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Bahaha, yep, you were pretty well hosed there! It shouldn't be too hard to cut out all of the bad floor and replace it with a couple of new panels. I'll have to take my time separating it from the support structure below and take careful measurements for all of the captured nuts. There is a...

Dang!! I wish my cab was stainless steel. I haven't heard anything about a stainless replacement cab. That doesn't mean there isn't one, but I like to think that we are "in the know" about 939 stuff around here. There was a cab with added rollover protection as noted here: General...

Thanks Bruce. I can't wait for you to see it in person. It's going to be a neat Seabee truck in the end. I'm not too worried about the body work. I did new rockers, the tailgate skin, and most of the floor pans in my old 1009 blazer and it turned out really clean. The good news is the...

Thanks. I'll check it out. What kind of condition is it in on the inside? Any crusty corrosion?

Yeah, I wish the cab was aluminum. That would save me a lot of work. I am proficient with my Miller and a break so it shouldn't be too hard to fab some patch panels. The only thing that must be fixed is the area around the throttle pedal so I can get it on the road and moved to my house where...

UPDATE: I spent half a day working on the truck yesterday. My plan was to get the get the air brakes fully operational and then try and move the truck a little to test them. I started out by installing my rear relay valve. It went back in a lot easier than it came out with some new plated...

Check eBay. I bought a whole set of 939/A1/A2 manuals on there for around $50. I stuck them in big 3-ring binders and drag them with me when I go to work on my truck.

Wow, those things were put together with some torque, huh? Did the shop that pop tested them check your spray pattern too?

No kidding! That would be great! I keep telling myself that one of these days I'll have a building, barn, run-under shed, or something else to work under! If I could live in one place long enough, that would help! There are a bunch of different systems on the truck, but it's not too complex...

Looks like you are working at the kitchen table again! :-P You are as bad as me! The injectors seem pretty standard. Did you clamp the body in a vise and then spin the tip off using a wrench on the flats? What did you use to clean the carbon out of the orifices? Are they multi-orifice...

I have a big piece of black rubberized sheeting that was covering the engine when I bought the truck. I just throw that over the engine bay and anchor it with some heavy metal bits. I can't wait to get the hood on there! My brother has an ex-mil gas-powered compressor, but he has been...

Thanks Duncan. I have been watching your Tatra project with great interest. An 813 Kolos is on my wish list for the future! I wish I had access to shop air as that would be a great way to trouble shoot the air system without wasting diesel. Unfortunately, my truck is out in the middle of a...

He's not in the system anywhere. PM me his email addy, password, and location. I will set him up.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I think I enjoy sharing the project with my SS family as much as I enjoy doing the work. I am going to get the cleaned up relay valve installed this weekend. The good news is I can check the piston on the other one without taking it out of the truck. I...

Love the truck and would love to have it. Please put this in the classified ads. Thanks.

Floyd, thanks for your support! cucvfreek, there are some pics of the new tires back in the bowels of this monster thread. Just keep flipping pages until you find them. You'll find a lot of great info and photos along the way. I took the relay valve apart today to find out why it wouldn't...

Bjorn, the air system looks pretty clean for the most part. I may end up replacing the air dryer since the parts to rebuild it will cost more than buying a NOS one. :roll: The truck has definitely been in and out of salt water, but the air compressor draws air from the intake manifold on this...

It was a beautiful day to work on the truck! The sun was shining and there was a nice breeze all day. The first thing I did was go rob some more parts off of the A2 parts truck. I needed a brake wedge assembly and a set of shocks. Once I was done fighting that mess I went to work on the...

So, what kind of (in)sane person gets up at 5:30 am on their day off in 30 degree weather to drive an hour to a salvage yard where he will work on a giant, rusty, heap of a MV all day???? That's me!! I am hoping to get the air brakes, t-case shift linkage, and throttle linkage all working...

Man, those trucks are nice! The trailer in the foreground looks like a detachable gooseneck. I didn't realize they had those.