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Haha, oops. Proof I'm technically challenged

Well its been a few days, and life gets in the way, but got my engine back from the machinist. While the engine was sitting outside, with a couple plugs out of it, got some water in it and one or two of the cylinder walls froze and cracked out. I didn't think it could be salvaged, but machinist...

Well this maybe a bit off topic or perhaps right on topic depending how you look at things. After the last few years anything is not necessarily able to be considered odd. So I was working on a WWII jeep I've had for quite awhile and about 15years ago or so I replaced the speedometer cable, it...

It fit perfect! Bing bang boom. Done. The only thing I didn’t have and was gonna look at my other trucks was the bracket above the exhaust connections-I’m not sure what goes there. And lastly to finish the job I had to put the spare in place

Well after searching around the web I ultimately tracked down the exhaust parts. I decided even though I had fabricated much of the piping that NOS exhaust parts were a direct fit. Finally a northern excursion revealed some muffler. So the time had come to amputate the farmer exhaust(somewhat...

We were able to get stars on it as well. You wont believe how many people would laugh at the car show when they saw the sign okay to touch. All the guys with vehicles were totally paranoid a little kid was going to touch their pride and joy. In the mean time my wife put kids in the cab of our...

Electrifying So all this work was done last spring, I’m just now making some time to post about it. USMC and his wife flew up and piloted the 211 to a memorial day parade in Bozeman last spring these repairs are made leading up to that parade. These trucks are awesome-love them and trying at...

749 tranny monkey business So the 211 has always been adjusted poorly to shift down correctly. Was trying to adjust it and everytime I got it properly adjusted, all of a sudden it would go out of adjustment. Finally discovered the teeth on the shift down arm on the transmission were stripped...

Its memphis equip-just happened to mention I was going to need to fab some exhaust stuff and the parts guy said they stock all the exhaust parts

Man, I'm exhausted!! So fabricated some exhaust up this spring at the old shop I worked in. Took originals as templates and then ordered some machined flanged exhaust clamps. Also built a substitution pipe(that wasnt pretty) where I can install in place of the muffler till the original muffler...

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Air pac Its been a fast and furious couple of months around here. Was able to get a whole bunch of work done in a short period of time. I'll be posting some pics of the work we were able to complete on the truck and bring it back to roadworthy condition-with some repairs that still need to be...

Ah, basically you get a bunch of farmers and rancher together and learn how to jerry rig stuff :) That would be totally awesome-if you find something I'd volunteer sometime to help out. I've always really wanted to work around helicopters-always been fascinated with them. I know nothing about...

Yes I would say it they had some leaky cylinders on that hub. Thats interesting that its a common fix. I figured some one would just use a cap/plug. whats ABDR stand for? Do you still work on helicopters?

Thanks man how yah been

Well finally making some progress on the truck. the brakes are totally done-rebuilt every wheel with new wheel cylinders, seals etc. I would stress checking everything over pretty well. This truck was pretty well taken care of but I found a copper rivet in one of the brake lines-blocking flow to...

New Shoes This was last fall, Picked up a few tires as mine were getting pretty well used, oh and flat. Decided to have the local sandblaster man get rid of the old crud so well could get some new paint on there. This was last fall before the weather turned

US Army SSG Atkins - Bozeman, MT Memorial Day As a fellow Montanan, I wanted to take a moment to post about US Army SSG Atkins, who this week was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in Iraq, June 1, 2007. SSG Atkins was a Bozeman, Montana native who paid the ultimate...

So just had a quick question about rims. Why are some of these galvanized and some aren't. This particular one referenced the face has rust but the back side and most of it, including the locking ring is galvanized. At first I speculated that it was a Canadian manufactured truck thing, as these...

You know that old expression, how does it go??? Oh yeah head for the hills!!! These old trucks can't drive quick enough for me when its time to leave behind people and civilization. The peace + quiet and solitude are something I treasure. Oh yes and the view of the mtns. These are the crazy...