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  1. nelstomlinson

    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    That's an old Lincoln SA250 with the little Perkins diesel. I think I recall it'll do over 300A @ 20% duty cycle. Aluminum windings, not the high quality copper they put in the older ones.
  2. nelstomlinson

    Doomsday Dually Project

    I bought a pop tester for my Mercedes, but I haven't built an adapter for the IDI injectors yet. Come to think of it, I haven't even checked to see that they're different, and need an adapter!
  3. nelstomlinson

    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    That's the track loader that runs, but needs work. The other one doesn't run...yet. Probably just needs a new injector pump, someday. I have way too many projects.
  4. nelstomlinson

    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    I have way too many projects and I'm not good at finishing any of them. I need to get some completed, and that means not letting them grow and grow. I did complete a couple of projects this summer. I cut down an axle and put it under a light plant, and cut down another trailer axle and built a...
  5. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Found a refurbished one on fleabay. I'll give it a try, I have some serious crimping coming up.
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    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    It was running great until it started spewing, and it seems likely it'll run great when it goes back together. I figure if I get another six months to a year out of it I'll be golden, and it may last longer than that, who knows.
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    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    I'm going to do the minimum to get it back on the road quickly. I need it running, and the leaks don't bother me. That rear main is already more than I really should do, but it won't take long. Edited to add: As soon as this is out of the shop it goes back to being my daily driver. Then I can...
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    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    Another thing I just had to do was fix the connector for the engine wiring harness. It had been replaced with not one, but TWO wads of but splices. I labeled the wires 1 through 8, then A&B for the two I found later, and got an 8 pin Deutsch connector pair. My son put the Deutsch connectors on...
  9. nelstomlinson

    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    So I will change the valve cover gaskets while I'm in there. I'm going to try to do a bare minimum of those "while I'm in there" things, because that's how these projects stretch out until they never finish. One thing I've already done, though, is I took off the nasty old sound proofing from the...
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    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    This engine has been leaking like a sieve and I think some of it was coming from the valve covers. Here's the port side, aft: And here's the starboard side, aft:
  11. nelstomlinson

    Changing a head gasket in the brown truck.

    About a year ago the '89 crew cab started spewing coolant out the front, right, upper corner of the engine. I finally got it into the shop this winter and have pulled the engine. I'm middlin' sure the problem is the head gasket - the leak was kinda visible below the exhaust manifold. I started...
  12. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Tell us about the hydraulic crimper?
  13. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Always put it on the hood, never put it on the top or the bumper.
  14. nelstomlinson

    Doomsday Dually Project

    I think that the copper coating is to mark which end goes up. It isn't intended as a wear layer. I'll try to dig up the IH manual and re-read that section.
  15. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    What are you using for mounts? That's always been a hangup, trying to find something that let's me mount and aim the lights.
  16. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Yeah, inquiring minds want to know! I'm still on the lookout for more and brighter.
  17. nelstomlinson

    Cup holders

    With those flotation devices, she'll never drown. Looks as if those cupholders can handle the biggest Big Gulp, too!
  18. nelstomlinson

    Batteries

    I soldered a lot of electronic stuff over the years, starting as a child. I've never done it for power. Electricians usually don't know how to solder: everything in the power world is clamped or crimped or cad welded.
  19. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Looks as if it would jam in through the CDR hole?
  20. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I'm really interested in the grid heater idea. What have you found that'll fit in our intakes?
  21. nelstomlinson

    Previous difficult cold start > Now it seems like not getting fuel and won't start at all

    I leave my trucks plugged in all winter, except when I'm actually driving them. Haven't lost a block heater yet...
  22. nelstomlinson

    Cup holders

    Cupholder the cupholders to cupholder!
  23. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Yes.
  24. nelstomlinson

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    The one great thing about a gasser is when it's -40 and you didn't plug it in, it'll start.
  25. nelstomlinson

    Is this a 6.9 injection pump?

    I have a couple old trucks it's a candidate for a rebuild for.

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