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going between Colorado and New Mexico . Colorado I untuck my shirt and NM I tuck it in till I go in to a store then I tuck it in not hard to remmber . before you could not carry concealed in a place that sales liquor now you can . you can't carry any place that serves liquor . thats in New...
my m-211 would start fine but like yours when warmed up it would not want to start or the starter would turn slow . I though it was fuel leaking past the float and flooding the motor . turned out that it was the starter .kenny
I have a pick up with poles I use around my place . I would check the oil before I would start it oil always looked good not to high and not to low and not dirty . then in December I started it pulled the choke to keep it running to warm up I got out not a few minutes got in and seen no oil...
RE: cost
there are lots of good new parts out there for this truck . I spent 3 years and about $10,000 on my 1953 GMC that I'm very happy with it runs great just went over 7000 miles . kenny
Fed ex have held packages in town for up to a week and when using the tracking system it said bad weather was why it was not delivered I ended up going and picking it up . no bad weather . the post office is just as bad. this is when the shipping is paid to your house . with fuel prices and cut...
the truck looks very good . there are lots of trucks newer that don't look that good . it looks like no one has added turn signals ? the hand valve for the trailer is interesting and worth having to me the truck looks as original as you can get. great buy kenny
years ago when the companys I drove for started buying radials the drivers did not like the feel of radials on the steering axle so it was bias on the frount and radials on the back .so you may like it?
RE: HELP! More transmission/clutch problems
any truck parts dealer maybe napa there are two bolt pattarns 6 or 8 bolt they come in diffrent thickness . you can add and sutract thick and thin shims till the teeth of the gears have proper back lash . maybe someone will remmember how many shims...
RE: HELP! More transmission/clutch problems
If your truck shifted good before adding the pto and then poorly after you need to add another shim or two in between the transmission and the pto the gear in the pto is pressing to hard on the gear in the tranamission .kenny
RE: contest
I have watching to see if any gas burning deuce's sound off . my 53 m211 changed to a m221 . runs very well with 130 horse power I pulled my m269 wrecker lowboy home from the scrap yard was a very slow trip almost used the low side on hills the trailer weights about 16,500 with...
i like the copper . but use the plastic .the orignal copper has a thicker wall then the copper I found in the local stores it's just to thin . if I can I reuse what I can off the parts truck.
RE: This won
The spray gun I use was from Harbor fright about $20 for painting army paint it has done a good job you will need a water trap also . my paint I bought from Rapco the red primer has to be used with laquer thinner and the paint you can use paint thinner .paint sprayed on with a...
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