Successful recovery now the fun begins!

[treysoucie]

Ok guys i picked up the deuce from hooks this weekend. Truck made the 6-7 hr drive back to houston with no trouble. She does have some leaks and the batteries dont seem to be holding CCA's they are holding at 12.5 volts a peice but they wont crank her over.. sucks becuase the batteries look brand new and the charging system is working perfect, 25.6 volts out put. After i got home from the 7 hr trip i let her sit for about 1 hr I then cranked her up no problems. I tried again early next morning and there wasn't enough juice to crank it up. Other than that and some leaks from the transfer case and she was a dream to drive. I set the throttle cable at 2400 RPM and cruised home.

http://s484.photobucket.com/user/te...744-660-000000543C1BE96C_zpsfe0858f5.mp4.html

I have some XZL tires to put on it once my modified FMTV wheels get out of PC.. The first thing i did was turn up the fuel. Yes i know i NEED a EGT gauge. Who has a link to an in expensive 24V EGT gauge and probe? While im in the business of modifing the truck does anyone know a good muffler to run?

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[jwaller]

Should be 28.5 volts with engine running.

 

[M35A2-AZ]

Looks like a clean truck!!!

 

[treysoucie]

Well if i read The alternator correctly there seems to be a screw where you can turn up the output voltage? even if it was 28, at 25.2-.6 for 7hrs of driving it should have charged them.

 

[treysoucie]

http://www.auberins.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5_21&products_id=147

just ordered this

 

[Adxavier06]

I think your drop side bed would look better on my truck. lol

 

[welldigger]

I'm going to give the aero turbine muffler a try. Just got it in today. Probably gonna be a week or 2 before I get around to installing it. I like this muffler because it is a strait through design but it doesn't have packing that wears out.

 

[Ford Mechanic]

I installed the Donaldson muffler on mine, it has a single baffle with no packing. I did have to internally modify it, drilled a couple holes in the baffle so it would flow better. Other folks had good luck with it without mods, but I run WMO and fight high EGT's and the muffler pushed it another 50*F hotter I think. There's lots of muffler threads that have the part numbers in them. In one of them I had a before and after comparison of noise levels, it made a big differance. Now the wife rides without complaint!

 

[215Dave]

Beautiful truck! I wish mine was as clean when I bought her. Enjoy!