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  1. wallytoo
    are you running true snow tires? if so, and you are still slipping, then do as paul suggests and add weight over the rear axle. if not (running snow tires), buy some and get them installed on all four wheels.
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    surprised the rears are six-lug. mine are five-lug. also, should match your fronts, which are five.
  3. wallytoo
    not "callahan, first name harry"? goes by dirty?
  4. wallytoo
    ok, today i actually gave the truck a workout. moved 1.5 cords of wood from my house 10 miles to the sap house. rained a bit, so the wipers got a workout. after dumping the wood, i needed to fuel up, so put in 14 gallons when i got to the station. this worked out to 8.8 mpg (125 miles), so my mileage has been improving, even with a heavy load. stopped to meet with a client on the way home, took the pics with the stonewall & fields there. all told, put 46 miles on today.
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    the pink is much more common in northern new england, but i do run into yellow once in a while.
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    nice truck, and nice to know quite a bit of its history. my dad has a '52 b-3-c that has been resting in his garage since 1987. i'd like to get it back on the road to go with my '48 b-fa-152. but first, i need to get my cj back together.
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    a little foliage/etc.
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    97-mile round trip today to pick up the rebuilt front axle for my jeep. drove nice the whole way, and only used just over half a tank of gas, and less than one quart of oil leaked out. my gas mileage has been better recently, i must be doing enough longer trips at the right speed. last tank was 8.5 mpg. clearly, the truck was nearly overloaded. really taxed those helper springs!!
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    do you have the push pedal? that has a spring that runs from the toeboard to the bottom of the pad. the pedal should be linked to the arm on the starter. the spring prevents the arm from moving.
  11. wallytoo
    you could try soapy water. spray the vacuum lines and see where it bubbles. don't have to be moving, just engine on and shift the ranges.
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    bob (dodgeb4ya) is correct, you need at a minimum 3/4" drive tools for the big trucks. i bought a six point impact socket for the lugnuts and a budd socket for the inner rear wheel. both in 3/4" drive. also bought a 3/4" impact wrench. still, for initial removal of the lugs, you might find that a big 3/4" bar, with cheater pipe added for more leverage, works. i also have an extension for these, which works because of the depth of the wheel mounting surface. you will continue to break any 1/2" or 1/4" stuff, don't bother.
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    the willock swivel-frame is unique, but that's about all it offers.
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    you probably have a leak in the system, which is why it is "shifting on its own" while driving. i had a hairline crack in the vacuum tubing, in a place where it touched the frame. the symptoms were as you are experiencing.
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    if it makes you feel any better, my 237 has had a rod bearing knock for several years. it is the number 2 rod bearing, and i replaced it twice. the first time with the same size insert as on the other 5, the second time with a slightly oversize insert. in both cases, the knock went away for about 250 miles, but has returned. either i'll pull the engine and take the crank to a machine shop to regrind the rod journals, or i'll wait for the engine to put a rod through the side of the block and pull the engine and replace it with the 251 spare i have sitting on a crate in the garage. in all, i've put nearly 1,200 miles on it with the knock.
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    if the only help i can offer is to ridicule a non expert in automotive technical terms, i'd prefer to remain silent.
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    keep your chin up, mark. and don't spend much time paying attention to your former employer; it's a waste of time and provides nothing useful to you. move on to something better.
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    ridiculing someone for asking for opinions of others about possible sources of noise type, and their reporting of specific tasks to eliminate the noise, is not particularly helpful. lmao.
  19. wallytoo
    i don't have that perforated dome piece. not sure what effect that has on the functionality of the bypass unit.
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    that's where i bought the ones for my 237. about 1 hour away, too.
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    the problem is in the fact that the picture and description don't match. i have purchased an item on ebay based on the description (the picture wouldn't load), but ended up with something different (which matched the picture that loaded after the auction). that was a pita to resolve, and i'm not inclined to do that again. but, by all means, have at it. it's only money, and time.
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    i hate buying from sellers/suppliers that don't bother to accurately describe the product. "spin-on filter"? i think not.
  23. wallytoo
    i've got the numbers somewhere. as far as the axle, the object with 8 sides is essentially a pressed sheetmetal hubcap, threaded on the outside to screw into the drum. it isn't a bearing retainer; just a cover.
  24. wallytoo
    also note that it is 8-sided, not 6-sided. a standard socket won't work. i used a blunt chisel and hammer to tap them off. now, i install them hand-tight. they aren't going anywhere.
  25. wallytoo
    indeed, i was. i should have read your post more carefully.
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