TheHardWay

I think I’m just more upset that as a society we have not only became so lazy we can’t cook. We can’t even have human delivery drivers

Dude, it wasn’t even close. If they can’t keep up with a 4 spd 2f, they won’t be invading anytime soon…

What is the world coming to..

Drag raced an uber eats delivery robot. Beat him fair and square

Finally done and working. It only took 8 years. :rofl:

And the other food I tried to feed the monkey will be on BaT shortly once I get it all detailed. I do absolutely love this truck, and I really love driving it. She's been my daily when I'm not working since I finished her. But now I've got too...

At least 5 years old, when I bought it. When I remove the broken water pump I'll inspect them closely.

How old are the belts?

I lost a couple doing that until I made a habit of putting the cap in the cradle for the filler nozzle. Even if I forget, it’s in the way of putting the nozzle back. Been working for last couple years.

Looks like a leather pump cup. Neatsfoot oil heavy dose. Put it back in; it will work for a while, maybe not perfect. On a good you can wet form a cup with a round tube the right size - ID is of bore in carb hole and a forming wood dowel...

In the winter I need to leave the choke on (at least a little) for a long while due to the header. The fluid heat riser does help but the engine needs to have some heat in the coolant to work.

Prices around here seem really high - its like I got one and you need to pay top $ to get it away from me, even tho it a rust bucket with a knocking engine, has a bad clutch and a grinding gear box on bad tires with no brakes.

Have you looked at post #65. Electric fans are noisy and usually don't offer enuff cooling.

Before I order a new water pump assembly and a tube of FIPG, is there anything else I will need?

I leave the key/ring in the cap - hard to drive away with the cap on top of the gas pump with the keys in it.

Yes, classic bad water pump, worn bearing

Removed belts before lunch. This is what I found: Fan is firmly attached to the pulley. Pulley, and I assume the pump shaft, are kinda wobbly, and some antifreeze leaked out the mount while I was wiggling the fan. Time to order a new pump?

Keep on digging there's probably a lot of rust sediment laying in the bottom of the water jackets. Use an All or a small stiff poker.

Its got a layer of rust and crud build up. Maybe a bunch of old stop leaks too. Spray some rust breaker in, let soak for a while. Use like an old nut pick to dig carefully. Spray again, let soak dig.

Just checked the fan - solid, no wobble. Later today I'm gonna remove both belts from the water pump pulley and check the fan again.

Took it grocery getting! Felt good, first real drive in 6 months. Both axles rebuilt, new brakes plumbed and new suspension. Rode nice! Also found a few more items to add to the fix it list.

I hear two types of sounds that bother me, the first one is the rattling, possibly a bad bearing somwhere...maybe loose hardware...possibly the throwout bearing bad, pressure plate loose(probably not but still give it a check). The other is the...

Mine mostly run at that spot on the gauge. Stereo can help identify location of noise (your ears) mono from the computer speakers not so helpful. You have the shaft into the water pump - if its real loose good chance it will be now or soon...

this bumper doesn't really weigh much. it will make negligible difference. install i did.

The video is listed as private. When you grab the fan does it wobble? If so the pump is likely bad.