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  1. Freightrain
    I was 150" and it beat me to pieces. Length will do more for ride then anything. I'm 206" now and it is not bad. The short, bucky ride is gone. I looked around for different front springs but the very short length will hinder fitting a tapered leaf. That along with the rubber front mount. I still run a full front pack, but I could see eliminating many of them but I would have new springs made as the old springs WILL break if you try to use them and have it move very much. I real set of shocks might help over the stock set up.
  2. Freightrain
    Ya, even my 28k lbs was just about all you wanted to go long distance with. It would hold 65 mph for the most part until you got into hills. The 237 really made it bearable.
  3. Freightrain
    I'd have to get out and look where my pivot bar is at? Above or below the input? Been a few years since I put the motor in and saw that stuff.
  4. Freightrain
    When I slipped the air ride under my B, I converted the budds back to spoke to match the front axle. I didn't want the mismatched look. The yard I got the clip from gave me the spoke hubs. If I ever find a budd hubs for the front I have the rear parts.
  5. Freightrain
    Looks decent. Not sure what you are willing to pay for it, but a lot of it is just looking at everything carefully. Motor should have 50+ psi oil cold. They start very easy, so if it cranks a lot there is issues. Minimal blue when cold.
  6. Freightrain
    This one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/324696151480
  7. Freightrain
    As the saying goes....."I wouldn't kick any of them out of bed for eating crackers"...... Lol
  8. Freightrain
    "Bent over a bike".....just sayin.
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  10. Freightrain
    "Style"......or just a place to rust??
  11. Freightrain
    I put dynamat in my new doors. Wow, what a difference. They close with a "thud" instead of a bell ring.
  12. Freightrain
    Man... that's nice! I'd love to have a real nice headliner in my B. Mines on its last legs.
  13. Freightrain
    Any local truck spring shop should fix that up easily. I had a broken top leaf on my B model. They bent it for the eyelet and presto-chango I was back in business. They rebolted all the clamps too. Its just a "width, length and thickness" thing.
  14. Freightrain
    It should have filled the cooler by now. My first thought is pull the relief valve and make sure it is not stuck open. I assume it is still at the bottom of the pedestal like my 237.
  15. Freightrain
    You couldn't hear anyway....Lol. I put a separate speaker for my CB and I still have to strain to understand some people. I used to have to lift off the throttle to make it quiet enough.
  16. Freightrain
    If I dont work mine hard enough it will be around 170*. Normally around 180 doing its thing. I can hear the fan draw hard against the shutters if they close if I roll down a long hill. I wouldn't sweat it. Only on the longest hard pull has mine gotten to 190ish, but I ease off a touch.
  17. Freightrain
    Looks easy enough to fix? Unless something deep under is hurt.
  18. Freightrain
    I resort to typical torque specs for the size and grade of the bolt. There again I didnt torque anything other then the heads when I had my 237 apart. Just "snugged" everything using my calibrated elbow torque wrench. ;). Click, click....
  19. Freightrain
    I recall the bolts are just short enough to get them out to remove the fan. Thats how little room there is between it and the radiator. Ive seen guys just run eelctric fans also, put on a thermo switch.
  20. Freightrain
    Is there room in a B model for a clutch fan? Personally I think fan noise is the least of the problems in a B. Only time I can tell its working is when the shutters close when it gets cool on a down grade.
  21. Freightrain
    Yes, one large cable from alt to batteries. The extra wires on parallel switch? Those might be power wires to dash and such. I forget what I did with mine(been 20 yrs). You might have to test them and see. Depends on what terminals they were hooked to?
  22. Freightrain
    Agree, a simple 180ish thermal switch for a car application would suffice to operate a 12v solenoid. Simple fix if you can't disect your shutterstat and fix. Something like this, but lower rating. https://truckpartshq.com/hd-aftermarket-parts/engine/rf993605/
  23. Freightrain
    I had similar mileage from my GY Marathons and the current chinese HiRun trailer tires. 5-6 yrs no matter what brand.
  24. Freightrain
    Car trailer tires are grenades with the pin half pulled when new. I get 5-6 years before they start coming apart. I do have covers for them now so may get an extra year out of them? Ive never worn one out in over 25 yrs....they always blow out. I just try to keep ahead of that situation ny replacing them on a schedule.
  25. Freightrain
    Ohio now is trying to bribe you with $1Mil payout for 5 lucky sheep.

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