rockyroad217
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Well I finally got it home. I got lots of free parts with it. He let me swap any part off of the other 2 that I wanted..Well besides heavy mechanical parts. Here's what I swapped..
1. Changed the soft top for a hard top.
2. New bed wood with the seats from another bed.
3. Headlight switch (plus kept the old one..it just had the lettering worn off and I wanted the better looking one.)
4. The passenger window was cracked so I got a nice better one.
5. 2 new front tires with the nipples on them still. (The rear tires already looked new with the nipples still, but the fronts were cupped)
6. All the generic data plates with the shift pattern and whatnot were nothing left but a aluminum tag, so I put the nice new looking ones from another truck on it.
He also gave me 2 new wheel cylinders, 4 new complete brake assemblies (pads, cylinders, hubs, everything), a new tierod, 2 gallons of brake fluid, and a pressure bleeder he made from reading on here with another gallon of brake fluid already in it. He also gave me 2 new tires not on the rim.
I think I got a pretty good deal. It's a '66 model and the brakes do not work whatsoever. I'm thinking of putting all new 6 wheel cylinders on and probably change the rubber lines. I think the axle seals are leaking in the front and the boot because there is grease coming from the boot, plus liquid, but the liquid doesn't smell like gear oil, so I'm hoping it's just brake fluid leaking. There is also a leak on the rear left rear wheel on the inside. I haven't checked to see what fluid that is because I haven't investigated yet. I found out from the trailer loading that the sprag isn't engaging. Hopefully it is out of adjustment, but that is at the bottom of my list at this moment. It also has an airleak I can hear in the cab. I'm assuming that it's either leaking at the gauge or the wipers. It's coming from under the dash. Sorry for the long post, I'm just excited to get to work on it..Any helpful suggestions or comments are appreciated! I'm always open to learning helpful tips on working on it since I'm extremely new at this. (Working on something of this size)
Ah I almost forgot..a picture of the truck on the trailer!
1. Changed the soft top for a hard top.
2. New bed wood with the seats from another bed.
3. Headlight switch (plus kept the old one..it just had the lettering worn off and I wanted the better looking one.)
4. The passenger window was cracked so I got a nice better one.
5. 2 new front tires with the nipples on them still. (The rear tires already looked new with the nipples still, but the fronts were cupped)
6. All the generic data plates with the shift pattern and whatnot were nothing left but a aluminum tag, so I put the nice new looking ones from another truck on it.
He also gave me 2 new wheel cylinders, 4 new complete brake assemblies (pads, cylinders, hubs, everything), a new tierod, 2 gallons of brake fluid, and a pressure bleeder he made from reading on here with another gallon of brake fluid already in it. He also gave me 2 new tires not on the rim.
I think I got a pretty good deal. It's a '66 model and the brakes do not work whatsoever. I'm thinking of putting all new 6 wheel cylinders on and probably change the rubber lines. I think the axle seals are leaking in the front and the boot because there is grease coming from the boot, plus liquid, but the liquid doesn't smell like gear oil, so I'm hoping it's just brake fluid leaking. There is also a leak on the rear left rear wheel on the inside. I haven't checked to see what fluid that is because I haven't investigated yet. I found out from the trailer loading that the sprag isn't engaging. Hopefully it is out of adjustment, but that is at the bottom of my list at this moment. It also has an airleak I can hear in the cab. I'm assuming that it's either leaking at the gauge or the wipers. It's coming from under the dash. Sorry for the long post, I'm just excited to get to work on it..Any helpful suggestions or comments are appreciated! I'm always open to learning helpful tips on working on it since I'm extremely new at this. (Working on something of this size)
Ah I almost forgot..a picture of the truck on the trailer!
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