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Re: New project truck found! [Re: Hugh Jorgan] #2818831
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Thanks for the links, looks like I found a seal that will work at Speedway Motors and through the links I also think I found the clips at Mopar Truck Parts out in California, going to call them soon as they open up


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Re: New project truck found! [Re: RapidusMaximus] #2819279
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Pic update, waiting on parts to finish putting the doors together, gaskets for the dually fenders and clips for the tail gate trim

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Re: New project truck found! [Re: RapidusMaximus] #2819630
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You did a great job! bow up up

Re: New project truck found! [Re: JDMopar] #2820150
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Thanks guys up Still have stuff left to do...waiting on parts to put the doors back together and the gaskets for the rear fenders. Cant seem to get the dash lighting to work or the horn, so there's that, changed the bulbs and plug in resistor still no worky...I just love working under the dash...not... laugh2


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Re: New project truck found! [Re: RapidusMaximus] #2820932
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Got the parts for the rear fenders and trim clips, still waiting on door parts, turned on the wipers for the first time and it broke every single bushing in the linkage laugh2, got the inside dome light working, ordered new headlight switch and dash light voltage reducer in an attempt to fix the dash lights...getting closer to a test drive up

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You do fast work.....and it looks nice up what the story on the the other Dodge truck with the blue /white top?

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Thanks, yeah I'm kind of OCD about working on stuff, I like doing projects but it's more fun to drive them so I tend to work from dawn till dusk just so I can drive it boogie. The blue truck is a 74 318 2bbl Auto, long bed stepside, it was bought new by my grandad, he was a cotton farmer in north east Louisiana, since he was only about 5'6 he hated fleetside trucks because they were too hard to get stuff out of the bed, his old 65 Chevy step side was worn out and the local Chevy dealer didn't have a long bed stepside in stock and according to him weren't very cooperative about getting him one...so down to the Dodge dealer he went...they had this blue one in stock, he had had a good crop that year so my grandmother wrote a check for it (3676.56). My grandmother was an incredible record keeper so I have every single piece of paper from the dealership and the maintenance records. When the first gen diesel Dodge pick-ups came out my grandad said he was going to trade the old blue truck in on one, I begged him not to and told him I would pay him whatever the dealer offered him on trade in, he agreed said he would let me know. The years rolled by, my grandmother passed away, my granddad developed Alzheimer's and began sneaking off in the blue truck and getting lost, driving through fences out into plowed fields and not knowing how he got there. The truck and it's keys were hidden from him as his condition worsened, he passed away with the truck still hidden in the barn. My aunt called me after his estate was settled and offered the truck to me if I would come get it out of the barn and get it running, it was a mess, the barn rats and mice had eaten most of the fuel lines and a lot of wiring but my dad and I got it all fixed and drove it home...that was in 2001. The odometer shows 256k miles, it is rust free, I finally pulled the original engine last year and built a 360 for it but the original engine will be rebuilt and reinstalled soon as I get around to it...long story of the old blue truck... beer


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great story! But don't be a tease...show us that truck!


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Originally Posted by basketcase
great story! But don't be a tease...show us that truck!

Here are a couple of pics of the old blue truck, I bought new door seals for it so the doors are apart and my dad and I put the new Oak bed in back in 2006

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Re: New project truck found! [Re: basketcase] #2822142
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Well, the old/new Dually got it's maiden voyage yesterday, drove it into town to get it inspected, licensed and filled both tanks with gas.
Discoveries...
1. That 4:10 gear sucks, that has to be improved either with a gear change or overdrive,
2. When I left the gas station guy pulled up beside me and told me I have no tail lights, sure enough, get home no taillights, no clearance lights, nothing, headlights a, breaklights and turnsignals....nothing else...looks like I'll be chasing sparks today...ugggh
3. Runs good, stays cool, no leaks, stops good, no wind noise, no rattles
4. Got lots of looks, kid at the gas station in a tuner car asked the "what the heck is that" ...lol

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Re: New project truck found! [Re: RapidusMaximus] #2822151
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Out here, the first question is...

Is it a diesel?

followed by...

is it 4wd?

followed by...

is it an automatic?

then the final question...

is it for sale?


I had a kid stop by last week asking about the 85 D350 in the driveway and I answered his questions before he asked them. I get about 6 or 7 inquiries a year from folks that stop by. It baffles the ol' lady why anybody would want it and it's no where near as nice as yours. lol

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4. Got lots of looks, kid at the gas station in a tuner car asked the "what the heck is that" ...lol

Youngsters....... laugh2

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Originally Posted by RapidusMaximus
Originally Posted by basketcase
great story! But don't be a tease...show us that truck!

Here are a couple of pics of the old blue truck, I bought new door seals for it so the doors are apart and my dad and I put the new Oak bed in back in 2006

The reasoning i was curios bout the blue truck was i use to own a D-100 that color and year before i purchase my Ram but it was the short bed that i built a 360 for it. Kick myself every time i think about why i traded it for whiney

Re: New project truck found! [Re: racerx] #2823519
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Just a little update...Dually hasn't moved since it's maiden voyage, had to remove the instrument panel and related components and start ringing wires and chasing "repairs" done over the years, managed to loose install everything last night and looks like everything is working but the gas gauge...it goes to full peg on both tanks soon as the key turns on...looks like it's back under the truck I go.... runaway


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Ok, I'm in need of a little technical expertise here...I've chased wires all day and can find nothing obviously wired wrong, the power wire on both sending units is reading 5.15 volts, the sump grounds are good and I've checked every connection I could physically get my hands on...so why is the gauge still rapidly going to the full peg as soon as you turn the key on and when you turn the fuel tank selector switch to the other tank it hits the full peg on that one also...any suggestions or ideas??? (As a side note, as soon as you unplug the power wire from whichever sump is selected the needle immediately drops to E on that tank only), (sorry, I know that's kinda captain obvious...lol)

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Re: New project truck found! [Re: RapidusMaximus] #2823959
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Diggin the truck btw - nice find and surprised I didn't see it.

As for fun of gas gauges: full tank displayed is zero or near zero resistance in the sender / wiring. Kinda why they never read full but anyway ya didn't mention resistance across the tank senders (90 ohms empty, 0 ohms full). Maybe try it other way: go to sender lead at dash ckt board, look for a ground instead of some resistance, make the ground go away.

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Originally Posted by RWG75
Diggin the truck btw - nice find and surprised I didn't see it.
Thanks, it runs out better than expected, other than the 4:10 gear, looking at 2 options, 3.54 gear or gear vendors overdrive work

As for fun of gas gauges: full tank displayed is zero or near zero resistance in the sender / wiring. Kinda why they never read full but anyway ya didn't mention resistance across the tank senders (90 ohms empty, 0 ohms full). Maybe try it other way: go to sender lead at dash ckt board, look for a ground instead of some resistance, make the ground go away.

Okay, climbed under the truck this morning and got the ohms readings, rear tank 11.9, frame tank 10.8,...when I put gas in it last week I managed to get 15 gallons in the rear tank and about 25 in the front...the ohms readings makes me think they're almost full??? They gauge reading on both tanks is going past the full mark about a 10th of an inch shruggy


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