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Update 5/6/24 Engine would not turn over.. so I removed the oil pan to give a look. everything looked ok so we are thinking stuck rings. So I removed the caps on pistons 6, 5, 4, and popped out the pistons, cly 4 yuck.. rings were packed solid when removed. Cly 5 cly 6 rings stuck. oil pan

Pulled the Radiator to see if the engine is stuck and my luck is not that good yes the motor is stuck. So I put atf on every cylinder to soke in. And I'm gonna drop the pan tomorrow.

Truck hasn't ran in 2 1/2 years because my job requires me to travel. I stopped all work on it after the push rod issues.

Today I'm going to remove the Radiator to spin the motor to check cylinder walls 4,5, and to make sure 1,2,3 are ok

Took the head to a shop to be cleaned and looking nice.

Checked the cylinders and piston heads found alot of carbon build up and junk. So spent a day cleaning and between 4,5, 6 I found 4 small chunks of metalchunks of metal Cylinder 6 after cleaning. Cylinder walls look like stuck rings? Or just carbon scratch? Cylinder 5 after cleaning Cylinder 4...

So I removed the head and found alot of issues on the head. cylinder 6 cylinder 4 cylinder 5 cracked spring retainer. On cylinder 6

Ugh well it's official sports fans my engine is sick. I've had time between jobs to work on the truck so let's jump into it. Now keep in mind it's been about 3 years since this truck ran after the bent push rods. It all boils down to a combination of ignorant so called friends that think they...

CA-0280 From that website I used.. and it works fine.. till this day.

It's what I said Talked with my. Friends over at white owl surplus today. And they had a civilian equivalent part number back in the day of CA0280 found this website that might have it I want to know what you guys think??? Says it's a Ford push 12 inch push type...

Im sorry everyone for not posting on this for a awhile. Life has gotten in the way. Alot has happened to me since I last posted on this but im hopeing to get back to work on this truck soon. I got married, got a house, a new job so everything is looking up. Besides the fact that my M275 is...

Started to replace the front fenders and flip the head lights. Reason why the front fenders because a person hit it with a forklift. oh wells had extras ,stripped and primed and painted also new rubber spacer and anti squeak strips.

Got the cable spooled up on winch today. Note yes I know the paints look different but they're not that's what the sun's does to paint out in Las Vegas. Haha More to come grill and front fenders are next and to flip the headlights.

Welll it's another update. A new job requires me to travel alot so my M275 has taken a back burner but I've been doing what I can when I can on it. A month ago I replaced the rear fenders on the back Makes it look so much nicer. Last few weeks and today I put the rest of the winch stuff on...

New rear fenders painted and winch drive shaft painted going on the M275 soon.

Update 12-13-2020 Christmas came early for me this year I decided to treat myself. I've been looking for a set of decent rear fenders for my M275 since I started the project years ago. Being unable to find any for months during the restoration I had my originals bent back as best I could...

The winch was from a 1952 gasser M35 from reo. My M275 happens to be a 1951from reo I thought about putting the later knob on the drum lock but I seen nothing wrong with it. So I keeped it. I seen later winches also have 3 data plates on the top plate. So I keeped the original 2 top data plate...

Winch update winch installed on truck today.

Yes you are right about the headlights. There going to be fliped in the next coming weeks.

Specal thanks to white owl for the big cover gasket and other stuff and Memphis equipment for the brake parts drag brake pad, brake band, and drum lock pin, and big mikes for having the socket cable clevis.