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You can get what you need for recovery( minus tools ) for about 260 bucks. You need a couple of gallons of 15w40 motor oil, a five gallon bucket of gear oil is what most suggest( cost me $65 at advance auto parts) but you may get away with only a gallon or two. You need a fluid pump($15 or so)...

Yeah I'm trying my best to get set to make it to Georgia this year, just gotta find me a decent truck. No way I would go without some green iron of my own.

Think you might make the Georgia rally?

Sorry it didn't work out diecorpse, but it looks like you just need to get a motor to swap in now and save whatever good parts you can off the old motor. And move to somewhere that you can work on your stuff freely. Easier said than done I know. But, like M35tom said, you can get a good takeout...

Well there was another poster here that said their deuces used to melt cable ends in Vietnam a lot when they got loose or had a bad connection. So much so that they apparently had a mold to recast the cable ends. Maybe like he said you had a bad connection and it caused it to get hot. The...

Man that's purty!

Awesome, good to know the staff at Polk is easy to deal with. Although Tornadogt is having difficulties getting them on the phone to secure a pickup appointment. Bigboy, might you be able to assist him in contacting them? You seem to know them well.

Intermittent or low oil pressure can cause that too. Plugged oil ports can cause this. I was taught never to reuse bearings, but can't see why that would be a problem here unless you didn't get them back together with the rod quite right. What did you do for rod bolts? Did you reuse those as well?

The clear stuff is exactly what I was talking about. It is dielectric grease and bad stuff for that purpose. I knew what you meant. And just because 5 tons don't have these problems means nothing. Every vehicle will eventually have some wired problem, and I'm inclined to believe that it was...

Never had that happen! Make sure you read the forum rules, don't use cuss words! Kinda childish, I know, but this is a family friendly forum. Don't know if that's the cause but that's all I can think of.

Oh, and just so you guys know, generators and other items susceptible to weather damage will be kept indoors. Also, if I retrieve an item for you, you can pick it up at your convenience, not just on weekends. I am very flexible. I cannot store whole vehicles inside though, only smaller items...

It's cool, take your time. Helps if you remove popup blockers and the like.

From what everyone that buys from GL says, do not expect to be able to drive it home. If you are mechanically skilled then bring lots of tools and fluids, if not, bring a truck with a flatbed gooseneck trailer. Also, go and preview the truck if possible bring two batteries because they are...

You are quite welcome

Unless you want it to look like it has peeling sunburn in a year or two don't do it. Even the cheapest matte clear from an auto paint supply house will last longer.

Talk to you soon then.

I never use grease on battery terminals. Dielectric grease is just that...Dielectric insinuating that it stops current flow between two surfaces. Not what you want on your battery posts. Napa sells battery terminal protectant in an aerosol can. It goes on red kind of like spray paint. Works good...

Whatever I can do to be of some value to the community is my pleasure. I live close and have four acres of property for storage, as well as a 30 x 50 steel building, so why not?

You need to get some sleep bud, 9 out of ten times I overlook something simple because I'm tired.

Oh come on, that's all the fun right there! Certainly not as bad on these trucks as it is on all of the newer vehicles with wiring harnesses the size of a radiator hose.