The Deuce Now that the Deuce is mobile, I start to focus on the little things. Like how the exhaust leaks are driving me nuts. I’m not talking about a little bit. It’s as if half of the exhaust doesn’t make it to the muffler, making it sound farty. A nice loud farty V8. Thinking …
The Deuce Being fed up with the transmission rebuild, or lack there of, I decided to put the 76 transmission and transfer case into the Deuce. Thanks Humpty! Not that it’s a great transmission, but it should allow me to drive it around so I can find more shit to fix. First thing was to …
Homer While I’m struggling to get the Deuce’s transmission and transfer case rebuilt (don’t worry, that story is next), I’ve been driving Homer. But not all is well. One of the most annoying noises is that there is a loose bolt that holds the tub to the frame. Not too important, right? It only rattled …
The Deuce & Humpty Dumpty So, I stand over two sets of transmissions and transfer cases, one each from the Deuce and Humpty Dumpty, the donor jeep. From the 10 foot view, they look identical. Both T18 4 speed transmissions mated to a Dana 20 transfer case. Yeah, as if I am that lucky. Checking …
Homer The Homer Detour Seeing as the weather was good and I could do work on the Deuce inside when the weather turned, I shifted my focus to Homer. What’s wrong with Homer? Oh…tons! We don’t have time to go into all of it, but I decided to focus on 2 areas. The shifters are …
Humpty Dumpty I had begun taking Humpty Dumpty apart shortly after dragging it home. My first concern was to pull the interior and trash the nasty carpet. The seats came out fairly easy. In order to remove a couple bolts, I realized that it would be easier if the exhaust was out of the way, …
The Deuce Where’s the Deuce? So, it’s been a while since the Deuce has seen the outside of my garage. This was due to the rear axle tube being seriously damaged due to sloppy u-bolts. The damage was 4 deep grooves in the axle tubes, the front spring mounts being wallowed out, and the rear …
Homer and CB Covid 19 had descended on the economy, meaning no one was traveling. Since the wife and I run a store that is dependant on people traveling, work slowed to a trickle. We decided to shut the store down as standing around in a mask a day for 2 or 3 customers just …
Introducing CB & HD One day in early March, I was trolling around the internet just keeping an eye out of local jeep parts for sale. It is something to do while waiting for customers to show up at work. I ran across an ad that sounded eerily familiar. It claimed to be a 71 …
Back in February, we drove down to Gold Butte National Monument to check out the petroglyphs and unique wind-carved sandstone. This is a small gallery of pictures.