Search results

That is several hours of grinder, sander and TIG work :-) Dang Firemen are always punching holes in stuff!

So, I come home and read SS. I see all the progress going on with others trucks and I thinks to myself, The only reason their trucks are progressing and mine is still in neutral is me! So I spent the last 2 nights in the shop. Even though I am still waiting on the machine shop for engine...

Engine is still at the machine shop. I was calling around and Rustyshakleford turned me on to a sand blasting Co. Well, since I don't have a flat bed trailer at the present time, I decided to build a pair of tow feet so I can flat tow it to the blaster. I cut out the parts, drilled the 1" hole...

Will be heading to G&G machine shop with the 300 6 cyl engine this week. I was parussing the Summit catalog the other day and made a "Wish List" of parts. Totaled it up and had a stroke! $2700 worth of "Wishing"!! So, I spent time evaluating the engine again this weekend and have trimmed the...

Well, Made some progress today. I got the 6 cyl unloaded and sat it in the chassis to see how it fit. I do think this is the way I'm going to go! I did some calling around and located a ZF 5 spd to put behind it. Sure felt good to be working on the old 715 again!

Not much work on the M715. Been helping Casey with his K5 project and looking for a powertrain for the 715. Lots of looking, a little trading, and lots of reading and research... Just not ready to give in a drop a SBC in like all the others... Looking at either going with a ford 300 6 cyl OR if...

Well GOOD GRIEF!!! Pulled down the 6.2 to do a re-fresh job to it. Everything was looking great until I used brake clean to wash the main bearing webs..... Blew on the metal to evaporate the brake clean and a line appeared that didn't dry. Checked 2 more and the same thing happened there :-(...

Well, I have been splitting my time with another truck. The Forestry Service auctioned off some of the old CUCV's they had provided to fire departments and I bought an M1008. I flat towed it home with my Ibis Tek bar at 60 to 65 mph with no issues at all. Got the thing home and I wanted to...

Moving forward again. I made a haul to the scrap yard after spending 2 days sorting parts with a good pile and bad pile. I got into the bed and after sweeping, blowing and vacuuming the debris out of it, I'm thinking it is going to take a new bed assy. I'll get pic's up this evening. Anyway...

The more I pull off this truck, the less space I have to work in! I work full time for a local fire department (20 yrs now) and had my own shop doing repair, testing and servicing of fire trucks. When I pulled the plug on my shop, I kept a lot of the equipment. So, I have all the records from 14...

Bcowanwheels, I may take you up on the engine adapter. Let me get a little further down the road with this first. Space is becoming an issue since I only have 1250 sq ft of shop to work in. Barrman, You have a tailgate?? I'll be needing one of them soon and after I get the bed off to the...

Hi ALL!! I got a '68 M715 from a local FD but when I got it home, I found a lot more rust than I had expected. So, It was off to OKC and I got a second truck. The OKC truck was just a frame/ cab/ and axles but in way better shape. I got the OKC truck apart and sold the axles. then I got...