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It is an LDS465. Rebuilt in '72 as I remember. Weird mint green paint on it with USMC green under it which makes it seem like it might have been in there since in the service...but the mint seems otherwise. Truck served as a civvy water truck around the desert valley I live in for decades after...

Here is a an old vid, more on my youtube. I gotta post the recent one there.

Man that LDS sounds good. Wonder what cam is in it. Doesn’t have LDS rockers.

Still runs, fired right up with batts. Needs trans gone thru and master, airpack, and lines.

I see. So for the the Tcase PTOs I have, you put the Tcase in N and run the speed and direction with the trans, correct? Can they be run with the Tcase in gear? I'm thinking along the lines of winch recovery operations.

Casting numbers on the side of the block where the Data Plate should be might tell something.

If the passenger rear engine mount has rivets to the frame, it is original. If it has bolts, it was likely a gasser changed to multi. If the front engine crossmember is vertically oriented rectangular tubing, it is likely A1. If it is open channel laid "flat", it would be A2 era.

Link to VIN thread?

On my ‘70 : Thinking I might pull the stainless sheath back. Cut the wire. Machine the wire out of the threaded steel bulkhead fitting, maybe open up to fit small diameter fuel hose to seal and insulate the wire. Splice new submersion rated wire on with submersion rated heat shrink tubing. Pull...

Looks like a rare survivor. As far as the engine, maybe get numbers off the injection pump. I suspect the only way to really tell would be to pull a cylinder head.

Tip 1: 5/8" NF bolt = fitting saver for those tough ones so the brass fitting doesn't smash. Tip 2: Tip: add a section of rubber hose here for off-road flex. The return line Bung leaks. Grind out the solder and weld, or re-solder ? Not much of a solderer.

‘70 fuel gauge is sticky and only indicates 1/4 tank (empty) to almost full. Ohmed the sensor. 25ohm at bottom, up to 40 at 1/4 tank, back down to 30 then gradually up to 60ohm. Reckon I need to replace sender and gauge

So did you ever do it? I’m wondering about camshaft part numbers...might look into my LDS I was dismayed to find it didn’t have LDS rockers. It does sound cool.

Perhaps we should just put a hydraulic pump on that PTO and have hydraulic winches front and rear.

I have what I think are two M50 water truck rear PTOs, but doesn't seem like they would work for a winch.

I believe the Patton Museum in Chiriaco Summit, near Palm Springs, CA should have one as well. I posted about it years ago.

Psst :-)

If the passenger rear engine mount has rivets to the frame, it is original. If it has bolts, it was likely a gasser changed to multi. If the front engine crossmember is vertically oriented rectangular tubing, it is likely A1. If it is open channel laid "flat", it would be A2 era.