight of the canvas is correct for that application but the kits are grtting cheaper.
Snatch block
Put a tape to it and measure then weigh it. The one on ebay is a 6" shieve rated for 1/2" cable, 17" total length and 24 lbs. Its for CUCV's, M151 and like vehicles. They are hard to find. Its not mine, wish I could afford it for my K30. The deuce snatch is huge and weighs a ton, I...
I have tried the buy, ship and sell on ebay thing with injection pumps. Doesn't work. Nobody wants to pay what you need to get out of them. Someone that can drive down to the base and pickup to save on shipping needs to win them with a pre-determined group buy in place. Shipping and GL's fees...