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Jason, that truck is coming out beautifully! I can't wait to see it fully painted!
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Good question Clinto. The M816 I had was done by a company that had the contract for the Army Reserve Units around here. I did not blast that vehicle. It did however cost me $7000 to get the truck blast and I had to bring it back to them 3 times to get it right. That being said, I was finding media all around the turn tabe in in the boom for months. I was very disappointed in the overall job but the end product came out nice. Fortunately for the wreckers, most of the components are pretty much weather resistant except for the main gear turn table. In this case not only did I use a compressor that puts out over175 cfm to blow out any remaining media but went back with a shop-vac to vaccumed the remaining media out. But like you said, you can never get it all. Put it this way, some of my decking is now textured from paint and a little sand mixed in.Jason, you are making fast and substantial progress!
I do have a question about blasting the wreckers though-I know you did your former M816, did you have any issues with media contaminating any driveline or wrecker body components? As we all know, the media just absolutely gets everywhere and there is little you can do about it.
But what about all the wrecker body gear?
I was thinking the same Bruce. However, the truck has too nice of a camo paint job on it already so if and when I paint the firewall it will go green.Jason, now that the motor is out, this would be the time to paint the firewall, especially if you go with tan like we have been discussing. You don't have to do so as the military would not have painted it tan if the truck was green, but it would look nicer for sure.
Yes, most definitely. I thoought long and hard of just keeping it, however, I just cant float that much money around right now. If you are interested in buying the truck as is or in the future, just PM me. I will add this, if I finish thre truck, it will be not as cheap if someone was to buy it now. I am easy to work with.Jason,
you still plan on selling one of those?
Thanks! Even though Chris the rebuild shop said there was almost no wear on any other parts and the intetnals (minus the pitting on the liners) appeared to be new the bearings, pistons, liners, were all replaced. I decided to go all the way. There were a bunch of other stuff he said he did to the motor (valve stuff, head stuff, etc) that I really didn't know what he was talking about except that the motor was better than new.She's a beaut! It will feel great to get that installed! How extensive was the rebuild? New liners, pistons, and bearings?
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