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  1. Merle Coggins
    https://wetransfer.com/ is a great, free, and easy to use, tool for sending larger files to another person. You can upload up to 2GB files, enter the recipient’s email address, and it’ll send the recipient an email with a link to download the file. Or you can create a link that can be copied and pasted into your own personal email. I use it all the time. It’s awesome. Also... Awesome find Keith. I believe you’ll have a lot of fun with it.
  2. Merle Coggins
    That's normal. The oil fill pipe, with air filter cap, is the air inlet for the crankcase. The draft tube at the rear vents vapors from the valve tappet chamber. In theory, when driving down the road there is a negative pressure at the end of the draft tube to help draw out the crankcase vapors. Modern engines breath in a similar fashion, however, the crankcase vapors are recycled back into the air intake via a PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) system.
  3. Merle Coggins
    When I plug in P/N 915565 into the Napaonline.com search field I get this;
  4. Merle Coggins
    Yup... condensation from the warm exhaust is breaking loose the soot deposits in the exhaust pipe. Nothing to be concerned about.
  5. Merle Coggins
    If it's been sitting for a long period of time it's possible that the clutch disc is stuck to the flywheel. What happens if you put it in reverse before starting the engine? Be sure that the door is open, depress the clutch pedal with it in reverse, and start the engine. If it starts moving backwards while cranking you'll know it's stuck. However, that procedure may be enough to break it loose if it is.
  6. Merle Coggins
    Looks good from here... ?
  7. Merle Coggins
    I've pulled a couple axle shafts with a slide hammer puller. I've also used spacers (long sockets) over the backing plate studs, then put the drum onto the shaft against the spacers. Your spacers should be just long enough so that you can get the axle nut started with a thread or 2. Then tighten the nut and it will pull the axle out. Don't tighten too much once the drum seats onto the shaft again or you'll have to break out your hub puller to get it back off again. You may need to reset with different length spacers to get the job done, but it'll work.
  8. Merle Coggins
    I run 235/75R-15's on my truck too. The trick is to only steer when moving. It will be very hard to turn the steering wheel when sitting still. But just ease forward, or reverse slightly and it'll turn. We're used to power steering where you can turn the wheels stationary without any effort. You just need to re-learn how to use the steering when parked, or when parking. Plan ahead a bit so that you can inch ahead slowly while turning the wheel. You'll be surprised how much easier it turns when the wheels are rotating.
  9. Merle Coggins
    A face shield is very useful when pressure washing. Can be used in conjunction with sun glasses.
  10. Merle Coggins
    Looks cool, but to my eye the base seems kind of small for the size of the top. How stable is it? Looks like it could tip over easily.
  11. Merle Coggins
    I have a 3/4" drive torque wrench that goes up to 600 ft/lbs. It's about 3 feet long, or so. I used to use it all the time when I was a full time technician on heavy equipment. Now it mostly takes up space in my tool box.
  12. Merle Coggins
    That would be for a front wheel bearing nut. The OP asked about the rear
  13. Merle Coggins
    That bend in the tail pipe looks like it should be at the rear. What's the other end look like? Do you have the pipe reversed?
  14. Merle Coggins
    From what I've seen in the B-Series literature, the 15" tires had a higher load rating. That's probably why the 3/4 ton trucks use 15" wheels vs. the 16"ers on the 1/2 ton trucks.
  15. Merle Coggins
    I sent in for a build sheet on my truck a few years ago. I got a copy of it in the mail a few weeks later. They never did cash the check. I finally just deleted it from my check register so I could reconcile it easier.
  16. Merle Coggins
    I think mine are Gabriel’s that I got at Auto Zone back in the day. They seem to be working fine, but I don’t put on the same miles as you.
  17. Merle Coggins
    Both headlights on my truck are stamped “DEC 1950” on the back side. And when I finally got a build card for my truck it was built in December of 1950.
  18. Merle Coggins
    Show off... ?
  19. Merle Coggins
    Probably available either way, depending on the application. Same as the exhaust. Some may need down flow, others exit up top...
  20. Merle Coggins
    I believe 80 or 90 gear lube has approximately the same viscosity as 50 engine oil. Gear lubes are rated differently than engine lubes, hence the difference in numbers. Why wouldn't gear lube work in the air cleaner?
  21. Merle Coggins

    Bibs

    Merle Coggins replied to Ulu's topic in Off Topic (OT)

    Got some of them. Back in the day when I was a full time field service technician I practically lived in them all winter long. Wore out a few pair along the way... Can't beat them for keeping warm while working outside in the winter months.
  22. Merle Coggins
    That was my though too. Having the air cleaner tight to the carb must have disturbed the base gasket, if loose. Loosening it up allowed it to settle back down. And YES, there should be a gasket between the air cleaner and the carb flange.
  23. Merle Coggins
    The water pump probably isn’t going to be very good at drawing water up from your bucket. Might be better connect a garden hose to the lower inlet hose to push water through the system.
  24. Merle Coggins
    I don’t know what that is. It doesn’t look right. That‘s usually a standard 1/8” pipe thread fitting to connect to the oil filter feed line. Oil pressure gauge line is usually connected to one of the other ports along the oil pressure gallery. Some are connected to the port behind the starter. Mine connects to the port behind the fill pipe.
  25. Merle Coggins
    The dipstick hole in the block gets plugged with a small cup plug like this.
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