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That Tesla looking WWII truck is a CMP or Canadian Military Pattern. Lot's of those saved up here already and part of the reason I saved the Deuce instead. So good you made it up to see Lyle. Did he have any magic repair kits around that might help for future seal work? We got one more...

That bit of history with the plumbing supports 'in-service' history. If Johnny farmer put it in it wouldn't match a few of the trucks that have real similar plumbing. Real good to know. We threatened that engine with a complete reseal kit. Then we felt for torque on all the bolts. Everything...

LMRmopar is seeing temps drop to 43F 6C by Saturday night then it's going to get hot again so no drifting for the cummins deuce yet......but we know it's coming. Removing the front drive shaft can be a lot of fun. We found the plug wire that was causing the miss that night in the dark. A...

That right there is some valuable data for the next cummins creation. I've seen the videos. It just sounds right. I'm getting things cleaned up before snow so I can get the engine under a hood. It's almost back to original / rebuilt colors.

Got to keep busy somehow. We don't have helicopters or many MV's to spot so need to build our own. Today an architect buddy wanted to pour a dinosaur bone and I picked some carrots. One never knows what's going to happen at the G749 farm. While archi mixed 500 lbs of concrete by hand, I...

It is certainly not like other females. At one point it bowed it's head, stuck up it's tale...and I thought it was posing for the photo. It took a crap. That's a rare sight I presume. Were the original frames painted upside-down? How did the paint on Piglet run up? We only paint prepped...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Crank Case Ventilation Line Assembly We did some parts hunting through the take-out engines and was real surprised to find a 70 year old Crankcase Ventilation line dated June 1954. Happy 70th. Went back to the G749 farm to find an August 1954 date on the Crank Vent Line on...

Hungry Hungry Hungry Two questions have arisen that I'm hunting for data on for 302 Engine preservation. What can we use that either replicates the old Oil Line Heat Wrap or is kinda sort of close but works like a tickety boo? Since the ...mostly brass....oil/ water line fittings going...

Thanks Ahab, most of it looks amazing. The big flat area on the firewall where I started will need some 40 grit, 80 grit, 100 grit work but it's in an open area and can be touched up after the engine goes in. I hoped we'd get more 'self leveling' but the globs and the lack of 40/ 80/ 100 grit...

It's wild working on a wild Piglet outdoors. Had a swarm of flies chase me out of Piglet when I was cleaning. They kept coming back and posing so I gather Piglet was their home. Then these wasps started scrapping on the bumper until one lost his head. While waiting for paint to dry, this...

I want to know how they made it look like a bird. Being on a Pig farm, I'm thinking the boys liked to eat and left peanuts in the truck. Hard to say. We do know Piglet the peanut protector didn't see it coming. Rented a 3500-4000 PSI pressure washer and Piglet got a bath. Possibly the first...

Well there it is stuck under the firewall. I wonder why they called it the dimmer switch? Did folks drive around in the 50's with the lights on bright and the only time they'd use the switch....is to dim them?

Ya, sorry boot dat. Canada may have given them the idea. Either that or the target marking folks got the white paint mixed up with the lasers.

You sir, have a great eye for detail! Thank you. I am still digging for details on contracts that went out for G749 service to see what kind of liberty and detail the workshops were given to replace engines. Many 'takeout' engines we found were just painted Grey including brackets and...

Disgusting Piglet gave me a startle. What bird faced creature did we find here? Did not expect a gaping mouth to be looking back when I finally stuck my face in there. The air breather was full of seeds and mouse torpedos so when I stuck my head against the firewall to look in Piglets hole, I...

Piglet gets the shiny motor after a little more clean up. Started doing some firewall prep and Piglet turned disgusting. The oil bath was full of mice remnants. Clean up is going to take more than a Wagner steamer. Disgusting Piglet. The Wagner steamer scrubbed until the water was clean...

I thought the Fort Mac part of this engines story was schpectacular but it just got better. The rebuild tag comes from a shop in Edmonton, of all places. A fella familiar with old things says Gopher painted a lot of engines blue. The schpeculation is, this was an 'after service' rebuild so it...

We started to do a thing. Hungry hungry hungry. Dirty little piglet I can almost smell the paint burning.

There's a Canadian story where the mechanics would leave a key on when someone getting hazed was going to drive the truck. Under the right circumstance the carb float would stick, fuel would pour through the engine into the exhaust....and when the hazee hit the ignition, the muffler would...

Found some interesting yellow paint marks and the rebuild tags off the Piglet power pak transmission. Not sure if the yellow paint was from in service maintenance or someone just got lose with a paint brush but here it is. She's a 65 rebuild from the military. Heard a little tip to take the...