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I added a lil bling for the occasion. It just felt right. :)

Update! Got the 5 Ton air pak rebuild kit and a huge thank you to USMC 00-08 for helping me out with the piston. Unfortunately, when I tried to take my original pak apart it was so corroded together that it tore instead of unthreading, but again USMC 00-08 was awesome and pointed me to...

Thank you all again for the help. I've got a 5-ton rebuild kit ordered, for the second time.... The first one I ordered refunded the $ so I'm assuming that meant he was out of them. Seems they are starting to get sparse as well as several places seem to be out of stock. The place I finally...

Thanks for the tip, Rusty. I found a post around here on how to do that and got the TM's downloaded and saw a few other things to check. And now the saga continues!!!! I was figuring on getting her into the DMV last Friday but I swear this thing is like a dog that knows it's going to the...

New Carb installed, though it was damaged in shipping, and the governor housing was snapped off. My old governor was still in good shape and all the internals from the new one were ok so I swapped them out and everything works well. New carb didn't make a huge difference but seeing that all...

Good evening all. Time for a little update. Got the rear lights attached and managed to at least wire the brake lights up to a switch so people have some indication of when I'm stopping though if you can't see this big, slow thing in front of you well.... Anyhow I took it to town the...

Thanks for the tips cucvmule. And yes I have a good basic grasp on mechanical things. :) Did my first engine swap when I was 16 around 1994 I think. The second one for the Trans Am I bought at 18. I've pretty much done all my own and, it seems everyone else's mechanical work throughout my...

Could be but I'm still suspicious of the carb. Most of the old rubber parts in there are pretty checked if not disintegrating. What speed does yours want to run at before things are hot? Mine is sitting at 35 or 6 until I hit a level or downhill grade then to about 40 and 45 on those and...

OK so progress. I got home from work last night and pulled and disassembled the carb. Cleaned it all out and she is running much better. The accelerator pump shows a bit of age but is still nice and flexible, the diaphragm in the governor is even still in good shape and the needle valves...

Thanks for all the interest and helpful suggestions guys. I really appreciate it. Now onto the news. IT FINALLY BROKE FREE!!!!!!!!!! I was tinkering on it after work tonight and checking out the linkages but could find nothing wrong. Everything is super tight and shows no signs of wear...

Thank you for the link Plowboy. I'll play with the links next and see if I get that lucky. And NDT you just gave me the biggest laugh I've had all day! " If you get killed doing this, sorry in advance. " That one is gold, my friend.

Well unfortunately the speedo is one of the few things that isn't working just right at low speed (that and the fuel guage) sooo guessing 10 or 15. About as fast as I wanted to push low range judging by how the engine sounded. I took it out on the highway again tonight and gave it another...

Again thanks for all the info. The pedal would come back but the internals in the cylinder were jammed. Sorry for the confusion. That cylinder you show looks almost identical just that little rounded silver tin piece is different than what I had in mine though I see no reason the cylinder...

Luckily my female didn't have an issue with me getting this. She is kind of a truck snob, though; anything that doesn't have a bed and 4-wheel drive is beneath her. And this bad boy qualifies as a real truck to her. That and she says my buying this will make it less silly when she buys a...

I took it totally apart and polished the bore up and it will come back on its own if its sucking air but much else and the spring just won't do it. I'm pretty sure that the spring was stuck in the compressed position for a couple years at least so that would probably explain it being weak. The...

Thanks for the info. :) Spent all day with the old beast today and almost everything went really well. Pulled plugs and gave her some oil. Then it was on to the fuel tank. Drained about a gallon of nasty yellow crap out of the tank and took a peak. It was extremely clean other than some...

OK it's officially MINE!!! Title in hand. I had great fun at the insurance office today. All 4 agents in the office were having a group meeting to figure out how they would get it insured. Ended up with Progressive with a commercial policy listed as an agricultural truck. (I do have a small...

Thanks all for the warm welcome. :) Here are pics of the bed and cab. Hopefully going in Friday after work to tinker on it some more. Oh, and I called my insurance agency and asked how this was going to be to insure and the guy on the other end said "You know, that's a good question.. I...

New member here and figured I'd share my little story. ;) SO there I was searching for a small pickup or maybe a full-size truck and even made an inquiry on a nice Chevy Colorado that looked much like one I used to own with a nice little lift and bigger tires. When my son said hey Dad look at...