In other news, in 3 more days this thing gets to hit the trail again. 
Yes, I'll be bringing the spare fuel pump this time.
Yes, I'll be bringing the spare fuel pump this time.
CK5
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The Green Grendel
- Thread starter campfire
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I bought the RAPCO on the left 10-12 years ago for Big Ugly touch ups. I had a green can too.
The can on the right I got about 5 years ago as a defense contractor working with Army trucks and vehicles.
Thanks. Looks like they carry a dizzying number of army green paints in their catalog.
I believe the woodland green is correct for post Vietnam.Thanks. Looks like they carry a dizzying number of army green paints in their catalog.
Think that’s it.
The top coat more or less matches what I found buried under the brake booster.
I assume the firewall paint is original, and it also happens to be the color that I like. On various body panels I see a lighter green poking through as the top layer peels off. And the tailgate has 3/8" of bondo. So who knows how many times the paint has changed?
In other news, I've decided to return the olive drab paint and stick with the 383 color.
Look around, I believe Duplicolor and Krylon make flat camo paint colors.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Yeah. Except he would never admit to wanting a diesel. Those fantasies are top secret.
I want a diesel. Just not of the 6.2 or 6.5 variety.
@Blue85 @76zimmer - Coincidentally, I was in Wallace today, and I finally grabbed some pictures of the K5 we were talking about 2 years ago. This guy mounted a hinged window to a wooden insert in place of his window.
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Basic, rugged, functional, simple, and 100% Yooperish. Just like the truck.
Except it doesn't look like it plows any snow?
On the trail yet?
Hahaha! Look at it this way, if I pick the obstacles you'll never need to worry about getting your truck through them.
Understandable.
I've seen it move around, but I don't think it leaves that driveway. The driveway is usually plowed, though.
P.S. - The master cylinder is installed, too. 
Though my clutch reservoir was half empty.
Though my clutch reservoir was half empty.
Isn't it bed time yet over in your time zone?
It's overfilled now, so there's no need for pessimism anymore.
there's no need for pessimism anymore.
I think I spoke too soon. I headed out for wheeling on Friday. North of Marquette I turned onto the highway, and as I grabbed 4th gear the engine started making a hideous clattering knock. I coasted to a stop and started checking for holes in the side of the block. Finding nothing amiss, I chocked the tires and had Luke hold down the clutch pedal while I wiggled the flywheel. It moved about 1/4" longitudinally when I pried on it from the outside. Ugh. I decide I don't want to change flywheel bolts on the side of the road, so I ask Luke to tow me until I get within AAA range of my house. As we hit Marquette, I misread his turn signal and ran over the strap. A couple blocks later the weakened strap snapped in the middle of a roundabout.
As I'm coasting to a stop in the middle of the intersection, I crank it over, it fires up, and I run it at WOT in 3rd gear for about 4 seconds until I'm safely clear of traffic. It makes the same hideous clatter noise, but otherwise behaves normally with no noticeable loss of power. I decide to call AAA from there and Luke heads out for more wheeling.Today I worked up the resolve to drop the tranny and replace the failed flywheel bolts. I cranked it over for a few seconds to verify that both ends of the crank are still spinning. Then I dropped the drive train. Pictures of the aftermath. I seem to have sprouted a new rust hole.
But when I finally got down to the flywheel bolts, I found severe looseness in the end of the crank. The bolts looked fine.
So it's a broken crank. I'm a little surprised, as it delivered fine power and still rotates both ends of the engine. But that officially puts this truck back in hibernation again. The wheeling trip starts in 8.5 days, and I don't think I'll get this fixed by then. Oh well.
