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Just now, Mark T said:

The pieces look big, which means less chance they made it through the screen.  

Yeah, don't think the smaller pieces did. I'm going to cut the filter open and check the paper element. We always did that during an aircraft oil change just to mack sure nothing was making metal.

3 minutes ago, Mark T said:

It's a project. Point I was trying to make was the block and crank might not be compromised. That milky oil needs to come out of everything too  . ( Jake's )  old engines were prone to putting, they didn't have as many products to help prevent it years back. Sitting for years then....  

It all needs to get flushed out and checked. It's always a risk waking up something from a long slumber.

13 minutes ago, 1961H67 said:

I can’t recall seeing that happen before, I have had the top flange break and drop the complete liner, probably all caused by setting for years,,, mine may be the same way. Hopefully just cylinder kits , bearings and gaskets. It’s just a big hassle to pull it having to take care of all the perfect paint. 

Yeah, I think it's age and fatigue related. About 4"s of the sleeve broke off.

3 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Forgive me for not knowing, but what engine is in the truck? I thought I saw yellow paint, but....   that may not mean anything..  jojo

It's a Cummins NH220

20 minutes ago, Mark T said:

Might have been rotted around the groves for the O rings.  This isn't looking like an easy fix by any means, but it may not turn out to be much more than basically an "in frame"   Hopefully you'll get lucky.

It needs to come out. I don't trust the sleeves that are left. It needs to be gone through completely and I need to have some confidence in it when I'm far from home. 

That's where it seemed to have fractured, right around the upper groove for the o-rings.

The jury is still out, but this isn't good. I only drained about 2 1/2 gallons of antifreeze from the radiator and about 15 gallons of grey soupy mess from the pan. I had a piece of o-ring come out while draining it. Eventually got the pan down and found a large quantity of sleeve pieces laying there. I think its at least two different sleeves judging from the color of the o-ring materiel. Still no idea how bad the crank is and now i'm worried about the block having some damage too. Tomorrow I'll continue to dig into it by removing the heads and hopefully the rods/pistons as well.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that both the crank and block will survive, but with these big pieces I'm very skeptical. And it still didn't seem to be skipping when I moved it yesterday. I only ran it long enough to get some air pressure to get the maxi's off and move it at an idle

5 hours ago, dockmen027 said:

If you need to talk to someone about the Cummins, Dave Crump of Crump Diesel in the Albany NY area would be the one....

Ok, thank you!! Hopefully tomorrow I can drain it down and drop the pan. I was going over in my head what happened and first I’m not thinking it wasn’t a head gasket. The dipstick is way over full and hasn’t settled out yet. It never overheated on the gauge and I’m leaning towards maybe a liner let go and put antifreeze into the pan. It wasn’t skipping and hit on all six. My big concern is the clattering in the engine and a sudden drop of about 10+ psi in oil pressure. I may have spun a bearing before I could get it stopped. I’m worried about damage to the crank, if that’s the case.

And it was running so good. We’ll see what comes as I dig into it.

2 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

checking the pictures of the bed;;  couple questions == 1- is the head board staying as is?: 2- side rails in future:3- piece on bed combo ICC bar and hinged tilt assy?. thought earlier text said you were making a tilting bed? 

Yes, it’s another roll back. Headboard will remain and be repaired. That I’d the tilt device on the bed. It pins to the rear frame work.

2 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

Does a person have to be a registered member of the club to attend the seasonal party ? waiting to see the B-73 /also haven't seen Matt Pfahl in along time.have been around the corner working in shop , 

I’m not sure. But, the B73 isn’t going, now. I’ve got an issue with the engine and I’m worried it is a big one. I haven’t had time to investigate, hopefully later this week. More to follow and an engine pull may be looming. CRAP!

Trying to make it up to a club seasonal party at Matt Pfahl's on 10/23 for it's public debut.

3 hours ago, mowerman said:

Excellent bud thanks for sharing you didn’t mention anything about squeaks the rattles so yes I think you’re in like flint all that work certainly paid off … as far as DMV we have a same thing here they just built a brand new huge facility people tell me they still have to wait in line for hours just to get to a teller I haven’t been down there in a long time my vehicles are of late models and I just send the registration through the Internet anyway great job bud Have a ball … bob

I couldn't hear any yet, it was too loud. I only had some towels covering the floor, carpet is coming.

5 hours ago, Nor'Easter said:

Can't wait to see a drive video.  That one on facebook was a major tease Matt!

I'm definitely going to made one up and post it once I get some more things worked out and finished. 

WOW, a whole fleet of trucks for $83K and change!! At least the 12T jack for the B83 was free, LOL. That's a really neat group of records. Do the other trucks still exist?

I was only thinking that amount because I’ve seen some costs of trucks  back then and I equated it to buying a house back then.

Think about it, you’re young and starting out. Buy a house or buy a truck? Hopefully, the truck would allow you to buy the house in short order. That was a huge amount of money back then.

The good word here is “compensation”. Sometimes, the less you say the better. I run into the same thing in some of the aviation circles I run in. Ramp fees, fuel, landing fees, if someone else pays for them it can put you in a whole lot different operating category, read FAA trouble. If you move anything it’s “yours” while it’s on your truck or trailer. Anything you receive can be construed as compensation, prize money, food, fuel, lodging. Just be careful and realistic with what you’re doing and you’ll be fine.

The other issue that no one likes to talk about is insurance. I’ll say this, make sure what you’re doing is going to be covered if the worse case scenario happens. If a law suit ever comes your way, you don’t want to be left holding the bag.

It's a heavy spec truck, I was thinking about $25,000, with the engine and options you mentioned.

I agree with doubleclutchinweasel, it can get complicated. There is no requirement in CT to have that placarded on the truck anywhere, but i do have it on there. Mostly I do it to lesson the interest in what I'm doing. As a retired State Trooper, I saw lots of sketchy stuff on the highways and it always piqued my interest and may cause me to stop someone at least to inquire what they were up to. Vehicle condition is another red flag. Antique registrations, typically, let you bypass a lot of regulations/commercial requirements/CDL's. I have traveled far from home and never had any issues legal wise. I always stop at scale houses that are open and have always been waved through. If you do pass one thats open, you'll probably at least get chased down, because there is a fine for doing so. I have seen vehicles placarded as- NOT FOR HIRE, PRIVATE VEHICLE, RECREATIONAL USE ONLY, PRIVATE COACH, even though they have commercial, combination or passenger plates as that may be the only way to register it in that state.

27 minutes ago, doubleclutchinweasel said:

I still can't get over that truck.  I wanna say it looks like it just rolled off the assembly line.  But, I think that might be an insult.  I don't know that they ever looked that good from the factory.  Only thing wrong with it is that it's not sittin' in my driveway.  That would make it better.

Thanks, Doubleclutchinweasel. It’s been a lot of work to bring it back, for sure. I do love seeing it sitting there in the driveway. Especially since it sat in pieces for so long scattered about the barn. Tried to make it my best restoration yet, after practicing on my other vehicles. Now I can’t wait to get it done and put it to some use!!

I’m glad they helped, they look great!!! Cool looking fuse box. Any close ups of it?

Yeah, smaller ones aren’t too bad to sand and buff, but larger ones can be a problem. Sometimes it’s better to just re-shoot. It looks great, though! Nice progress! I had to re-shoot my whole dashboard after getting a drip from my gun in the metallic paint. It was a really nice finish, but I couldn’t hide it. The finish on the second attempt was even better. So the mistake can sometimes help.

How bad is the run? If it’s not too bad, you could wet sand and buff it out versus a reshoot.