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John I did lap the valves after cutting to make sure they ere sealing properly. No I don't live in the OCT. I live in the San Fernando valley. Good ol American Graffiti grounds. Yeah baby. I will revise my post when I get home.ggdad can you please send me your address I need to sense you an envelope.

http://www.cylinderheadsupply.com/neway-valve-seat-cutters.html This is the place I bought the tool from. Not cheap but well worth it.

The tool I bought cut the seats with no problem. It uses blades and not stones. I turned the tool about two turns with some pressure and as you saw that is the result I got. Can't remember off hand were I bought it from but I will get back to you later today. I don't know how to stack pics. I guess I have to learn. I did review the post before posting.

Well I bought before I knew this forum existed. They truck is the reason as to why I joined this forum witch turns out to be a really cool forum(can you tell I'm kissing ***?). But in due seriousness it is a great forum so far. As for the engine yes it went up to 125 Psion and I will leave it alone. I will find another block and build it up and then swap engine.

I found this on You tube Hope you guys like it.

I will ck the kingpins later. I powder coated the wheels and bought new tires for Christmas. I will ck them after I'm done making a wiring harness and installing a old Dodge alternator(almost done). The tie rod and kingpins are next. The brakes after that, and if I have time a T-5 and Petronix ignition. Last but not least the drivers side window glass. Hank you wouldn't have an extra glass laying around would you? Hehehehe.

Well I worked really hard on Saturdays cause it is the only day I can work on the truck. Sundays is family day. It was hot during the summer even at night. So my neighbor Trent brought some beers over and had the engine running in no time.Here I'm hard at work on a Saturday night. Here is the engine running. Of course this is after I got the carb of and had it rebuilt. After the engine ran for a bit the water pump started leaking. I ordered a new one an threw it on. Sorry no pics of install. Now truck is running. For my Christmas present this is what I got Sweet!! With brand new tires. Now I'm working on the wiring harness and found some pages here on how to make your own so I will make my own. I will keep you posted on how I do and will take plenty of pictures. Hope you like the beast cause sure as hell that I do. Ed

Well when all the dust was settle after a fight with time I went ahead to ck and see if the engine did turn cause the previous owner told me that it was stuck. So I graved a socket(can't remember the size at the moment) and went ahead and turned the engine by hand. Well I will be dammed it turns over with no effort. So the next thing I do is ck the oil. Double dammed it looks fresh and clean. the next step is ck the coolant. Oh **** it is brand new and no rust what so ever in the radiator or the engine. So I proceed with a compression ck. Ok number 1 125 psi cool. Number 2 120 psi hell yeah. Number 3 0 psi wawawawa do! Ok lets keep checking number 4 0 psi what the helll?!! All right don't panic. Number 5 125 psi ok better. Number 6 120 psi cool. All right now I know why the owner said the engine was seized. I would not run properly cause of two bad cylinders. I guess he tried to fix it thinking it needed a tune up cause it also had new points and cap and rotor. Well I decided to remove the head and see what the problem is thinking just maybe the pistons have a hole in them or the walls of the cylinders are really scored. Well this is what I found: Number 3 exhaust valve gone. Number 4 exhaust valve gone as well. Cylinder walls were good. So I ordered new exhaust valves frome vintage power wagon and got a head gasket kit made by Felpro from Autozone. I don't remember the kit number but the prize was in the 50's I think. I also bought a valve seat cutting tool to cut the valve seats. So I proceeded to cut the seats and install the valves. I got inpatient and just bought the exhaust valves I should had bought the intake as well, but I just wanted to get the engine running and my plans are to find block and build it while I drive the truck. Some people don't like to use this type of valve seat cutter but it worked really nice for me.

Well now that I how to load pictures on to here, I will show you my truck and tell you a bit about it. This is the Beast, I found it in the Los Angeles CL and after a few calls with the owner we struck a deal and the purchase was made. Well I live in The San Fernando Valley in the outskirts of Los angeles. The beast is Located about 75 miles from were I live in the opposite direction on the other side of LA. The day the truck is getting picked up my buddies radiator in his truck decides that its to tire and decides to spring leak. Ok fine I give a quick call to my brother in law to borrow his subie and guess what?!! He has it a work!! Ok don't panic I tell my self I will just have to use my wife's van to haul(yeah right!!) but it will not pull the beast cause it is to heavy. So by this time it is getting to be about 2:30 PM and time is running real short. At that moment a buddy from work gives me a call that he needs to borrow some tools and if his brother can pick them up, so I say sure why not. So he shows up to pick the tools and he is driving a Chevy 3/4 ton truck! Hell yeah the cavalry just arrived. So of course I tell them they can borrow my tools but in exchange they need to lend me the truck for a few hours. My friends brother being cool and me having done some favors for him before says "yes". Hell yeah time to go pick up the beast. I pick up my other buddy, drive for an hour and half and finally show up the cave. The owner of the truck thought that I did not want the truck anymore and was about to call me saying that he was going to sell it to some one else. Feeewwww, close call. Well to continue the story the dam tires were flat. Well no problem my buddy had lend me some rims and tires of his Isuzu suv, but here is the catch I thought that the beast being a six lug bolt pattern it was the same as the rest of the six lug modern trucks. Well guess what I was wrong. So no tires and no easy way to put the beast on the trailer. Dam what to do now? Turns out the owner of the beast is a real cool guy so he offers to take me and the Isuzu wheels and tires along with the beast wheels and tires to the tire store to have them swap. NO dice it is Sunday therefore all the shops close early. So we drove around a bit and found the gas station with air and decided to just put air in the beasts tires. Sure enough they held the air long enough to get the truck on to the trailer. By this time it is about 8:30 PM and we are still in Rialto. My friend calls me and says he needs his bros truck soon so I put the foot on the pedal and take off. By the time I got home it was about 10:30 PM my buddy was waiting at my house for his truck. Good thing he was cause my drive way is at an incline. All my friends helped me unload the truck and put it on the drive way. Finally the beast rests in his new cave. I want to thank all my friends for all the help they gave me that day and for putting up my adventures. But I want to thank my wife for being so understanding and for giving me the best birthday gift in a long time. I love you honey thanks for understanding my addictions. Now I have found this great forum and I hope I learn from all the individuals in here. I'm working hard at getting the truck for the BBQ that we are having up north and I hope I can reach that goal. Thank you all. Ed

Some more pictures of the beast. I found it in the Los Angeles CL and after a few calls to the owner a deal was done. What an ordeal it was to pick it up, but that is a story for another day. That is me working on the engine during the summer. Got it to run but I have not made the final adjustments just yet. That as well is a story for another day Some pictures of the interior not bad for 1G!!! ED

Well here it is ladies and gentlemen the culprit of my headache And here is a picture of the beast in progress. So does anyboy have a center link for sale or trade?

Yes you are correct. You are completing the circuit. The horn allways has power so all you need to do is provide the ground and the horn button is your ground.

Well I hope it does really happen if not I will have to drive my Suzuki Samurai up there and I dont want to do that but I will not miss the BBQ.

Well count me in if Im able to finish the truck on time, witch of course I'm trying to do. I'm new at this so take it easy on me ok you old timers. I might take my daughter with me if she is up to the trip otherwise I will be coming by myself. Not afraid to get stuck out there by my lonesome. I might be up to the challenge as well that is if i finish on time. I don't have very much to do on the truck, thought I would love to put T-5 in it before the trip but I dont think I can do it in a month. Well we will see with the help of all of you and this forum I'm sure it will turn out ok. Looz

Well I'n working really hard on getting my truck done for the BBQ. I just had an idea to all my dodge brothers in southern CALI that might attend the BBQ. Why dont we make a caravan and head up norht on the Friday before the BBQ and enjoy the cool ride up north as group. It would be cool and we can always look out for each other on the way to the BBQ. Let me know what you think. Thanks ED.

Well took a look at the center link and it looks that the link is straight but now bent. Just above the link is the steering rod and that looks to be bent as well but I think the steering rod is supoppose to be bent. I will take a picture and post it tomorrow. Also does anybody have a spare drivers window? I will trade it for the either a center rear window or the two corner windows.

Thanks for the heads up Fowler.After I read your post I went to ebay and found two rods and both had a bend in them. After work I will ck out the truck to see if I really need it. Thanks a bunch.

Well I dont know how it happened but it is bent.

Any one has a good lead on were I can get a hold of one of these. The one on my my truck is bent and I need a new one. If you have an extra one you would like to sell also I would be interested. Also does anyone have a picture of the 1 ton 6 lug hub? If you do would you be so kind as to post it or send it to me. Thanks. The part number for the center link is 1194 224 from the parts book. Thank you for your help and this forum. One more question how do I post pictures here. I would like to post pictures of my truck and the work that I'm doing to it to get her ready for the April BBQ.

Wish I could had got a hold of that front axle. Oh well will keep hunting for something closer to LA are.

I will go to the BBQ and book a room for the Farm show. I just bought my truck 6 months ago and Im working hard to get it done by then. Looks like both events would be fun to attend. Specially with my daughter.

Got mine a few weeks ago. The model looks real good on the outside. The engine though is not the right one, but hey what the hell it is a pilot house and not many toys made of this truck. Same year and color as mine wish I knew ho to post pictures and show what I'm doing to my truck.

New tires and poweder coated rims:D

Are the axles from power wagon or m37 interchangeable on the b1d. I want to make my b1d4x4 and someone is selling a m36 chassis. If they are a straight bolt on I will do it. Any help suggestions. Thanks Ed.

Well I just bought a 48 1 ton and I ck the compression right away. All cylinders except for 3 and 4 were 120 psi. Took head off and the exhaust valves were burnt. The gasket was starting to go *** well though. Bought new valves from vpw, head gasket kit from Autozone, bolts from Summyt. the Gasket kit # HSC 7564 C was $40.00 the bolts (Chevy) were $25.00. I cut the seats with a cutter from new way. That was a bit expensive. Now putting motor together, I will add pictures later. A good thing it was only the head gasket. in your truck. Allmost forgot the part number for the head bolts PG-362-25 made by Pioneer.