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Cool!! Nice to hear you got it running. I think the more you run it the better things will work.

Read what the tires says on the sidewall before going too far. Kinda agree on I doubt someone went thru all the trouble of changing hubs/axles for bigger rubber.

Doors and fenders shouldn't be too hard to get. The rest of the sheetmetal I'd bet you'll have to fab up. Might find a decent roof, but getting one that hasn't been beat to death will be a chore. Motors? 300 2 valve is the biggest I've heard in a B61. Plumbing and intercoolers are the hard part to get to fit under the narrow hood.

$500 for tags is not outta range. From what I remember mine was going to be for 33K, it was over $300/yr. That is why I put Historical tags on it. $25 for 50 yrs! You need to get ahold of someone else at DMV to see if you can get it plated historical. Maybe it's a state that doesn't allow it? I know some guys have a very hard time getting around the brainless idoits sitting behind the desk at DMV. Once you find someone that actually KNOWS the rules you might get what you want. I had to poke pretty hard to get my girls to give me tags, and they gave me the run around for a few minutes but then said OK. I told them how many people do you want me to show you that already have Historical tags on their old trucks.

In twin stick trucks with a Quad box, it's in the compound box. It's LO-LO and not usually used when spliting, but when you need to get started with a heavy load. Like the 8LL? I assume it's in the main box, not the splitter on the back(for hi/lo range changes). I'm sure guys will fill in the details if I'm off track with the newer stuff.

When I first got mine, after 20+ yrs of sitting outside at towing place I changed the oil in the filter and it had no water in it. Heck, is there even a gasket? I don't recall one? CRS!! The pan slips inside the bottom of filter so I can't see water getting in from there. Strange......

Ya, got on yesterday morning, then it froze up and "no server" message. Glad to hear it's all well again(and better too).

Condensation? I change mine every spring even with minimal miles on it(along with oil change/fuel filters). Never had water in mine though. Is there a crack somewhere where it letting rainwater in?

There should be a number stamped on the front area of the accy drive on passenger side. ENDT673C ? I couldn't guess what would be popular later on? Turbo version of 673? the 711?

Ya, gotta realize what/where you're at before shifting thru the wheel, cause it can come back and hurt ya! Especially since I don't have a big enough belly to hold it in place LOL!!!

That definitely falls under the category of "making power"!

My B used to make oil milkshakes everytime I took it out. The valves on the dash would seep oil down the front! Once I got it rebuilt I can't get more than a drip out of the tank(probably residual left from all them years it was bad). Like mentioned, it will get into seals and start causing more greif so it's money well spent.

Even the top of the stack is soot black! Nice job.

Yup........that'd be me doing the shifting show. It started out on a private server, someone(ok lots of people) have saved it and then posted it on YouTube. I did the one handed version about 3 yrs ago, then the next year I did the two handed.

If I had two cameras, and some decent video editing equipment I'd like to make another video showing both inside and OUT(pipes/smoke/noise). I like the DVD, but I wish I could fast forward to the driving part but it's not set up that way. You have to watch all the hub-bub THEN watch the driving. I have all his VHS tapes from earlier on and they are nice cause you can fast forward to the good stuff.

Beside a 237/250/285 motor, nothing else will really fit in the engine bay. How heavy are going to be? I pull 14K trailer around with my ol 673 without much trouble. Coming up on 50 yrs old and still purr'n without using much than a qt of oil all summer(maybe 5K miles/yr).

That's a roll back to the 70's right there!!

Leaky injector?

Rod, just follow my little video. Rowing a Quad is not much different then a triplex or Duplex. Just a couple more splits than you are used to with your Duplex. A quad is basically run like a Triplex only cause you usually don't split with Lo/Lo beyond 1st gear. So when you get to 2nd, split 3 times and go to 3rd, etc. Downshifting: when you get compound down to LO, then upshift it to OD then dowshift main. Run compound down to LO, then upshift to OD then dowshift main again. Is it a double OD or single OD quad?

Ya, I poke around on occasion, but not very often. Not much on there anymore. Most of the usual guys got banned when they started to frequent "other" sites LOL!! Whatever.....

Sounds like the spool valve is not working properly?? It controls fluid direction as you turn wheel. If it hangs up, it will cause loss of power. I'm no expert, but that seems the issue at hand. Does it have power box or just power assist?

Hi Phillip. Recognize you from the ol Diesel Stop.....if that is you? Welcome to the Dog pound! Good luck on the test. It really isn't THAT hard, just have to read/study and follow the rules. I did mine all on my own also, with renting a truck for test.

I don't see pitting as a major issue, especially since it's a toy and won't see 80K lbs. As long as the pattern on them was still good, no howl, I think you're good to go.

I got 11r22.5's on it. With GPS and on the gov' it ran 65 mph. I usually with trailer run 1900 or so and it runs about 60 mph(so says buddy who usually follows me to/from racetrack with his pickup and trailer).

With single overdrive and 4.2 gears, 22" tires, you should get near 70 mph topped out on govenor. I get ~65 with 4.65 gears at 2100 rpm. Hope you get the shake fixed.