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Just thought I would put the mechanical oil pressure gauge on her last night to check the accuracy of the in-dash gauge as it was only running 30psi cold and 20 warm...WOW...is it that hard to get the correct oil pressure sender? I'm two for two, that is two deuces, two incorrect senders. My...

Well, after freeing up the sticking fuel control rod and cleaning up the solenoid, she start and runs. I've let her warm up several times now with no signs of any leaks, internal or external. The motor actually sounds amazingly good and starts so much better than my good truck. I'm not sure if...

I assume that is on the lower filter hsg...no air cleaner assy on at the time. The 2x was directly against the upper adapter where the filter would seat. I rechecked all the connections and they are good and tight so I'm not sure where it got its air, but it did. The problem did turn out to be...

After stewing on it all night and reading up on the boards I'm going to look at the IP tonight. Several have posted about the fuel control rod behind the shutoff getting gummed up/seized. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?78640-stuck-in-full-throttle-multi

Well, on with the learning experience, which is really the main reason I bought this truck. So, as the previous posts state, I have just finished replacing the head gaskets and going through the heads. As far as I can tell every part of this has been done following the tm to a T. Beings I have...

She's ALIVE...and mad as HE double hockey sticks...and all I can say is WOW. I've never first hand experienced a run-a-way diesel until now. First things first, I think I need to thank God, my ol'man and this forum!!! Thru reading the boards I figured it might not be a bad idea to leave the air...

Hopefully for what the machine shop swindled me out of they are good. They said they mangafluxed them and found nothing and went over them with a fine tooth comb and all they found was valves need ground and slight warp right at the back of the rear head. I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed...

Defiantly know why Uncle Sam suggests a soldier b... I can even hear it my mind...soldier a says to soldier b, and I quote " you can put the rest of the mother hefer together... I TORQUED the heads and you Sir can KMA, I'm done."

Here's the damage. Still scratching my head on this one. The gasket appears to be good around the coolant ports but I had about a quart of coolant in the intake when I pulled it. It appeared to be isolated to #5 & 6cyls. No antifreeze in the cyls so I assume it migrated its way past the rings...

100% the head gasket, you can hear it cranking and you can feel the hd gasket dislodged behind #6 cyl. I probably should have went ahead and let it have fuel just to see if it would smoke but my hand just couldn't push in the fuel stop... work to commence after duck wacking on Saturday.

Yea, ia tractor, if we was asking what you paid for yours it was WAY to much! I'm fairly happy, he threw on all the parts he had, new style head gaskets, a few sets of lights, cargo cover, gun mounts and a few ore odds and ends. Now to see how much it's going to take to make it run... Hope to...

It's home, safe and sound... I think! Things i learned, towbars are nice but there is something about 395's, this truck and being towed. It would not track straight for anything, it took one in the driver seat to hold course and make it turn the corners. It really seemed like the tires may...

That is what I may have to do if I can't come up with the correct on in the next week or so. The bushing is no problem but the mill job might be more than my equipment will do. But on the other hand it would be nice to have both feet sizes in one....

lol...thought I had found something... These were listed as fitting the medium towbar but must not be. What are these made to fit? Guess I'm back to needing one more foot to complete my 1in set.

Did a poor job describing what I got as that's where they are coming from and currently he doesn't have the 1in/1in feet. What he had are described and pictured as "old style medium tow bar ends" they have a 1in bar end, on the other end they have both the 3/4in hole and a 1in hole. Will these...

I know its been awhile with no updates but hopefully I'll have pics in two weeks. Title has been released and should be here soon... Got shipping confirmation on the feet for the tow bar, the recovery duece is fueled and ready along with an escort/tail vehicle. Anybody use the older tow bar...

Thanks for the advise. My plan is to go out and do some more checking. I am going with the intentions of checking for hydro lock then fire it up to determine for sure the extent of damage and go from there. I checked on getting it towed and it's bad but not impossible as a last resort. Now if I...

Fairly familiar with most of the stuff. I haven't had mine for but 6 months but have been thru a lot of the systems already on mine just no major engine problems. See my last post for price and what it has/problems. It was too hot last night to dink with it but I'm going to try and check it out...

That is the problem, the price is probably ok if the engine is ok but I'm fairly new to this game and unsure. Lol. This truck has a good body w/hard top, winch with a broke left side, motor w/problems, 395's on factory wheels( didn't know that was possible) and lots of usable parts ie alt...

You know how it goes, only been driven to church on sunday. Guy says it let go in his driveway upon startup, he shut it down and that's where it sits. I plan on checking it out much more in-depth before spending any franklins on it, but other than checking for hydro lock, oil condition...