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That fella mb is still rockin' but it seems like's he's rollin' at light speed and can't call back until he slows down long enough to eat. He will get back to us. I read every word on your thread......many I understand. Been crazy with harvest and getting better posts under the green roof...

The custom rad support is compliments of Steel Soldiers so we gotta give up some credit for the green straps. I read a thread here that someone building an MV was doing some testing and only had the bottom bolts and top rad hose supporting the rad. Until the fenders are on the rad moves...

That's the only thing I wish I worked on more. The starter swivel linkage was a little tight and after pulling it 30 times today, I wish the lube I put on it was better. It should loosen up over time....right? There it is, Piglet in a barn. Didn't get a "Will it start" video or many pictures...

I can't blame the way the cat acts this time. I tried, but I got this look. What I didn't do, in the last minutes of daylight, was peak at the book. Instead, I grabbed the CC Reduction Unit Control Rod RUCR and tried to put it on the Transmission Throttle Valve Lever TTVL. I needed to grab...

I stood on that houdalle, had to look it up. Crazy history and market span. https://automotiveamerican.com/2018/09/06/houdaille-hydraulic-suspension-co/ While you're there, I found these round, large wife rings in the transmission kit. Since I know a guy who knows where they go, before I use...

Thanks Ahab.....When the memory starts to go, when the TM's are dust, when the clouds of ash from when I ran, which Is real, creep across the Oceans, we still have the Steel Soldiers database. Not sure we've told them lately how much we appreciate them sticking around. Thanks Steel! It's like...

We learned something flushing the engine / transmission coolaid system. If you don't have a radiator on, the flush fluid flows out of the lower rad hose before it flows into the transmission. With the transmission coolaid line being slightly above pump intake, one must plug the lower rad...

If you haven't had the adventure of using an easy out it's like winning the lottery. It's close to the last chance broken bolt removal tool. If you're at the easy out stage, things are bad. https://shop.wurth.ca/cutting/extractor-sets/easy-out-stud-extractor-set/-EASY-OUT--KIT/695.684353/...

That Tesla looking WWII truck is a CMP or Canadian Military Pattern. Lot's of those saved up here already and part of the reason I saved the Deuce instead. So good you made it up to see Lyle. Did he have any magic repair kits around that might help for future seal work? We got one more...

That bit of history with the plumbing supports 'in-service' history. If Johnny farmer put it in it wouldn't match a few of the trucks that have real similar plumbing. Real good to know. We threatened that engine with a complete reseal kit. Then we felt for torque on all the bolts. Everything...

LMRmopar is seeing temps drop to 43F 6C by Saturday night then it's going to get hot again so no drifting for the cummins deuce yet......but we know it's coming. Removing the front drive shaft can be a lot of fun. We found the plug wire that was causing the miss that night in the dark. A...

That right there is some valuable data for the next cummins creation. I've seen the videos. It just sounds right. I'm getting things cleaned up before snow so I can get the engine under a hood. It's almost back to original / rebuilt colors.

Got to keep busy somehow. We don't have helicopters or many MV's to spot so need to build our own. Today an architect buddy wanted to pour a dinosaur bone and I picked some carrots. One never knows what's going to happen at the G749 farm. While archi mixed 500 lbs of concrete by hand, I...

It is certainly not like other females. At one point it bowed it's head, stuck up it's tale...and I thought it was posing for the photo. It took a crap. That's a rare sight I presume. Were the original frames painted upside-down? How did the paint on Piglet run up? We only paint prepped...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Crank Case Ventilation Line Assembly We did some parts hunting through the take-out engines and was real surprised to find a 70 year old Crankcase Ventilation line dated June 1954. Happy 70th. Went back to the G749 farm to find an August 1954 date on the Crank Vent Line on...

Hungry Hungry Hungry Two questions have arisen that I'm hunting for data on for 302 Engine preservation. What can we use that either replicates the old Oil Line Heat Wrap or is kinda sort of close but works like a tickety boo? Since the ...mostly brass....oil/ water line fittings going...

Thanks Ahab, most of it looks amazing. The big flat area on the firewall where I started will need some 40 grit, 80 grit, 100 grit work but it's in an open area and can be touched up after the engine goes in. I hoped we'd get more 'self leveling' but the globs and the lack of 40/ 80/ 100 grit...

It's wild working on a wild Piglet outdoors. Had a swarm of flies chase me out of Piglet when I was cleaning. They kept coming back and posing so I gather Piglet was their home. Then these wasps started scrapping on the bumper until one lost his head. While waiting for paint to dry, this...

I want to know how they made it look like a bird. Being on a Pig farm, I'm thinking the boys liked to eat and left peanuts in the truck. Hard to say. We do know Piglet the peanut protector didn't see it coming. Rented a 3500-4000 PSI pressure washer and Piglet got a bath. Possibly the first...

Well there it is stuck under the firewall. I wonder why they called it the dimmer switch? Did folks drive around in the 50's with the lights on bright and the only time they'd use the switch....is to dim them?