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Been There - If your gauge and sending unit are good, my suggestions is to pull the thermostat and run your truck if it still runs above 180 look at replacing your radiator.
Good luck
Josh sounds like a great idea, lets figure out a date and make it happen. Looks like Beerslayer found a good location to meet at. I'm available most weekends.
Deuceswild11 - I originally looked for the seats online but couldn't bring myself to pay for shipping cost. I found them locally at the Peterbilt dealer and they were on sale at the time so I saved 400 dollars plus no shipping cost. When I moved the air switches from the left side of the drivers...
Beerslayer lets get together soon, would like to get a second opinion on the noise level.
AN/ARC186 - I'll check the upcoming events and rally forum and see if I can make it to any of the events.
59apache - The first link you posted on ebay is the same wiper motors, you might search some more...
Thanks guys I really appreciate all of the nice comments. I started this in August and just finished last weekend, I had hoped to have it done before christmas but was out of town a lot for work until november after that there was weather, holidays and family medical emergency's and the list...
I added a under dash switch panel, it has 2 12 volt out lets and 6 switches I also incorporated the front axel air valve and light into the panel. I mounted the converter under the glove box along with a fuse block, and added the electric windshield wiper motors.
Here are some pics of the instrument panel and dash, the push button light switch i have in the picture was fried so I have gone back to the 3 lever switch.
My truck didn't have a heater when I purchased it so that was one of the things I wanted to add. I searched the forum and decided to order the M151 heater as many others have done.
I thought if I separated the heater core from the blower that I might be able to fit it up under the dash better...
I had a hard time trying to figure out what material I wanted to use as carpet over the sound deadening, I searched the internet and even had some carpet samples sent to me. The end result was Dynadeck but it is very expensive. The quality of Dynadeck is very good and I recommend it to those...
Now for the sound deadening material, I ordered 1 roll but ran a little short and had to order a second roll to finish the project. I haven't used any other material like this before but I was impressed with it's thickness and ability to stick to the surface.
I had a helper, my dad would show...
The main purpose of removing the paint and re-paintng was to give a nice clean surface for my sound deadening material ( Zilla Mat) to stick to the surface. I can tell you that stuff sticks really good once you use the roller to apply it.
Here are some pics of sanding down the interior, most of it was in good condition except behind the dash it was a little crusty. There was at least three layers of paint to remove.
I decided it was about time I contributed to the site, I have enjoyed all the photo's others have posted on their mods and helpful information. I'll have several post to this thread showing my changes to the interior of my M35A2 cab, everyone loves pictures and I have a bunch.
I started out...
Ok here are a few pics of Davids compound, he only had 2 mechanics working for him while I was there but he has alot of equipment and trucks he has modified to look like modern warfare vehicles. Like I said in my first post he was great to deal with and installed the new radiator at no cost.
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