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Thermostat put in and heater core rebuild I believe.

I'm not sure if the previous owner was a member or not. I'm going to guess not. The truck came from Georgia and I think he may have bought it just because the truck was a square body. He told us mainly about what all he had upgraded on the truck. Not sure if he was an enthusiast on military...

Lexington area in Georgetown

Haha figured I'd try to fit in and have it as the truck like most of you 😅 For real though 😳 is it a violation of site rules? 😲

Thank you so much! I think we live about 6 hours away from Memphis. How far is Memphis from Gatlinburg? We travel there ever so often. Every one on this thread has been so helpful! Can't thank you guys enough for the info!

Thank you! Once we get the truck back I could take more pictures of it. I'd like to know if it is worth what we paid. My husband had seen these vehicles before but I don't believe I had ever seen one and when I laid eyes on it I fell in love lol 😅

Thank you! You all have been a great help. We will have to read up on the TMs . It would help us to know more about it so shops can't pull one over on us just to get more money. I know a lot aren't like that and I am not saying that guy was but its hard to trust all mechanics. (Unfortunately)

No joke that's where my husband is from and we live in Gtown! That would be great if we could get some answers by someone close who actually knows these trucks! Thank you so much for offering. The truck is in the shop right now getting some work done but maybe once it gets pretty out we can meet...

Not sure. The guy didn't tell us a whole lot other than potential price to fix it or what he could put in it to swap the engine

Possible cracked heads or head gaskets bad. Not 100% sure as there is no smoke coming from the exhaust. The truck did not have a thermostat when we bought it. So when we had one put in the mechanic said it was "boiling" and that it probably had an issue with the heads. We had him take the...

Awesome! It really seems to be a turn key truck. It's actually really nice without any smoke coming from exhaust. The only person that told us that it had the problem for sure was the diesel mechanic who kept wanting to buy it. It runs like a top and starts up and drove interstate home from...

Very helpful! It does not have a turbo that I am aware of. I think we are going to take to to another diesel shop for a second opinion and thank you for the advice and nice words about the truck! After we get it looked at again I will probably follow up with the findings

Haha honestly that was just me not knowing exactly what I was talking about. We took it to the guy months ago and I was trying to remember what he said about it. My husband was laughing at me tonight when I told him what I posted. Yall excuse me...🤣 I need a "truck innards" book for dummies lol...

Very helpful!! Thank you!!

So if I were to say we paid 10k 😬 would you say we got ripped? This on is an 87. Now mind you, this truck has had some modifications done to it and the guy who had it before us provided receipts for 6,800 worth of work that he put into it himself. We like the truck...its slow but I don't mind...

Yes, it's the stop leak coolant that was found. Thanks! We will try that!

I sure hope so! I'm interested in all opinions and pros and cons of each. Also interested in learning more about my truck 😊

We haven't noticed any steam in the exhaust and the other two things we are not sure of. My husband he has been unable to find green coolant for it. Where do you buy this?

Haha you can tell I am a woman with no clue as to what I am talking about. 😜 I guess the head gaskets are bad or heads are cracked? Something is wrong with it between the two. At this point it has no thermostat. When the diesel mechanic put a thermostat on something was "boiling" making him...