davesgmc
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I got to bring the deuce (sesame street truck) home yesterday. I went out to where it was stored early Saturday morning to start taking the drive shafts out in preparation to tow it home. The place it was parked was up against t a building where the roof drains come out. It was quite muddy under and around the truck. I took a tarp with me to put under the truck to lie on. That didn’t help too well, the moisture and cold seeped right through it after a few minutes of laying on it. To the rescue were the floor mats from the back of my dodge caravan. Those seemed to work very well. It took a 5/8 socket and wrench to get the bolts off. All of them came off fairly easily. The front shaft was a bit more difficult. I had to use the caravan to pull the truck forward a bit to get the shaft in correct position to get one bolt out. Surprisingly the caravan pulled I with hardly any effort at all. I got all three shafts out and tied them up with wire. The owner finally showed up so I could exchange money for title. Just before the owner showed up a friend, Greg showed up with his deuce and the tow bar to tow it home for me. The tow bar he has is HUGE! It took tow of us to pick it up and carry it. It took a winch to pick it up off the ground and get it in the back of his truck even! We got the title, hooked up the truck with the tow bar. Then Greg took a short trip around the yard where it was to make sure it was going to tow all right. Everything seemed fine. Time for a few pics before we head off. Then I followed him all the way home,,,slowly home. The trip was about 35 miles or so. He was going speeds between 35-45 most of the way. We got it home, rolled it into the driveway and used my ferret to pull it up the driveway where its resting place is right now.
Later that day I took a vacuum to it and sucked out as much dust, dirt and even a mouse out of the interior. The mouse just didn’t have a chance, and yes, I let the mouse go in the field around back. I then took the garden hose and a bit of soap to the interior, engine and most of the exterior. Washing away a few years worth of gravel dust from sitting in that parking lot. After it was all washed and rinsed, I hooked up a battery charger to it (24 volt) and gave the lights a try. All of the ones that are still actually there seemed to work fine, dash lights even came on. I hit the starter and it actually spun over for a second before the battery charger's circuit breaker popped.
Next step is to drain all fluids, refill all of them and see if it actually fires up....wish me luck, I'll keep ya informed. Oh and thanks a TON Greg!
Later that day I took a vacuum to it and sucked out as much dust, dirt and even a mouse out of the interior. The mouse just didn’t have a chance, and yes, I let the mouse go in the field around back. I then took the garden hose and a bit of soap to the interior, engine and most of the exterior. Washing away a few years worth of gravel dust from sitting in that parking lot. After it was all washed and rinsed, I hooked up a battery charger to it (24 volt) and gave the lights a try. All of the ones that are still actually there seemed to work fine, dash lights even came on. I hit the starter and it actually spun over for a second before the battery charger's circuit breaker popped.
Next step is to drain all fluids, refill all of them and see if it actually fires up....wish me luck, I'll keep ya informed. Oh and thanks a TON Greg!
