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HarryS

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  1. post-14723-0-66672700-1393340860_thumb.jHere's a picture of a 1961 B 61 with a 540 gas and a duplex direct that I bought from a towing and storage auction about 20 years ago. Apparently it was being driven from NY (not sure if city or upstate) to Florida. The truck had over heating and a serious vibration and was towed from I 95 just south of Springfield, Va. I saw the truck sitting in the storage lot everyday on the way to work for about 3 months and finally called. The day I called was the day of the auction and no one had showed up. The lot owner agreed to sell the truck for his towing bill and also agreed to deliver it, a deal I couldn't refuse. The lot owner told me he had been told the truck had been a concrete mixer. The mechanical problems turned out to be a bad water pump and a bad pinion bearing on the front drive axle. Another problem that could not be easly corrected was the gas mileage whiclh was about 3 or 4. Top speed was about 55, not sure what rears it had. I kept the truck for a couple of years and sold it at the Winchester, Va auction to Donovan's Used Cars in Harrisonburg. He later sold and maybe it is still out there somewhere.
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  2. I don't know about the Rs but I just finished doing the wiring harness on my 60 B and there is a buzzer in schematic located on the driver side dash/steering column support. The air line sensor runs off the air manifold on the passenger side of the firewall. Good Luck, Harry

  3. Welcome, That is about the nicest looking pickup I've seen. As far as shifting there is a lot of great advice on this forum about technique, rpms, etc. My experience when I first got the B-61 out this past summer with 9 speed overdrive was shifting from 3rd to 4th was almost impossible without grinding and when it would finally go in the loss of rpms was so bad you almost had to shift back down. Come to find out the shift from 3rd to 4th was an upside down U toward the seatand 5th was up toward the dash. It's has a TRD 720 in it and I'm not sure why it works that way but it is OK once you get used to it.

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