Barrman
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Since the truck has a v8, all you have to do is put another one in there. A few hours work basically. But, I wouldn't count on it going anywhere very fast. The short shaft is missing, somebody welded a pipe on the rear drive shaft and the electricals look kind of scary. I don't see a radiator either.
The JP article was putting a Chevy/3053A in a M715. Basically, the author picked Spicers brain for a day, wrote the piece and didn't give him any credit. If that is the swap you want to do, the article is a help for about 80% of the stuff you have to do.
I drove my running stock M715 into my shop on a Friday evening and drove the same truck with a 396 big block/NV4500 combination to work the following Monday. Planning ahead makes it possible.
I had the same problem at the same small school in College Station. Twice. One semester it was a Harley 1000 sportster I bought in boxes and assembled. My grades were so bad I had to sell the bike to make up for all the scholarships and grants I lost. A few semesters later it was a Chevy truck rebuild in the Corps Dorm Senior parking lot.
The JP article was putting a Chevy/3053A in a M715. Basically, the author picked Spicers brain for a day, wrote the piece and didn't give him any credit. If that is the swap you want to do, the article is a help for about 80% of the stuff you have to do.
I drove my running stock M715 into my shop on a Friday evening and drove the same truck with a 396 big block/NV4500 combination to work the following Monday. Planning ahead makes it possible.
I had the same problem at the same small school in College Station. Twice. One semester it was a Harley 1000 sportster I bought in boxes and assembled. My grades were so bad I had to sell the bike to make up for all the scholarships and grants I lost. A few semesters later it was a Chevy truck rebuild in the Corps Dorm Senior parking lot.