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On thursday my brother and I ran up Sparta, WI to pick up our newest acquisition, a 1980 (GL said it was a '77) AM General M916. All the fluid were full, including a nearly full tank of diesel:-P. But the truck had no power, and when the GL rep tried to jump it from a HMMWV, it still didn't have...

My brother was able to get this cable from work and we wanted to make sure it will work for making a NATO slave cable. The markings are: #2/0 AWG 200C RADIX WIRE II SIL-A-BLEND AWM I A/B 200C 1000V FT2 Thanks for any input.

I haven't had any problems towing deuces with the 915, but I did learn that my 818 on 14R20s is kind of a death trap when pulling a deuce. I'll never try that again. I had looked at a tru-hitch or other 5th wheel towing setup. Eventually I'll get something, but for now I guess I'll look at...

This is a Just-In-Case scenario. My brother and I are looking at buying a M920 sometime soon on GL. We rather not have to pay someone to haul a 920 home if it can be avoided. So we had been thinking of taking the M915A1 to go on the recovery and hopefully get the 920 running and just towbar...

Alright, I've got a M35A3 that has no working lights on the front half. My brother and I just got back from Hodges, SC with 2 M35A3s. My brother trailered 1 and I drove the other (725 miles at 50 mph so a good time was had by all). Today my brother put new batteries in the A3 that was...

I think it really needs to be pointed out more that there is a big difference between tow straps and snatch/stretch straps. A tow strap is designed to work like a chain, it is not supposed to stretch. A stretch strap absorbs the force and stretches, then recoils to multiply the force. Tow...

I've got one of the fancy natural drain holes in the exhaust on my 818. I figure a 6X4 oval that rusted away should keep water out. I should probably do something about my deuce though. The stack is probably the only part that isn't really rusty:sad:.

wsucougarx brings up some things I forgot. We've brought back 2 with 1 burnt out low beam each. So if you might have to drive back at night, you might want to order a new headlight just in case. 1 truck had a bad stop switch for the brake lights. The NAPA part number is SL134 I think. You...

We've brought home 6 deuces all under their own power. 3 needed to be jump started, 2 of those had bad alternators, and 1 needed new batteries to make it home. 2 had brake issues (1 slowly leaked fluid, and 1 just needed to be bled) that were fixed on the GL lot. 1 was 2.5 gallons low on oil...

In my experience the later Duramax motors are relatively trouble free. My company 2005 K3500 which regularly pulls 48' goose neck trailers, 40' 5th wheel toy haulers and lots of travel trailers and boats (we repo peoples toys) runs just fine. The truck has 301,124 miles as of yesterday and has...

Just a little snow. A few pics from after a light snow last weekend. I was to stupid to get pics when we had 13 inches come down in 5 hours about a month ago. Haven't run the deuce around much lately b/c I'm lazy. So no pics running around.:(

Welcome to SS Welcome to Steel Soldiers. Good to see someone else from LP. Now you'll have to join the Southern Lake Michigan Chapter of the MVPA, and start going to meetings. Jeremy

Shaffners tire in LaPorte Indiana. $350 for 7 tubes and another $200 to swap them over. Might be a little cheaper than that, thats what they told me at most.

Ended up just having the local tire shop order me new tubes and they're going to install them. I'd rather have saved the money and done it myself but I just wanted it done now and didn't want to wait. Hope to pick them up in a day or two.

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about the fact they're radials.

11-20 from a 5 ton I can get 11-20 tubes from a 5 ton for free (assuming I buy 14-R20s for my 5 ton), because I already have the combat rims for that. So I'll have 11 11-20 tubes sitting around. Couldn't I just use those? Does anyone who did use smaller tubes (9.00-20, 11-20, 12-20) have any...

Alright, I've been reading some other posts about mounting 395/85R20s on stock deuce rims, and I'm a not sure which tubes I need. I've seen people saying they used stock 9-20 tubes with these tires, 11-20s, 12.5-20, and 13-20s. What do I need? It seems like the ideal setup would be the...

It's been a while. I replaced the line with one from OD Iron about 4 months ago and have been meaning to post pics of the M818 and the M749 trailer. When I got to Indy to pick it up someone had stolen the spare tire and the crank for the landing gear. Fortunately the GL guy stole me the crank...

Brakes Thanks. I just ordered the brake line from OD Iron and am having it shipped next day air. It was a good excuse to get filters for the deuce and some new headlights and turn signals. Hopefully the line gets here Tuesday, so I can head down to Indy on Wednesday. I am going to try to...

The bad news. Today the right front rubber brake line blew where it is held in place by a metal clip and a spring. The good news. The truck was idling in the back yard with the parking brake on. Started the truck, and once I had good air pressure I pumped the brakes once. Pedal went down...