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  1. ranchhopper

    Most recent GL purchase

    Maybe in the spring it will get new paint but for now I will patch the few holes it has to keep the salt out and run it like it is.
  2. ranchhopper

    Most recent GL purchase

    I know but I have to drive something the only other things I own are a rustfree 1009 and a rustfree 1977 chevy dually so this is the unlucky candidate
  3. ranchhopper

    Most recent GL purchase

    After quitting my job I had for 23 years I needed a truck to drive for the winter I had a company truck to drive so my MVs were stored inside for the winter. I have a cherry 1009 so its not going out into the rust belt winter salt so I looked for a truck I could use. As luck would have it they...
  4. ranchhopper

    NH 250 oil leak

    The beveled part of the retainer ring goes against the O-ring make sure the gaskets are good too that go against the block and the outside end of the cooler.
  5. ranchhopper

    Operation Sparta Recovery

    Not a problem I thought I might be a little late with my request I have a person moving it off the base this week so I can go up and tow bar it home nice trucks by the way I got my 923 up there you will like it I drive mine all over the place.
  6. ranchhopper

    Operation Sparta Recovery

    Well since the starter relays were laying on the floor in the pics Im sure the starter is shot along with the batteries that had disappeared maybe a bad driveshaft from the forklift we all know if they dont run the forklift gets them.
  7. ranchhopper

    Operation Sparta Recovery

    If possible and you have the time could you look over the 1008 I won last week lot 7401 I was thinking of tow barring it home and was wondering if it had any flat tires and still had a spare with it. Also since it was not running I was interested in finding out if they ruined the driveshaft by...
  8. ranchhopper

    Help fast, cummins 250 op temps?

    My 813 ran at 180-190 all the time until the oil cooler went out then it ran at 210 when the oil was mixing with the coolant in the radiator.
  9. ranchhopper

    M923 Air leak problem

    You have a diaphram going out the 923 has the exhausting air from the brake chambers plumbed back into the intake the air is passing through the hole in the diaphram and exhausting out into the intake.
  10. ranchhopper

    Anyone in Indiana want to split a case of CARC?

    Go online and find a sherwin williams paint store near you see if they will order it in for you your getting hosed paying that kind of money.
  11. ranchhopper

    923 gets a set of leslie train horns

    I would have rather put them on the fender but the manifold is to wide and the 923 fender to narrow I didnt like drilling all those holes through the roof somewhere sometime its going to leak. No video of them in action yet I dont know how they will sound being on the roof I tested them before I...
  12. ranchhopper

    painting day gone wrong

    There is a time frame for applying a finish coat over another coat primer, paint or other I had a nice black paint job I was doing on a 37 chevy wrinkle because I applied it to long after the previous coat.
  13. ranchhopper

    923 gets a set of leslie train horns

    I was going to rig something up just to keep the kids off of it.
  14. ranchhopper

    923 gets a set of leslie train horns

    At the screaming deals thes trucks are going for now Im seriously considering buying another just to do the firewood hauling and other things I need to get from here to there.
  15. ranchhopper

    923 gets a set of leslie train horns

    This was put in as a novelty I will not abuse it like the jokers on u-tube do to scare people dont need law suit trouble. I just like the way these old leslies sound out in the country is where they sound best. As for the air tank it was to big to fit underneath my thought was to bolt it to the...
  16. ranchhopper

    923 gets a set of leslie train horns

    It took all weekend but they are installed and functional these are pretty heavy and even a steel hard top needed extra bracing to support them. I bought them from a SS member they were disassembled for packing into a box after I got them together and painted I made a base for them it wasnt...
  17. ranchhopper

    Advice on buying a M1009.

    I wouldnt be looking for a 1009 in highland park IL either.
  18. ranchhopper

    Here we go again with the H.O.A

    You should have said something my buddy charges 50 a month to store them inside the building has a concrete floor too.
  19. ranchhopper

    m923 questions

    If Im not mistaken you can get a non commercial CDL for driving the truck my friends wife got one you might check on it in your state.
  20. ranchhopper

    Here we go again with the H.O.A

    That didnt take long go around the neighborhood and find all the four door pickup trucks the size of a greyhound bus write down the addresses and ask the HOA how they get away with having them in their driveway the same with boats and RVs.You might want to point out they do not issue AV plates...
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