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Overheating Mystery Solved!!! First - thanks to all of you who offered advice and ideas to try! This forum is the BEST. You won't believe what I found... At the base of the thermostat housing where it bolts to the head there is a gasket. We were...

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Or, buy a couple feet of gates green stripe or even white strip hose and two constant torque clamps like Breeze offers and use this to run from the head outlet up to the heater valve eliminating one hose and two clamps and the steel pipe...

and just 25 months later….

Last night I finally got everything bolted together. The airbox lid is 80 mm or about 3.15 inches. I bought some 3.25 inch silicone couplers and a 12 inch 45° intercooler pipe. I cut it down to size and used a cheap bead roller to make absolutely...

Back in the day, I found my local blacksmith/spring shop in the yellow pages. They re-arched my springs and added a leaf or two. Perhaps these shops still exist

One of my favorite colors!

Have you seen this? 79 totally original paint only 46k on body, PO hydrolocked motor in 89, sat under a carport until 2014 when I bought it, dropped a 2f from an FJ60 in it with a sniper.. Drove it to Hot Springs and back 600 mike

3rd time was a charm. It was HOT though, mid 90's, dry as a furnace fan in Phoenix Arizona. The dry fly action was hot too.

Thanks AJ, I needed to get out of the house

Butch I stumbled onto that thread early this morning, that's an amazing find!

It has way too many issues, RF fender is bondo thats chipping out, got all those holes from the snaps on the Bestop got several random holes drilled...besides, I done got a survivor....

Oh he's not gonna pass from his cancer soon, it;s in remission and he has a great outlook........he just chose to spend the near future on other things other than this truck......

Very cool Butch.😎 Do you think there's a chance of getting it back together and taking the PO for a drive in it before he passes?

More….

Some of the restored parts I got with the truck….

I will be selling 5 of the nicest drum brake wheels I ever seen . 5 City Racer 16” split rims, 3 spd trans/trans case, both driveshafts. Good 72F head. Bestop top and bows Was pulling it out and my tractor clutch quit pulling… so one more thing!!!

Tell the ole boy good luck and best wishes regarding the P Cancer.

Wow! Mine was born a 72 FST in that same blue. When I got it had some PO mods like a 76 red hard top.... I got sick and mine sat for like 10+ years. Ended up buying another set of tires because my old almost brand new one were dry rotted...

Got a set of these Kendra’s coming in Wednesday….

Showing the last registration, and a couple of items that came with… PTO winch , and 5 powder coated splits, ( which I am not using) Plans - refurbish without separating body from frame, 76 2F, 4 speed, front discs, 33x9.50x15.

Check out the gas tank well, has 2 hole in front of the shifter??? I removed tons of bolts and only one broke in the trans tunnel amazed how they look new in the threads. Paint is cherry under dash pad. Check out the baby Swampers, 28x8.50x15...

I got it out and pressure washed just about everything….. there’s not any rust… first time I ever pulled a fuel tank and found no rust under it!. My choice would have been clean it and leave it alone, but….. My friend had stripped everything you...

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