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I found my front driveshaft had eaten a u-joint at some point before I got the truck and they put a new joint in even though the bore was trashed. The driveshaft shop found a new yoke, replaced the tube, and balanced it, all for about $250 so not too bad. The 1710 u-joints were $55 each.

I'm with you on the looks of the 10:00-20, I think the vintage look is cool. The lock rings and tubes are a hassle, but I'm still going to run them on my truck. I agree with others that radial steers/bias drives should be no problem.

I'd hate to be in that thing in a wreck!!

I put the cab on the other day, here's a video of the process.

I had new bushings pressed into the front spring hangers for the cab pivot bar, of course the hangers didn't come out exactly square with each other once I bolted them on. I bought this handy sanding drum for my drill from McMaster Carr for $4.00, it made short work of ovalling the holes to get the bar to fit. The bar is 1" diameter, but the center tube is 1-1/8" ID so I knew there'd be much rattling going on there. I looked around for something to fill up the space, an old plastic tailpiece from a kitchen sink drain filled the bill. I slotted it on my table saw to make it small enough, and it's springy enough to hold itself in place while I install the bar. Here's the bar and cab brackets all installed.

Unusual looking truck on ebay. Needs lots of work. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1947-FWD-FIRE-TRUCK/284260353466?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&autorefresh=true

Those panels look great! That's a really nice red, looks almost candy apple.

That is an unusual scheme, no idea why they'd do that.

Thank you! Yeah, I was actually surprised to find this shop...a couple of people I know recommended them. It's Purrformance Diesel in Fredericktown Ohio.

Thanks! It's Axalta 77968 which is their match for classic Mack 400 red. I like it too!

I meant to post these photos earlier...I had the pump and injectors rebuilt at a local shop, they charged $1,100 to rebuild the pump and $500 for the injectors. Looks like they paid a lot of attention to detail and the truck seems to run well (that is, without a load on it). I painted a bunch of parts. Some of those parts installed.

I think you're right about the marketing strategies--GMC advertises more of a "professional" angle, Chevy more like a personal truck. Pontiac aimed more toward comfort, Chevy the more basic cars. But as you say, same vehicle, different image.

I read online a while back that a guy drove a 673 duplex back in the day, he said you needed all 10 gears because a toothpick would pull the thing down!

I looked at my parts trucks, one of them had a pulley with a lot less wear. The belts sit up in the top of the grooves and vibrate less now. The part number on it is 302GC2187A; they are still available from PAI.

Yes, that's right.

This is one of the ugliest trucks I've ever seen; sadly someone put a lot of time into building it. It's got a Toronado motor/trans setup with front wheel drive... it may need some TLC. https://www.ebay.com/itm/tow-truck/265109095644?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&autorefresh=true

The 42000 at the end of the ad is probably the asking price.

The belts sit down into the sheaves on the WP pulley, the pulley is definitely worn. Anybody know a part number or where I can get a new pulley? I will definitely try to get a matched pair of belts--I've seen those in the past.

Pretty dang nice looking truck; this photo is before bed was installed. I see it has a gold engine in it, and I like the sign on the left front tire in the ebay pictures. Asking $50,000 obo. https://www.ebay.com/itm/133711225856?ul_noapp=true&autorefresh=true

It actually does smoke but I had some round duct clamped to the exhaust pipe, carrying the smoke outside.

I primed it before starting...had to fill the fuel filter and pour fuel in the inlet line before the primer would pick it up. I'll have to check out the valves. I put new belts on but the WP pulley is pretty worn...that may be the issue.

Good ol' air starter! Nice video.

One other question--I have to pour fuel in the inlet line to get the primer pump to work, even then a lot of pumping. It also loses prime, even though I put all new fittings, fuel lines, filter, etc. Will a bad primer pump cause it to lose prime? I had the injection pump rebuilt but I don't know if they checked out the primer and check valves.

BR549's number is a good one, although I'm not familiar with the filter on your particular truck. That crosses to BALDWIN PF819, CARQUEST 86090, FLEETGUARD FF107, or LUBER-FINER L91F.