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So that Bridgewater cab has double wish bone control arms, All of the box/delivery trucks I every worked on had i beam axle and 5 or 10 lug on front and 10 on rear.
the weight tag says 35 psi ? wtf Passenger car tires?
the weight tag says 35 psi ? wtf Passenger car tires?
Most P30 Commercial step vans were straight c30 suspension setups up front. Higher GVW units could have I-beam front ends, though it would have been over 18k gvw to get them. By the time Workhorse got the P30 Chassis it maxxed out at 18k gvw on the RV side and less on the commercial. Later they came out with heavier chassis based on the W-series RV chassis with an I-beam/leafs.
The big 5 lug pattern on the front and 10 lug on the rear is pretty common on GM P30's and 3500HD's
They were all Driveline parking brake and square tube rear axle drop out pumpkin like a Ferd 9".
Not what model axle they never needed repairs, cept brakes.
Our 2000 model yr Work Horse we're rated at 17k gvwr, they weighed 16k empty. The next batch 2003 were better trucks all around. Worst problem on those was square air filters that didn't keep dirt out.
Not what model axle they never needed repairs, cept brakes.
Our 2000 model yr Work Horse we're rated at 17k gvwr, they weighed 16k empty. The next batch 2003 were better trucks all around. Worst problem on those was square air filters that didn't keep dirt out.
Weren't alot of those powered by 6 and 4 BT's?
I haven't seen one yet. All of them have been on GM chassis.
There’s a contractor around here that uses two of those still in frito lay paint scheme.
A lot of the wonder bread trucks were 4bt, maybe some frito lay vans, all the combo ones I’ve seen were SBC
A lot of the wonder bread trucks were 4bt, maybe some frito lay vans, all the combo ones I’ve seen were SBC
The shuttle bus I parted for the Crawlabago"s L29 must have been a P30 chassis. It was 5/10 lug, e-brake on the 4l80, A arm front and a 4.56, 14 in the rear.
If I keep reading this thread and I'm gonna have one of these in my drive way soon.
Mine is all C30 driveline and suspension. E brake on the rear axle. A arm front end. Seals for the steering box were a tough find though.
Not as many as you think. Back in the 80’s a 250 or 292 gas inline 6. 4BT’s were an option but I don’t think the 6bt ever was. Many UPS trucks were straight six/465 manual p30’s forever.
By the mid 90’s frito went to the 6.5 diesel in the p30’s they bought all the way up to the end of workhorse. Though they did by a small amount with 4bts from workhorse too. You’ll find though frito lay never sells them. Or at least they didn’t.
Frito had a big rebuild center outside of Dallas. Around 250,000 miles on the chassis they would bring them back and repower the truck with a fresh engine, trans and rear axle. New front ends as well as brakes. They would rebuild them 2-3 times before they stopped running them.
The park brake on the 4L80e is a common thing above 12k gvw as the park pawl is not rated to hold higher than that. So those units don’t have park pawls. Those auto apply systems are a major pain in the ass. The ‘97 and earlier are driven by the power steering pump for pressure. Talk about a mess to bleed out.The shuttle bus I parted for the Crawlabago"s L29 must have been a P30 chassis. It was 5/10 lug, e-brake on the 4l80, A arm front and a 4.56, 14 in the rear.
If I keep reading this thread and I'm gonna have one of these in my drive way soon.
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Yea I have never seen a 6bt in any step van, even the 4bt was miserable to drive, we bought a wonder bread truck at auction for the engine and the drive home was awful…that rattletrap just echos through the whole truck.
The newer Freightliner chassis FedEx and SnapOn trucks run 6 cylinder cummins engines. Those are the ones @BoondocK5 is thinking of. The UPS trucks were International chassis with 7.3L Powerstrokes. These were the era I grew up working on, late 90s and early 2000s. These are the bigger medium duty ones with i-beam front axles.
Do we need to start an "all things Step Van" thread?
Didn’t some of the ups trucks run ford 300 sixes with np435s?
I was planning on it when I get home tonight.Do we need to start an "all things Step Van" thread?
Done.
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All things GM Step Van
This is being started to get more input than just the wierdo's following the Fugly Duckling thread. Do we need to start an "all things Step Van" thread?:haha: I was planning on it when I get home tonight.
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Mini me. He was able street legal it here.
Seems you got the issues from the power tour figured out.
Who you calling "weirdo"?
You're the one with the twice removed, red-headed stepchild of a GM product
You're the one with the twice removed, red-headed stepchild of a GM product
Now I need to figure out why the belt squeals no matter what I do. New belt lasted 20 miles.
Nothing weird. I want one.Who you calling "weirdo"?
You're the one with the twice removed, red-headed stepchild of a GM product
