mackmb212

might just be the oil cooler

could be just as simple as a head gasket but if its leakin while sittin sounds like a liner. 711 parts are extinct. saw piston and sleeve sets sellin at the Sears oil action for $250 a hole and that was over my budget. id look for a 237 or 250 turbo and give me that old bullet haha

I think if that is the case i'd start looking for a 237. pretty straight forward swap. Maddog has more info

So I went to tarp my truck for the winter today, I checked the antifreez and it was about 2 gallons low so then I checked the oil and found it to be a greenish white color so I now know where the coolent went.I bought my truck back in the spring the first thing i did was change the oil and filter the old oil looked fine for how long i was told the truck was sitting, I only started it and moved it around at my garage a few times this summer and only let it run for about 15 min. My truck is no where near road worthy and will take a few years to restore. Would it be worth trying to rebuild the engine or find somthing newer to put in my truck I know 711 parts are hard to come by and they were not the gratest engines please tell me what you guys think or what you would do. my truck is a 63 b81 Thanks

Rudy

Nice find there.

Looks good. I don't see a problem with this.

Not trying to steal this thread but I was wondering would one of these v8 engines fit in a b81 without major modification

Dm 800 bumper is different, tow pin hole is on top of bumper not bottom like 81, and b81 uses 3 bumper bolts per side, and 800 uses 4 per side with grill guard bolt holes. The headlight buckets are the same as b81, they are the same as r model too.

Do you have a b81 laying around.

I was wondering if anybody knows if the bumper made by combs custom parts for the dm800 is the same used on the b81 it looks to be close in the picture they have on there site. The head light buckets on a dm800 look to be the same as the b81 also. If anyone's knows if these parts would work out let me know thanks

Rudy

Hi everyone, I came to the conclusion that I'm just gonna put a fifth wheel on my b81.my truck was a dump originaly and then had a fifth wheel on it but it was long gone till I bought the truck. I was told old style fifth wheels are all gone. Just thought I would gather a few opinions on this since I haven't seen any fifth wheels for sale thanks

Rudy

yea, quit mentioning the r model rear with offset backin plates for NEW style chambers. yea that was a def re cab, had the ash tray down low with the throttle and engine stop up high and the radio delete plate in the dash. was a 53-55 cab. makes u wonder how a 55 cab ends up on a 65 truck, should be the other way around

that truck you parted out Rudy, must have been fast when it was running with the triplex behind the 711 with those rears ( 4 something ratio). sombody wrenched her for sure. did the door tag match the frame rail????

Yes the turbo is mounted alot lower on the mb and the piping from the turbo is a little more low profile for cab clearance. I can get you a few pics if you need them.

Rudy

The wiper motor thing is interesting because the b61 I stripped was titled as a 65 but had the wiper motor under the dash and that explains why everything was coated in oil the truck had r model rears in it too....talk about mix and match

Rudy

im guessing that the b73 and b75 had a different steering box then. It looks like theres a u joint on the end in the picture.

rudy

I just scraped a truck It was 13 bux a hundred I ended up with 1,345. It dident have a body on it but still I think your fire company has too high of hopes . Good luck with saving that cf

Rudy

I will be there hope to buy some goodies for my b81 witch came from gerharts lol

That is deffenetly a MB cluster for sure unless they were used in other models too.

I would jump on that if I wasent going to look at a house

Love the way that truck sounds.

Im guessing your b81 has a fa600 front axle, if that is the case I have a set of 22" spokes I would consider trading for your 24" spokes.

Let me look into it and get back to you then.

Ok thank you guys for your imput

I know this was most likely asked a 100 times but I can't find a clear answer.

My b81 has 11.24 in the front and 11.22 in the back I was told everything now is 11.24.5

Or 11.22.5 . I want to keep the spokes and would like to run 24 inch rubber all around. What

Did some of you other guys do ,what rim size do I need and where's the best place to buy new

Rims, and if anyone could tell me if theres a reson why my truck has 24s up front and 22s out

back and if it would be dumb to keep it that way.

Thanks Rudy

I seen a pic on here of a black b81 with a wrecker body and it said it would do over a 100. Fun thought but scary at the same time