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[mechohaulic]

wasn't for the buffalo winter : been there/ seen that: changed a KW steering box on side of highway during ice storm, bet you could have crawled under , stuffed a rag in the hole to prevent oil loss (reason it seized up ?) and drove more. LOL..  also in '71 must have been 30 w oil not 0-20w crap of today.

[GA_Dave]

14 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

wasn't for the buffalo winter : been there/ seen that: changed a KW steering box on side of highway during ice storm, bet you could have crawled under , stuffed a rag in the hole to prevent oil loss (reason it seized up ?) and drove more. LOL..  also in '71 must have been 30 w oil not 0-20w crap of today.

The hole in the oil pan was so big you could almost fit your hand into it.  All the oil was gone in seconds.  I miss 10w30.

 

I once did a transmission swap up there during the winter.  I wasn't on the side of the road, but it wasn't in a garage either.  It took me two days due to frequent trips inside to thaw out.  I moved south not long after!

[other dog]

44 minutes ago, GA_Dave said:

The hole in the oil pan was so big you could almost fit your hand into it.  All the oil was gone in seconds.  I miss 10w30.

 

I once did a transmission swap up there during the winter.  I wasn't on the side of the road, but it wasn't in a garage either.  It took me two days due to frequent trips inside to thaw out.  I moved south not long after!

Not to be changing the subject, but that's one of my issues with the big green truck that doesn't run. (It runs great now, but that name kinda stuck) I do all the work on it outside, in the driveway, with common hand tools, and for the most part by myself. Not so much "fun" in it anymore 🤣 

[tjc transport]

15 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

you can't do that with todays crap ; computer gets a signal of faulty cyl  , engine off. 

i love reading that "my engine is ruined from no oil pressure" on the ford diesel truck forums....

then the dipsticks start arguing with you when you tell them it is impossible that could happen because the HPOP that fires the injectors is run by low pressure oil pump. if the engine looses oil pressure the engine will shut off before any damage is done.

and they come back with "well my mechanic said"..... to which i reply i am a mechanic... your parts changer tech is trying to rip you off for a $8,000 engine when you only need a 4-500 dollar part.

 

[other dog]

On 9/13/2024 at 2:06 PM, Freightrain said:

The good thing Tom, once all these systems are upgraded, it will be a reliable driver you can take anywhere.  Sadly you are the one paying for all of it right now.  But next summer it should be a truck you can drive to any show and not worry.

We drove it to the Walmart store in Appomattox with only a minor issue. The adjustable throttle return spring holder slipped on the shaft and it was very slow to come back to idle when I was trying to change gears. I moved it back where it was when we got parked at the Walmart store but I'm still going to get another return spring and put it on it. I remember when every gas station and a lot of country stores had things like carburetor return springs and battery cable ends hanging on the wall.

[mowerman]

59 minutes ago, GA_Dave said:

The hole in the oil pan was so big you could almost fit your hand into it.  All the oil was gone in seconds.  I miss 10w30.

 

I once did a transmission swap up there during the winter.  I wasn't on the side of the road, but it wasn't in a garage either.  It took me two days due to frequent trips inside to thaw out.  I moved south not long after!

i pulled a transmission automatic out of a 55 chevy wagon outside was around 18 degrees i was only around 20 years old,,,,i also moved to LA shortly  after,lol  i also drove that oil burning  307 all the way out there,,,,busted a rocker arm somewhere in Arizona got another one in a wrecking yard,,,,made it all the way out there and back to massachusetts without anymore issues except going thru a case of oil,,,,not sure what was up with those things,,,but everybody seems to agree,they didnt hold up well...bob

[mowerman]

and yes tom gas stations these days  are completly differant they were also full service    with gas jockeys,,, and fullon repair bays,a lot of us started out pumping gas and cleaning windshields

[other dog]

21 hours ago, mowerman said:

i pulled a transmission automatic out of a 55 chevy wagon outside was around 18 degrees i was only around 20 years old,,,,i also moved to LA shortly  after,lol  i also drove that oil burning  307 all the way out there,,,,busted a rocker arm somewhere in Arizona got another one in a wrecking yard,,,,made it all the way out there and back to massachusetts without anymore issues except going thru a case of oil,,,,not sure what was up with those things,,,but everybody seems to agree,they didnt hold up well...bob

I had a 68 Camaro one time, I was about 20 years old. It had a 250 six cylinder in it with a 3 speed transmission and the rear main bearing seal was bad. So bad oil pretty much just poured out of it. I never fixed it because I bought the car to swap in a 350 and a 4 speed that I already had. But I would run that car out of oil, drove it home many times with the oil light on and it would be clattering and clanking, fill it back up with oil, the racket would stop, and it was fine, until the next time I ran it out of oil. 

After that I always figured that the 250 6 cylinders had to be one of the toughest engines ever made, because I abused the heck out of that one.