So you want to own a Deuce part 2
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This is part two of many videos on the ownership of a Deuce and a half M35a2 military truck. Welcome to my channel BC's Deuce and Guns.
My neighbor has had one of these sitting in his front yard, sinking into to ground for longer than I've been alive. He's got a bunch of parts and another cab from one laying around too, along with some old police cars. He refuses to sell to anyone. He's the type of guy that always says he'll restore it some day, but I know it'll never happen. So every year the truck just gets worse and worse, and the original canopy that was on it collapsed and got destroyed in the snow a couple years ago. Hopefully I can save the truck some day though!
this is the second time through this video sires. I have found that your videos are by far the best out there. Thanks
Thank you! If you have any suggestions for future videos please let me know. I'm always looking for new ideas.
More on maintenance would be great
fantastic video----my dad would be having flash backs... dad's tour .Patton's 3rd army 80th div. 315 bat. L Co.wounded Kassel Apr. 45...occupation army in Austria---guard duty and driving a M35A2 for 14 months in the mountains what an experience!!
peace
Hey BC I love your videos. I've watched them all many times. With the captions on your intro song says, "Today I found a vent I'll expand town dont clean around with a bad background"
It has my favorite air conditioning system!
I love it so much
The Pioneer Tool Rack above the spare tire, the mounts you see are for an axe, shovel, and pick axe
i taught myself how to run manual on a 3500 chevy 6.5 with a nv45. idk if the one in dodges trucks are any better but that thing could wear your left leg out. This is a Great collection of videos you made as its rare to find actual useful info on these brutes
great clips, I have a M35A2, 1968. I learned from you !
Great video B.C. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I've even learned something new about my Deuce. However you had mentioned in this video that the M35A2 did not have fold down sides but in fact I do have a M35A2 with fold down sides. I can also help with some of the California regulation questions because I live in this state and own a Deuce. You can not drive the Deuce in this state with just a class C drivers license. however you can if you bob it. But I would not do this to mine!
Great videos. I learned & got my driving license driving a manual transmission
Hey man thanks for the shout out! These videos are showing me everything that other videos don't, can't wait till part 4! Also you forgot to go into the bed.
the rack abouve the spare tire holds shovel, mattock, ax. tire chains and anything alse goes where you have your chock block.. BII is what its called, basic issue items.
Can you make a video on How do you properly fold down the roof and windshield?
Great videos
I have always liked the M35A2. They are great trucks in my opinion and someday I would love to have one as a display vehicle that I would take to shows but I am located in Northern Ireland and I don't know if spares would be available easily outside the US?
Great video by the way and I have subscribed.
All the best and God Bless.
When I was in Nam in an Aviation company we had a deuce and half driver doing a PM. He decided he needed to clean the air filter and he used MOGAS to do this. After cleaning it he blew the filter dry and reinstalled, then started the engine. When it started it was like the throttle was wide open and uncontrollable and could not shut it down, after a bit the engine blew up.
runaway diesel, should've covered the air intake when that happened
Great job on these videos! Thanks for the info.
I would put coolant in the military can by the door, No locks easy enough to fix ! Have you ever thought of using dynamat for a heat & sound barrier? As far as A/C try Vintage Air !
hey man you ever think about adding any creature comforts to the cab inside like some sound deading or anything
Wouldnt help
Hes got the soft top
Awesome video. Where did you get your truck?
Thanks for these videos. Ill have some questions within this year sometime. ill be in the market very soon
No locks because the transmission is the anti-theft measure
i wanted to ask you if you made a box for the back or a soft top i seen a person make a box they could stay in for bug out & run on used oil or old vegtable oil from you fast food place! his wife at first though he was nuts after it was done she understood his thinking! and though it was a good idea
on my bed the sides fold down. it is also a m35a2c. it is the inline 6 Hercules.
That the Whistler?
@@pacificcoastpiper3949 no
Memphis Equipment Company supports this truck including the lights. Give them a call and ask for John in parts department.
I love it so much
A2s are way better than A3s. Cheaper to buy and repair, multi-fuel, and manual.
Agreed. The only good things about the A3s are the better tires and it would be nice to have a working CTIS but I'd hate to have to maintain the CTIS on my own. Thanks for watching!
+DEUCE AND GUNS Not that I would know anything, but everywhere I read and everything I've seen seems to suggest that the CTIS is a pain in the neck.
you can get the canopy for around 350 on ebay
haha alright well thank you I dont care if I sell like diesel fuel i'm a big rig mechanic and car and truck restoration. one other question you said something about ruining motor oil does it have to be new or used motor oil? and is there anything special I have to do to run motor oil?
LOVE THE VIDS! I'm curious on how you change the fuel filter and how you fill the air using the airline that you mentioned in the previous video. Any chance you can do one or both of those? Thanks! I love the M35A3. I hope I can get one once I'm done with college ;-)
On the drivers door I noticed in black NYT that NY National Guard Transportation surplus? Where do you find trucks listed?
Very good video
Multifuel engines can run on gas, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, veggie oil... No joke. May need some additives, or to be filtered first in the case of the veggie oil, but they run on almost anything.
So no locks?... How does one deal with that problem?
Well think about it when you start one its best to let the air tanks fill first before departure, and that take a couple minutes. Plus they wouldn't make a good getaway vehicle if you stole one, and their loud. But some people build a battery cut off mechanism so there's only power when they need it, I believe you can actually buy a key start though, granted it wouldn't be as sophisticated as modern cars but it'd help with theft
And you can buy door locks too
Yea i was thinking about a battery cut off, my dad had one on his 68 camero, thanks for the responce
allisairsoft I've got a video about this here ua-cam.com/video/57gBrGfboMM/v-deo.html. I don't advise installing door locks on a soft top like mine because that'll just encourage someone to cut your top open.
thanks for the information
It’s actually for flammable materials.
I wish that some company would create old models of all cars, trucks, vans, and suvs. They would look exactly or almost the same and they would be more fuel efficient and safer and then we could buy NEW! Deuce and a halfs.
awesome
Does the Deuce have the same GM Diesel that the Duks had?
Can you make a video that goes more into detail about the multi fuel system and how/why it works. I'm looking into getting one of these within the next year and I can't find anyone truly go into detail about it and I really don't understand. Do all of them come with this system?
This is a common request. My first video when I can get to the farm and it's not raining will be to fix whatever is leaking oil. Then my next video will be a high level on the multi fuel capabilities. It seems like every time I can get to the farm it's raining. I'm waterproof and so is the Deuce but my camera gear is not. Thanks for the request I'll have the part one on multi fuel up in the next few months (March or April).
Thank you and did you ever consider doing the super single setup?
the A3s came with a CAT 3116 and cummins engine
What year is your deuce?
The truck is from 1970. The engine was built in the mid 80s but there is no record of the install date of the new engine.
there no set place with army trucks for snow chains its all Driver tc preff man sor ur aps. right on where u can place them
Deuce works in brazilian jungle in the pampas uruguay and argentina for 50 year south america and usa always brothers
Is it a five speed? Does it have a high and low range 'and I understand they have air brakes 'do they have air horns too? I hope that that wasn't a stupid question.
Yes, this is a five speed and it does have a high and low range transfer case. It does use an air assist system for breaking but it's not quite like what you'd find in modern big trucks. It does have an duel air horn setup inside the engine bay on the passenger side. These were good questions thanks for watching!
How do you find tires for it when they wear out?
They are around. Some can be found used but in very good shape and they're actually still made today. Once these finally wear out I'm probably going to upgrade to much better modern tires.
pclose9 let me know what the size of a new tires are when I buy mine I may upgrade to them
how would this be as an every day driver?
Where could I get tires for a deuce
What's the insurance on that thing like?
if u push the door handle down on the inside it will lock the outside handle
Those are called Combat Locks. I've never talked about them but they can only be used if you are inside the vehicle unless you leave another way to get inside such as unlatching a windshield or unzipping the rear window. Due to having a soft top I never plan on locking the door because I'd rather someone open up the door and find nothing to steal vs. cutting the top open then finding nothing to steal. Thanks for reminding me about the combat locks I need to add that info to a video eventually.
I work at a restaurant, and they throw out frying oil everyday, about 20 gallons. Could I burn that?
Peanut oil was used as the original diesel
What do you mean by multifuel engine
Do the back axles On an M35A2 have a pivot point? And if you were to bob the truck would that pivot point not being there effect the performance?
what does it run on diesel
its probably not hard to install a keyed ignition
Or even a keyed switch for the electrical system.
the style that used in a car usually moves this metal rod that goes down the the bottom of the steering column and hits a switch
but ya....they make...basically a switch....but its turned by a key
the standard trans and big loud exhaust if probably a better "security system" however....cant really sneak around in a 2.5 ton truck....
kain hall who the hell would steal a 2.5 ton in the first place anyway? As you said, it's hard to steal something this big and loud, especially since you have the nerve wrecking beeping from the air tanks for the first 2 minutes before you should even consider driving...
John Harrington the best anti theft device is the manual transmission and the fact that 3rd to 4th is a U hook and trying to go over 55 in these things is very sketchy.
Jon Homrich people that would consider stealing a deuce wouldn't know what the hell a stick shift was. Thankfully I bought a manual tranny vehicle so i knew how to drive it and there ultimately better then auto
Question. I've been looking around for a deuce. found an M35A3 locally and test drove it. At higher speeds the steering wheel began to wobble and felt a slight pull to the right. So my question is, could this be caused by the worn tires or something else? It has the 14.5r20 tires on it. Just wanting an experienced opinion to decide to buy or walk away.
It's difficult to diagnose an issue over the internet but that could be anything from tires, alignment, steering box, and probably several other things that I'm not thinking of at the moment. Bring it up with the owner and see if he'd work something out with you for a solution.
A2 designated the turbocharger
What would you say the top speed is on one of these?
In stock form it'll safely run at 45mph. In an emergency or in my case by accident it can be run to at least 65mph but this is a dangerous engine RPM and will eventually blow the motor (usually throwing a rod through the engine block). People have put on taller tires and/or changed the gear ratio to run at 60mph at a safe RPM but I prefer to keep mine factory at the moment. Honestly, unless the braking system is upgraded 60mph is not that safe in these trucks.
Drop a 5.9 L Cummins i6 in it and go
How hard could it be to do any engine swap in one of these
You'd need to include the transmission as well and find a way to cobble it up to the transfer case.
@@deuceandguns oh that’s exciting 🤯🤯🤯 firing a rod clean through the block ? That’s very not good
so the M35A2= multi fuel engine
M35A3= Diesel only
is this a 12v or 24v system?
24
How are these thing offroading
that placecard is for explosives
Technically, It's for class 3 flammable liquid transportation such as fuel oil, gasoline, etc. The center is left open so it can be updated with whatever the truck is hauling. Link for more info. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAZMAT_Class_3_Flammable_liquids
I was confussion placecards. But there should be more then just one.
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Because, the multi-fuel version is always better!!
learn to shift without the clutch
It's not even sweet tea
Will it float the gears