There was a crew cab HD no motor n PA. Don’t need one but one but want one lol
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red EOD
1/2 ton status
I keep reminding myself that this truck doesn't need 4x4, or a crew cab, who knows how long that will last hahaha. A live front axle swap would be easy on these since they have a I beam front axle anyways. Parking brake on the tcase (or run a divorced tcase) and voila. A spring under axle setup would keep the height similar to stock.
If weather is reasonable tomorrow I'll make progress on the rear wiring now that the bed is mounted/secured.
When jbwas down in Florida I found a crewcab with the 5sp. Very hard to find. Sadly I didn't have the money for it.
I’m biding my time until the fire department in town auctions theirs off someday. They’ve got a late 90’s C3500HD 4x4 conversion
Oh man that would be awesome!!!
Lol. If they are like the small town fire departments here then you only gotta wait another 20 yrs or so.
Atleast it’ll still be rust free lol and with a 6.5 the axles won’t have been too abused
red EOD
1/2 ton status
What, a 6.5 is a power house.......... hahaha
Clutch slave cylinder/hose blew out today, thankfully was not far from home and limped it back. Comes as a master/hose/slave unit and is supposed to arrive from rock auto by thursday and the slave is externally mounted unlike some versions of the nv4500.
Made the harness for the trailer plug and wired it into the electrical junction box under the bed. It's a combo 7 blade and 4 flat trailer plug and I wired up the extras for trailer brakes, reverse lights, and extra 12v+. Now to decide where to secure the trailer brake controller in the cab.
red EOD
1/2 ton status
Hose for the hydraulic clutch blew out on friday, got the replacement master/hose/slave installed today which was more of a pain in the ass than expected since the previous replacement had been run through the wiring harness in a few spots behind the engine. Also found out why this turbo has so much 'whistle' compared to other 6.5's I've driven........
For those that aint familiar with the 6.5's those 2 holes at the top of the intake manifold should have bolts in them, otherwise they allow unfiltered flow in/out of the manifold. Thankfully it's turbo'd so it's been forcing air out rather than dirt in, mostly.
For those that aint familiar with the 6.5's those 2 holes at the top of the intake manifold should have bolts in them, otherwise they allow unfiltered flow in/out of the manifold. Thankfully it's turbo'd so it's been forcing air out rather than dirt in, mostly.
Wow...…...
red EOD
1/2 ton status
Found out the reason no bolts were there, stripped out threads. Last person who worked on it seems to have used a 1/2" impact gun for everything and was ugga dugga friendly
Wow that crap would piss me off.
red EOD
1/2 ton status
Found out something interesting, my little 4k generator should be able to run the plasma cutter but for some reason it can't. So I had to bring the cutter to the garage in town (HOA can't bitch if the stuff is done in the garage). Got to slicin and dicin parts of the rusty flatbed out for the fuel filler neck and the gooseneck/5th wheel hitch rails. Will eventually do a better filler neck but with how rusty this bed is I just need something that works. Hitch rails will be secured to the bed frame and probably make the mounts long enough to secure to the truck frame as well.
Measure and mark for where to cut.
Initially tried to cut the bed sub frame from underneath then realized it would be much easier/cleaner to just do it from the top.
Hole for the filler neck.
Hitch centered over the axle.
Measure and mark for where to cut.
Initially tried to cut the bed sub frame from underneath then realized it would be much easier/cleaner to just do it from the top.
Hole for the filler neck.
Hitch centered over the axle.
some smaller gen sets cant do the big kick on start up of the welder or plasma needs . found this out years ago with a friends . he had a smaller gen set and my little 110volt Lincoln welder would not fire up off it .
red EOD
1/2 ton status
Familiar with it but pretty sure that's not the issue.
Generator is a 4000 watt diesel unit, runs my little 110 volt welder without complaint. With the plasma cutter it strikes the ark but pulses it on/off rapidly making it punch holes rather than cleanly cut the metal. It's a 20 amp plasma cutter so needs 2200 watts (same as the welder)
Yeah that's pretty much what my 30 amp plasma cutter was doing when the plug I was using was not rated for 30 amps
red EOD
1/2 ton status
Damnit that didn't take long. Looks like somebody turned the corner too tight when they went to park next to the truck today.
Gotta love the city!
Dangit
