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Bringing Another Tired Dog back to Life


Jake86

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Well, the double frame looks servicable. The back of the cab doesn't look rotted.

Body is great, frame is good, everything else needs work. LOL!

I just finished a Superliner that was this bad. Nothing that we can't handle with money and elbow grease.

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Well, we finally got some work in on the CL. Here are some pics

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As you can see the motor was taken apart. The truck was parked and then started to get boned out piece by piece over the last 7-8 years.

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Although it's hard to tell that's a new floor at, new shifter handle, new gauge cluster, all new condenser, valves, new seats, and switches as most of the dash was apart when we started. The gauge cluster was taken do there is no way of knowing exactly how many miles are in the truck.

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Hello! We installed four new batteries.

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Put the motor back together adjusted the valves. She fired right up. My dad has another mechanic in the garage helping in my absence. I haven't had the chance to do much except for rain days.

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Going to go through the motor and deem if it's in need of a rebuild or not.

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Anyone see what I see?

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Fixed the air leak. Bags aired up for the first time in years.

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3406E and an 18sp, my favorite set up I have ever driven with the 444 Cummins a close second. Looks good. 

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The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.

The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another.

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5/11 Update:

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New parts are rolling in.

So far we have found a lot of issues with how this truck was repaired. Everything was rigged up, of neglected.

The rear ends were out of alignment. The wiring was secured and fastened as it should have been. The half fenders were bent, and picked together. The fifth wheel was too low, the fifth wheel slides were too far forward. Just to name a few things...

The truck received all new front springs, shocks, tie rod ends, and tie rod tube, kingpins, drag links, u bolts, brake canisters, slack adjusters, spring hanger buShings, axle seals, hub caps, shoes, and drums.

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The cab interior is mostly new.

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The back half of the truck received new shocks, brake canisters, shoes, and drums are going on this week. New torque rods, new air bags, new wear pads in the spring hangers, retainer bushings, slack adjusters, new bolts on the torque rod mounting plates as the wrong bolts were installed by the previous owner.

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The cab received new shocks, and ride leveler, a new pogo stick was fabbed up as well. db131567011934eb575331298cf761ed.jpg

That's all I have for now. I will update more eventually.

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