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it looks like it may have been an air force ambulance
when I removed the inner door panel it's air force blue inside
then after that I have found fire engine red
 
she asked me to say the three most powerful words that a woman longs to hear.



so I whispered
Cummins turbo diesel
 
I want to install 481 gears so that it will be a little faster.
I have enough torque and power thanks to the 318
I will never use the first gear as it is now
It's not like I am going to take this antique rock crawling.
But I do want a dual master cylinder and maybe a booster.
Just trying to make it more drivable
Good thing I don't live in a real city anymore!
 
I have flushed all fuids including gas tank.
Gone over the brakes
Adjusted steering
Hit all the grease zircs
Installed heater,new carburetor
Sealed the windshield gaps as well as the doors
New tires
Waiting for wheel seals and then will repack the bearings
 
when its all said and done
i will have a $10,000 truck that i can take anywhere i want and turns heads everywhere i go
 
never saw a dashboard i like more than this one
turn 4 big screws 1/4 turn and the entire gauge panel comes off to sit in your lap on the drivers seat.

rewired the volt meter and lubed the speedo in no time
 
i got my wheel seals and the giant socket needed. now i just need to grow some gonads and build cribbing so i can safely work on this 3 1/2 ton truck . i dont own jackstands i would trust for this
AND it has snowed for the past 2 days
no shop
 
my wife sez i am like a wasp in a closet if i dont have something to tinker with. :wink:
so yeah
19f outside right now
and yeah
gonna dress up like i am going ice fishing and go out and build me some cribbing
 
using a 6 foot cheater pipe.
i just snapped a heavy duty tire iron handle trying to loosen the first lug nut
 
billy said:
using a 6 foot cheater pipe.
i just snapped a heavy duty tire iron handle trying to loosen the first lug nut
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Billy, those lugs were probably put on with a 1" impact with 550 ft lbs or better torque. I doubt you'll be able to break them down with a cheater pipe. It will take a 1" impact and steel impact socket to break those bad boys loose....
 
Bamamav said:
Billy, those lugs were probably put on with a 1" impact with 550 ft lbs or better torque. I doubt you'll be able to break them down with a cheater pipe. It will take a 1" impact and steel impact socket to break those bad boys loose....
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That is why I am selling some stuff so I can get a torque multiplier
I don't want something that needs air or electricity to work.
But not being able to change a flat tire is not an option.
 
going to open up the transmission and transfer case for an in depth look see and use a master rebuild kit on each
waiting for my torque multiplier so i can repack the wheel bearings
replace the gasket on the rear end
i hope the wheel bearings are in good shape
there are a lot of new components on this rig
but then it just sat so everything dried out etc
old trucks hate just sitting
 

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