dover

Nice looking truck.

Ben,

Where are the PICS????

Ben

Maybe his favorite female driver from the fuel and tree story kidnapped him at gunpoint.

All I can see is a bunch of worthless material in the way!

Where is the tan line?????

_{I also wish mine was that easy. It looks great, I love the look of the 70's nose. What hapened to the base for the passenger seat? All 70 series I have seen have the 2/3 size metal box for the seat to sit on.}

_Ben

Sorry to hear about the bad luck. As for the trucks, maybe it is a matter of you wanting the job done and making what you have work for you. Any pics of the big project?

Ben

Glad to hear the day wasn't a total loss. I had planned on working on the B, but the wind was blowing 25 MPH. I need a bigger shop. Good luck tomorrow.

Ben

Some one posted another site on here that I cannot remember. It was like Nostalgic parts or something like that. I found it in one of the threads. If I find it I will send it to you. It was all rubber parts at a reasonable price.

Posted 23 March 2012 - 06:37 PM

http://diamondtrubber.com/photos.html

Was this it?

Ben

Thanks for the link. My B73 has an L cab on it that could use some new rubber when I replace the glass.

Ben

I was the high bidder - who wants to drive it home from NJ to Missouri? I will buy your lunch when you get here?

You buy the plane ticket to NJ and I'll drive it home for ya.

My user name here is my nickname. My real names Ben. Put em together and thats what I would tell the girls when I first met them when they would ask my name back in the day.

Lmodel and Rob,

Where in NV are you headed? I would love to see your rigs if you are coming along I-80.

Ben

The fisrt episode was last Monday and they were running Kenworths in Australia. They are supposed to travel all over the worl and run many different trucks along the way.

Thanks, I am fairly handy with 12v electronics, but Positive ground still blows my mind.

It has an alternator on it, can an alternator be set up positive ground or has it been converted?

It is a 62 model with positive ground.

I plan to get it from my local starter shop. He is a good guy and rebuilds everything in his shop. I have always had good luck with him.

Ben

My series parallel switch is toast. I am going to bite the bullet and convert to a 12v starter. It appears from my research that the Delco 42MT is the one I would like. Has anyone used it on the 262 Cummins? I am assuming that it will bolt up, does anyone know the toothcount and direction? I can't wait to get it started again and fix the compressor for a few backroad drives.

Thank you,

Ben

We have one of LeTourneau's 1850 (used to be the biggest) loaders at work. I haven't had a chance to run it, I need to go in on a slow weekend and play for bit. It is one BIG machine, dwarfs the 992.

Ben

If they arent sisters they are sound like they are certainly cut from the same mold. I would definitely like to see your pics.

Here are a few pics I pulled off some videos. Not great but they show how the set up works. Good luck and I hope to hear some good stories of your gravel hauling experiance.

You're right the little devil says buy it but he also remembers how pissed my wife would be since she cannot see the value in vintage equipment. lol

HeavyGunner,

Are your wife and mine sisters???? I have an old belly dump that came free with my B73, manual doors and all. Everyone tells me to scrap it to pay for parts for the truck, but I love vintage equipment. I'll see if I can find a few pics of the the non air doors.

Ben

I can't help you answer any of these questions, but good luck. I love seeing old trucks actually doing something. I hope to have B73 road worthy by mid summer to haul a bunch of gravel for my road.

Ben

Nice looking truck!

I need some help positively identifing my engine please. My truck came with a 262 cummins from the factory in 1962. The guy I bought it from said it had been rebuilt about 15k miles ago. The tag on the pump now say 335. I am assuming that the pump was just turned up during the rebuild. The id tag on the engine is long since gone. Does anyone know where I can fing the serial number on the block?

Thank you,

Ben