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Stan... oh my gawd.. I have never laughed out loud so hard at any T.V. show in recent memory. Don't take this the wrong way & I realize you're new around here, but most of this crowd is.... well I guess you'd call them purists (that's no doubt why no one has posted to this post). You know how...

Hi Stan -- I'm not normally a big fan of most reality shows, but your show is completely different. I find myself relating to most everything that goes on up there, & you & I are about the same age so I especially relate to you. I've learned quite a few things just by observation. (for instance...

Mine sure aren't. Just my luck to have the only two non-starting, electrical problematic, leave you on the side of the road cucv's on the planet.:razz: I had a 82 1/2 ton civilian 4wd truck that ran over 1/2 million miles. heck... the stock 305 it was born with went about 300,000 miles. Yep...

That's alright skinny... heck I wouldn't take that as an insult at all. I live in Kentucky where everything happens 20 years later than everywhere else. shoot.. some of the stores here still carry eight track tapes. heck we just got out of the disco era & are all running around barefoot with...

Skinny -- please quit trolling. I'm not gonna bite & it doesn't make you look more intelligent. It's against the rules, cut it out. Are you trying to force the mod.s to shut this post down or what??? :shrugs:

I'm going right back to old school with a naturely aspirated carb, aluminum intake, & headers. This is what I know & have a lifetime of experience working with. I bought a Performer intake 600 cfm carb & a set of hooker headers for the 350. the only other change I'm making to is to replace the...

HI Skinny.. while I'm certainly glad that you've had good luck.. I'm not at all interested in your opinion. (read the first post slowly & completely) a smart old man once told me that it's not what you think that will get you in trouble... it's what you say. QUIT IT. These are my experiances...

I don't have anything against diesel motors in general, & even with my lack of experience working on them, I've learned a little about them & even the lack of power is something I could put up with. Heck.. if they ran anywhere as good as my little 40 horse John Deere .. that would be great. But...

:wink: No.. I don't think so.. I'm making a clean break. I don't see any reason to keep all this stuff around in case some other poor soul needs it. I have 5 6.2s , (1 with 10,700 original miles & 1 with 55,000 miles out of running driving trucks, & 3 that I've never seen personally run &...

I Well.. I'm biting the bullet & switching my 1009 & 1031 to gas motors, 12 volt system & a complete painless wiring harness. I'm tired of the feeling I get about the unreliability of the electrical & mechanical nightmare of just driving 15 miles to town, & not knowing if it will just up & quit...

I have bought three mil. cucv's sight unseen. Two from G.L & one from a guy on ebay. I also bought two civi. trucks on ebay , a 69 tow truck & a 1972 gmc suburban. I flew into California & drove the tow truck home. The suburban... well I backed out of the deal because it was not exactly as...

It must be one heck of a nice truck for a whole bunch of money, to put this much thought into the transaction. Either that or it must sound too good to be true. (and you know what they say about those things) If you're the least bit leary, ... forget this one... another one will come...

I lived in Nevada for about 12 years before moving out of the high desert, & back where it's green in the summer. After living in Michigan for 35 years where on a calm night you could hear the cars rust, I was amazed at all of the rust free sheet metal. You could slide under a 40 year old truck...

Most people that are attracted to Chineez sheetmetal because of price, have to learn that lesson for themselves. Others are lucky enough to learn from other peoples mistakes. I've found that you are lucky to get as much as you pay for. (Esspecially from china, where they've never seen a chevy...

If you can't tell 10,000 miles from 110,00 or 210,000 miles on a truck.... well ... I betcha can.:oops:

December 23rd 1977 I was driving home, doing about 55 on a two lane main road when a buick 225 ran a stop sign & hit me broadside. I was in a 72 3/4 ton pickup. He drove under me & caused me to roll end over end a half dozen times. Bad wreck! I broke my back, collarbone, bunch of ribs & had...

A ball joint/universal press is a fantastic tool. They look like a big super heavy duty c-clamp. Even an el-cheapo harbor-freight chineeze one will work great. Put an impact wrench on it, & I've yet to find one that won't come loose. Years ago, I was beating one out with a 3 lb. sledge & a...

I just got a rustfree 86 1028 that Im getting ready to part, & I won't be needing the cab. I'm in somerset KY. P.M. me & I think I can save you alot of work & money . (oops... brain fart... just realized it's a 09) John

I think you already know the answer. Once honesty & trustworthyness are gone.......they are ussually never restored. You can build a million bridges & they don't call you a bridge builder.... but tell one little lie... & you are branded a LIAR for life 2cents John

Go for it. These are trucks.... not classic cars. Theres no way I could make a truck payment at this point in my life. A modern civi. replacement would be one heck of alot more than I paid for my 30 acres of hardwoods. Then again... all my dogs & trucks die of old age. Anything to make them more...