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the do it yourself car wash must love you ,
your quest for more power, 60lbs of boost?
i dont think big chiefs drag car the crow in Oklahoma makes that much.
you going to force more fuel to help keep it cool, bigger flow injectors or pump?
hey Wes,
great seeing the new rig, i do miss the old 923 all the work you had done ,
next time your in NJ well go to the Italian restaurant again,
you should have your own TV show, i would watch it
Yes , the paint is a base coat clear coat -- glossy ,
The panel is not original , the 3rd outlet is wired for a military trailer,
I made up an extension that allows you to run the trailer wire over the top hatch
nothing big or heavy just a m1102. the 4th is a new style nato slave though i have...
here is the mix from ppg this color sea foam green is tricky,
when you look at it it changes a lot with light
these 2 pictures are of my truck using the same camera, diffrent light
sorry I missed your thread Jason, your are right the shorter of the two 5 ton shocks are direct replacements for your truck,
I had just found 4 and have them to replace mine, if you have not found them yet I have a source
I have been gathering parts, you guys know all the little details.
I blasted The drums, hubs flywheel coated with epoxy and cut them, I installed
the clutch and trans on my engine run stand and am about ready to run the engine this week.
I blasted the leaf springs, shock mounts, u bolts, and...
Well I found some time this week to work on the V, I started by disassembling the leaf springs to be sandblasted and sized for some new bushings, I threw the drums and hubs in (the last of anything big to be blasted)
next I mounted my engine that came from a 113 to my run stand, I am going to...
It is a crane that Jamie made it has stabilizing feet and extends out and forward I think 20 ft. he made different attachments for it, the back of his truck has a wheel lift
that he carries dirt bikes,
finally found some time to update some progress, we had a bbq at Lincoln park airport N.J. last week,
some of my friends from Gypsy Company brought there trucks. I had my MKT there and did a bunch of cooking.
Jeff's HEMTT is what we use to pull out and put in engines on our projects hopefully...
sorry guys,
I was busy last week drying out my place in Virginia , since then I did get the trans and front axle assembled and painted.
I will have more pictures this weekend,
working on the front axle and trans today, inner seals and machining some new bushings,
this is the 4-5 ring and pin part of the synchro , some call it a breaker ring, the bottom of the trans looks like it should
after years , they checked off on the list "flush, clean and...
I was at the gilbert show a few weeks ago and asked a dozen duce and five ton truckers what make tires they liked
some had Goodyear some Michelin XZL ?
weigh in anyone ?
I have the new manifold, also she will be fuel injected, the engine was a 113 I have the original V exhaust manifolds and are in perfect condition,
all the mods are not permanent I will save all the original stuff for the next owner, as far as shows and judging , I would like to be a purest but...
this was a month ago, sandblasting my favorite part taking that old crud and making it clean again.
after this weekend I felt like I was making Progress, an upward turning point, all sealed up with epoxy
now its drivetrain bench work,
some progress engine and trans removed, the hull is on stands every removable thing out, springs at the spring shop,
shackles getting ready to have bronze bushings sized and fitted. cracked open the new engine in a can, underneath needs a good sandblasting,
took apart the rears all the...
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