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Well, I just got back home from Kip's farm. I had to leave Adam, Eric, Kip and Gimp to gloat over Eric's new toy. We left the lot at around 1:30 or so...give or take. Got it back to Kips place with no issues other than the 818 almost running out of fuel in downtown Lancaster.
Once at Kips, we hooked up the slave cables to my deuce to let the batteries charge for a while. While that was going on, we put the new soft top Eric brought along on the truck. Then Eric put the rear drive shaft back in. The fluids were all checked on the lot, and the oil level was good, it had antifreeze in it, so the block wasn't in danger of being frozen from sitting outside for the past "who knows how many" winters. There was about 1/3 to 1/2 tank of diesel in it, so we figured what the heck....we got the ether out and started cranking it...she fired off pretty easy considering the length of time it sat. Gave it more ether to get it running again, and kept giving it shots to keep it going until the fuel system caught up with the engine....it purrs like a kitten (big old hole in the muffler though). Checked out the crane, and all works well, a few oil leaks in the hydraulics, but nothing major.
All in all DH got a real nice truck!!!! Kip, and Adam took some pictures and a video or two, so they'll post up later on I'm sure.
Oh, by the way, this is what doghead looked like when he heard that truck fire up.
Once at Kips, we hooked up the slave cables to my deuce to let the batteries charge for a while. While that was going on, we put the new soft top Eric brought along on the truck. Then Eric put the rear drive shaft back in. The fluids were all checked on the lot, and the oil level was good, it had antifreeze in it, so the block wasn't in danger of being frozen from sitting outside for the past "who knows how many" winters. There was about 1/3 to 1/2 tank of diesel in it, so we figured what the heck....we got the ether out and started cranking it...she fired off pretty easy considering the length of time it sat. Gave it more ether to get it running again, and kept giving it shots to keep it going until the fuel system caught up with the engine....it purrs like a kitten (big old hole in the muffler though). Checked out the crane, and all works well, a few oil leaks in the hydraulics, but nothing major.
All in all DH got a real nice truck!!!! Kip, and Adam took some pictures and a video or two, so they'll post up later on I'm sure.
Oh, by the way, this is what doghead looked like when he heard that truck fire up.
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