tonight on log truck................the tender loving care continues with some more repairs and maintenance.
so moving on now that her E40D is no longer gushing the fluid from her from pump seal.it's time to take care of a few minor but important things.
so you may recall where i had tried a new door spring a while back? if not,no loss lol.so anyway i scored a used one.a whole drivers side upper hinge.ironically also white.
so out with the old and in with the new.then it was time to tweak the alignment and door striker.now the door remains open for you when you open it and she closes with nice "click" + "thud" like new sound.
moving forward,you may recall i was working on the windshield wipers? i had replaced the spray motor.well i also scored (from the same used parts truck) the couple t's and line i needed due to mine leaking.i replaced the one coming out of the container and the one up in the cowl close to the driver side wiper along with both spray nozzles.so now iv got a nice working and leak free windshield washer system again.
well while i was in there,fortunately for me i had driven in a small shower to or from work,or it might had been the day out to get fuel.either way i recalled the wiper motor had that real sad sound to it lol.so i figured i might as well get it while the getting was good and be done with the cowl for a while.so i went ahead and put one in from auto zone.same one i bought for chip truck with lifetime warranty.she sounds much more healthy that's for sure.when ever disconnecting electrical wires it's always a good idea to spray them with e-cleaner,let them dry,then hit them with the electric tune up grease.
i hit the front end with the grease gun as i hadn't gotten around to that yet.
when loading the truck up there for the first time,it occurred to me when i saw the tires start to bulge.not bad,just enough to let me know i forgot to air up the tires.the truck has been sitting for a while after all.
so i had the valve stem adapters (i didn't take pics) in the glove box.i put on the 180 degrees for the outside rear and then the 7" extenders on the inside rear and startv checking them.the fronts where not too bad.about 65-70 lbs.the rears were pretty low around 55-65 lbs.so i brought all six up to 80 lbs.
that was enough.she was unloaded and ready for a good little ride around town.
she's running great with nice firm shifts....could be firmer but not bad and even a nice solid lockup now thanks to the pump mods.if you talk to her the shifts are right there and begging for the next one.with these steep 5.13 gears shes locking up almost as soon as she enters 3rd and od ain't much further behind lol.
this old rig is going to be a dream to work.
so she's ready for the shops!
first up,she's ready for shop #1.the local welding and fabrication shop.they will be install the used and repaired hydraulic lift gate.
then it's onto shop #2.the local tire shop.she needs one tire.up front.all like new minus this one.the previous owner let the front end go out of alignment for too long and she ate up the side of it.so i'll have them pull all 6.insure all get metal stems,balance and rotation.though not much to rotate as they are super new looking.
then it's onto shop #3.the big rig alignment shop.the only place around who can fit this custom stretched 197" wheel based behemoth in.
then i suspect she'll drive real nice.
also coming soon to the log truck show here on channel 444;
log trucks gets a Delphi injector install kit,combined with viton o-rings with a set of new stanadyne turbo G codes.then she gets her engine timing checked and set via the pulse adapter and timing light w/ advance.you don't want to miss that,so stay tuned and i hope you enjoyed this basic (but after the pulling of the trans......twice.it's a o k with me lol) and simple episode.
so moving on now that her E40D is no longer gushing the fluid from her from pump seal.it's time to take care of a few minor but important things.
so you may recall where i had tried a new door spring a while back? if not,no loss lol.so anyway i scored a used one.a whole drivers side upper hinge.ironically also white.
so out with the old and in with the new.then it was time to tweak the alignment and door striker.now the door remains open for you when you open it and she closes with nice "click" + "thud" like new sound.
moving forward,you may recall i was working on the windshield wipers? i had replaced the spray motor.well i also scored (from the same used parts truck) the couple t's and line i needed due to mine leaking.i replaced the one coming out of the container and the one up in the cowl close to the driver side wiper along with both spray nozzles.so now iv got a nice working and leak free windshield washer system again.
well while i was in there,fortunately for me i had driven in a small shower to or from work,or it might had been the day out to get fuel.either way i recalled the wiper motor had that real sad sound to it lol.so i figured i might as well get it while the getting was good and be done with the cowl for a while.so i went ahead and put one in from auto zone.same one i bought for chip truck with lifetime warranty.she sounds much more healthy that's for sure.when ever disconnecting electrical wires it's always a good idea to spray them with e-cleaner,let them dry,then hit them with the electric tune up grease.
i hit the front end with the grease gun as i hadn't gotten around to that yet.
when loading the truck up there for the first time,it occurred to me when i saw the tires start to bulge.not bad,just enough to let me know i forgot to air up the tires.the truck has been sitting for a while after all.
so i had the valve stem adapters (i didn't take pics) in the glove box.i put on the 180 degrees for the outside rear and then the 7" extenders on the inside rear and startv checking them.the fronts where not too bad.about 65-70 lbs.the rears were pretty low around 55-65 lbs.so i brought all six up to 80 lbs.
that was enough.she was unloaded and ready for a good little ride around town.
she's running great with nice firm shifts....could be firmer but not bad and even a nice solid lockup now thanks to the pump mods.if you talk to her the shifts are right there and begging for the next one.with these steep 5.13 gears shes locking up almost as soon as she enters 3rd and od ain't much further behind lol.
this old rig is going to be a dream to work.
so she's ready for the shops!
first up,she's ready for shop #1.the local welding and fabrication shop.they will be install the used and repaired hydraulic lift gate.
then it's onto shop #2.the local tire shop.she needs one tire.up front.all like new minus this one.the previous owner let the front end go out of alignment for too long and she ate up the side of it.so i'll have them pull all 6.insure all get metal stems,balance and rotation.though not much to rotate as they are super new looking.
then it's onto shop #3.the big rig alignment shop.the only place around who can fit this custom stretched 197" wheel based behemoth in.
then i suspect she'll drive real nice.
also coming soon to the log truck show here on channel 444;
log trucks gets a Delphi injector install kit,combined with viton o-rings with a set of new stanadyne turbo G codes.then she gets her engine timing checked and set via the pulse adapter and timing light w/ advance.you don't want to miss that,so stay tuned and i hope you enjoyed this basic (but after the pulling of the trans......twice.it's a o k with me lol) and simple episode.
