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. Don't feel like we are "beating you up" but cracking the books (The Parts TM) will get you the part number for the missing piece. Then you can search for the specific part that you need. Web search that-a-way will get you what you want quicker... .

. Nice looking truck for sure! .

. Guessing that the 800 series are mechanical winches - with a driveshaft? Rather than hydraulic like the 900 series... .

. Absolutely @Floridianson ! Trucks really are a lot like people. They all have personalities. The person and the machine work together - some better than others... .

. Very sad but true. School Buses started building automatics in about 81/82 for exactly that reason.

. Welcome to the Outfit! Pretty impressive stable of vehicles for sure. That is a lot of iron and it is really cool to have your daughters involved too. .

. Welcome to the Outfit! Yeah, well. Those days are over. Now YOU get to be the maintenance guy. Might even make you drive her a little more gingerly too... It is an adventure though! Whip out your computer and download a few TM's to learn more about your new-to-you truck. Really, those...

. Definitely a nice way to do that job! Back in the old days, and after becoming a shade tree mechanic, I worked in a nice shop with chain-falls with great big fans (no AC). Now days I use one of my wreckers to move and shuffle heavy parts around... No air moving unless the wind is blowing -...

. Welcome to the Outfit! I don't know for sure, but maybe you could look around on the islands for an auction site there? Getting to know somebody who could let you walk around and see what kind of condition the trucks are in could tell you a lot...

. Good question to ask, but no worries. He is a great guy. Cash or Checks. There is something about transacting business that a lot of folks don't consider... All those free money transfer services COST the vendor or supplier. Cash should be obvious. You either have it or you don't and...

. Absolutely! .

. Yep. Good deal. I have a couple of them downloaded now too. Thanks @ramdough !

. I have what may be a silly question Karl... Do you have the old cap? Thinking that if you did, it isn't anything special. Not military specific. All you really need is to know what pressure "pound rating" the cap has. Hopefully?

. Old and grumpy is one thing... Old, Grumpy, HOT and TIRED isn't something to fool with. People have been shot for that! .

. Yes Sir. That is definitely the problem and no gasket is the solution. Sounds like you have the right guy willing to solve your problem. I am almost sure that Left Side GM Part# 12564565 and Right side – GM Part# 12564564 are what you need. The picture you attached in your initial post...

. The KEY is throwing out the cork gaskets that generally are used and CLEAN (really well) the head and use flexible gasket maker (something similar to RTV) ro seal the covers to the heads. Problem is that the gasket material - rubber or cork - eventually need to be compressed more and the...

. I dunno... True Grit solves a lot of fuzzy when old Rooster Cogburn tells those slimeballs on the other side of the meadow to Fill Your Hands You Son Of A . . .

. PirTek is a vendor that will repair hoses with a little van that runs around town repairing hydraulic hoses. I have had them show up at my place and repair or replace hoses on my hydraulics and on air conditioning on big green trucks. They have also accepted hoses from me at their office...

. How about The Rifleman ?

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