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Hey everyone, I'm preparing to add a cold cut saw to my tool crib. I have a truck flatbed fabrication job coming up and my ancient, abrasive disc chop saw is loosing it's bearings again. Currently, the best priced 14" metal cold cut saw I'm finding on either Amazon, Ebay or Northern Tool is the...

After the lever breaking, the next point of failure is the shaft. It will shear off right at the groove cut in it just inboard of the lever. I used White Owl Truck Parts Company, located in North Carolina, for the internal parts and the gaskets and seals. http://whiteowlparts.com/ Rick

I might be ignorant of the multifuel design, but most "cam in block" engines have cam bearings also. You could have wiped those, thus your low pressure. Rick

Awesome build, thanks for posting. Sorry to pile on with another question: Have you had a chance to run the truck over some weight scales? Rick

If not for the shavings, I would have recommended setting the point gap and dwell. But it looks like you might be in replacement distributor territory. Can you wobble the top of the shaft a little by hand? Rick

So much for "now we are cooking with gas". But are we gonna ever accept "Cooking with JP2"??? Rick

I had some troubles like you are describing when I used low cost replacement motors. It is my assumption that not all motors are made the same: cheaper motors are manufactured with less copper windings. Thus cheaply made motors look right, they fit Ok, and they might work in some cases, but they...

Thanks for the follow up post, I'm glad to hear you were able to collect your purchase. I appears that we hobbyists may have to start thinking of this type of situation as the new normal, requiring a new skill set built through experiment, outcomes and communications. Rick

Richards and Peters. Those of us with those first names had to stand up for ourselves at the start of every new school year. Rick

I'm too late for this conversation, but I'll add that once upon a time I found that the new wheel cylinder that I was installing had the banjo threads drilled at an angle to the sealing face. The banjo bolt simply entered the body of the cylinder at an angle, and no amount of copper washers...

My guess is he got it sorted and the truck has being shipped. It really wasn't a big deal, he just made some exasperating and expensive assumptions. Rick

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DDB, good onya for taking in that truck. I hope it becomes your pride and joy. Rick

The only time I replaced an entire harness was on a burn job. Otherwise, harnesses can be repaired with the correct materials and some loving time and attention. Most repairs I have done to harness are only in three or four places, where the weather or accidental damages (horn wire!) occurred...

Looks like you are too far off the main road for others to see your art. Thanks for posting! Rick

Wow! This has been an awesome thread to read! My hats off to you guys, especially the OP, for bringing back the civility to the discussion. My .02: I'm no engineer. I seem to rarely be able to design and fabricate anything that is as elegant, durable or efficient as what the engineers...

The last time I had that problem, I found the wiper arm shafts were tight in their housings. It was so bad, I almost couldn't get one them apart to be cleaned and lubricated, but afterwards both the old motor and the new replacement motors operated the wipers at good speed. Rick

Well, where's the pics! Welcome from 10* latitude. I love the drop side deuce and look forward to seeing some images when you are able to post them. Rick

E-gads, ten questions! I'll answer one of them, but first, Welcome aboard from 10* latitude! For removing the box, I'd suggest building or purchasing a gantry. It's a rolling overhead lifting apparatus that will support the box so you can drive the truck out from under it. Rick

Just checking: is the 5 ton the same 34" from frame surface to surface? Rick