Adventures in truck restoration

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#11 Post by BK Vissers » 31 Aug 2021 11:21

Sounds like a sensible deviation from the original. It’s all nice to have a museum piece but if one wants to enjoy it and use it then that’s not the most practical. I look forward to reading and seeing more.
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#12 Post by Ernie D » 19 Sep 2021 23:55

I finally managed to get a little more work done on her, just been doing the slow process of taking her down, piece by piece. For the age of her and the length of time shes sat up parked, surprisingly most things are coming apart with little effort, while a couple of things had to be taken apart with the liquid wrench (oxy/acetylene torch) :lol: . I will probably be pulling engine and transmission out the next time I get to work on her again, just getting her prepped for her new powerplant soon ;)

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#13 Post by BK Vissers » 20 Sep 2021 12:29

Thanks for the update! I’m poring over every photo!
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Re: Adventures in truck restoration

#14 Post by DarkD92 » 24 Sep 2021 18:52

If you shoot time-lapse videos on youtube, we will gladly watch it, take it easy, I'm following you with interest.
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#15 Post by Ernie D » 07 Oct 2021 19:08

A small update, I got my engine for my truck the other day, and last weekend, managed to test run it while sitting on a test stand.
65k miles on this CTA 8.3 Cummins and it wasnt running right, it had alot of blowby and was only hitting on 5 cylinders.
I pulled the engine down and to my surprise, found the issue, it turned out the previous owner must of changed the fuel filter a while back and when he fired it back up, it air locked the fuel system and he decided to run it on ether/starting fluid until it caught fuel again, because this is the results of such
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I just ordered a liner kit, one new fuel injector, and a full gasket kit to rebuild the engine. Oh well, its just gonna be a little while longer before the engine gets in its new home.
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#16 Post by PBandJ » 07 Oct 2021 20:18

Oh my, that stinks!
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#18 Post by Ernie D » 21 Oct 2021 02:31

A little update today🙂, my auxiliary transmission arrived yesterday. A spicer 7041 4 speed, now instead of a single overdrive setup the truck already has, now its gonna be a double overdrive.
The main transmission in the truck is a spicer 8052-D 5 speed, 5th is a .78 OD, 4th gear in the 7041 is .86. That CTA Cummins shouldnt have any issue rollin down the road with this combo

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#19 Post by BK Vissers » 21 Oct 2021 02:56

So not having ever done this sort of thing I wonder, how does the auxiliary transmission connect to the main one? Just a short driveshaft? Does it have its own flywheel?
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#20 Post by Ernie D » 21 Oct 2021 03:03

it has a short driveshaft that connects the 2 together
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