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  1. Rob
    I've always hacked a block out of a later model automobile and sourced the electrical terminations from automotive suppliers such as "Auveco", or "Lawson Products" which now sell online. Get the correct removal, and crimper tools for their terminations also as it takes a lot of the tedious work out of building harnesses. With broken wires there is no substitute for a good point to point schematic and they can be obtained, or modified from an existing print.
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    Upper and lower radiator tanks for RS/RL series trucks. Please contact him direct as I only posted the photos and know nothing about the parts. Top Tank: Lower Tank: Top and Bottom Tanks:
  3. Rob
    In working clothes yet well maintained. Looks good. Seen this on ebay as a photo. I'm not usually a fan of the rectangular headlamp conversions but do kinda like this one:
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    Think it was about two years before it really quite aching. I still remember hearing it "snap" as I was rolling the steering wheel to the right jockeying into a parking lot.
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    When I'm done with something, or it's nothing I can use, it usually finds someone that can get further use of it even if small parts. I've donated a lot of chassis' to friends rather than run them over the scales; even when the price of scrap was nuts.
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    My 78 RL has a black wheel and it is different than the green, or beige wheel normally in R models. Bad shape with a few cracks in the spokes and rims. Broke my left pinky knuckle in the wing vent frame on the truck I went with the smaller wheel in. Never had that problem with manual steering and really don't want to do that again.....
  7. Rob
    I like seeing donors picked clean. It simply means others will have a further chance at living.
  8. Rob
    Sure, no problem.
  9. Rob
    My B-67 has a 20" wheel and I wouldn't want a larger one in there. It is manual steering but not hard to turn best I remember. I put a later steering wheel onto one of my R models from a donor cab and really like it. That one has power steering.
  10. Rob
    PM me your address and I'll post them up for you. Rob
  11. Rob
    Thanks Bob; Never was around any of those and it sounds plausible. Think I'm going to try it on my R612 as I'd like to have a smaller wheel in that truck.
  12. Rob
    The rockers and pillars are troughs for sound to travel in. They themselves are not the source of the noise. The foam I mentioned is not a solid, or rigid product, but rather very soft and supple like rubber. it is waterproof and removes easily with a portable heat gun, or infra red lamp. It is great for suppressing panel rattles. I used the waxed based products for many years on brand new vehicles and was the distributor for "Auto Armor" rust protectant in this area. I still have all the equipment and several bottles of the product from my now closed auto body shop.
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    You're doing a very fine job Vlad. If you can stand the expense, run a conduit through the rocker boxes, "A" pillars, and "B" pillars then use soft set expanding foam sealer to fill these area(s) which will absolutely deaden any chance of reverberation or sound transmission/conveyance through these areas. The conduits are for stringing wires through upon buildup.
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    I'm hedging my bets on a postponement as it's too close to not attend.
  15. Rob
    I expect the ATHS national show in Springfield will be either cancelled or postponed this year which is sad as I'm only 68 miles distant. I know the grounds well having worked there in another life although much has changed since.
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    That's a way to look at it for sure; however in the very next audit I went through at that same office, I was remembered very favorably for the act which netted about three fold in yield with "allowed" deductions.
  17. Rob
    I must be an exception. I wrote "VOID" across the face of the $1200.00 "Economic Stimulus Package" check sent us when Obama was president, and returned it to the IRS office in Peoria. I don't believe in charity for those undeserving. Never have, never will.
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    I think the president is attempting to address the seriousness of the issue and not condone, or incite public panic.
  19. Rob
    Fast tracking future graduates of "Stupid 101".
  20. Rob
    Scheid Diesel in Effingham, IL will make a set of lines for you with whatever ends you desire. I've found them much better than dealership pricing or "one off" replacements.
  21. Rob
    I've thought that for years Harry. Both pusher and drag axles were very popular for a lot of years in trucks in my area, but faded out when "twin" screw became the normal. Two of my former tandem trucks are going to single drive with a drop axle for this very purpose. Tires are too expensive anymore to not need on the pavement constant for me. I have a drop axle on my water truck and another out back of the shop to use.
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    Rock Work

    Rob replied to j hancock's topic in Other Truck Makes

    One of those locally mounted to an old GMC chassis and still working. I've talked to him about line boring the unit to "tighten" it back up. His hoe is labled "Erie" so probably a division of Bucyrus prior to the implementation and refinement of the lines.
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    Yes, but for a refreshing change it did not go negative, and a lot of useful information acquired/gained/learned. All good to me when they do that.
  24. Rob
    There were two of those trucks at NAS Norfolk when I was there. Don't know what they were used for other than test weights for the CH-53 helicopter squadron at the other end of the ramp. Both ran but were routinely moved via these helicopters out across the bay and brought back.
  25. Rob
    I remember that too. As a kid I think I built every model aircraft that was produced on the kitchen table. Some steam locomotives too as they had a lot of small parts.

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