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Also something kinda special to me My grand father had a square body extended cab that was red and maroon. When he passed away I was given some of his things. a few I requested and some were just given to me. One of the things that was given to me was his CB radio from his old truck and the home...- lothar863
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What's next The TH400 has been rebuilt and is also getting a new torque converter I just have to pick it up from the shop I have a new u-joint, transmission dipstick, and a new remote cooler on the way I am wanting to mount this under the truck and take the radiator cooler out of the loop I am...- lothar863
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I filled the cooling system (making sure there is antifreeze) Filled the engine with 5 qts Valvoline 10w-30 and 1 qt marvel mystery oil I put the flex plate on to balance the engine and fired it up I ran it through 4 heat cycles and no leaks- lothar863
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From the pic above the original puke tank was there but the barb was broken off and there was just a random tank knocking around in the engine bay. I went to lowes and got a threaded to barb fitting and taped out the hole where the plastic barb was and threaded in the fitting. then i roughed up...- lothar863
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I replaced the fuel filter and then moved to the top of the truck. I replaced all of the battery wires. New battery Reconencted all of the AIR pump stuff new air filter (it didnt have one before)- lothar863
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Same thing since I was there new oil pan gasket and a new rear main seal I did see some cold start damage on the bearing but it didnt look too bad- lothar863
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The flex plate did a number on the freeze plug- lothar863
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Bought a truck.....
the bottom of the truck isnt too bad. I dropped the transmission and found the missing freeze plug and there was another on the front drivers side of the engine. Since I was there I dropped the oil pan and cleaned it up- lothar863
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Bought a truck.....
And the exterior doesn't clean up too bad.- lothar863
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Just a quick post before I left work. So the truck was parked under I am guessing a truck for a long time. and the crap isnt coming completely off with pressure washing. It has been resprayed at some point. It also has what I think is the wrong style tailgate on it. There is a decent bit...- lothar863
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I was getting tired of getting told that my 94 c1500 wasnt heavy enough to tow things so I was browsing for 1 ton trucks and I cam across a 1989 r3500 crew cab on craigslist Massive coolant leak but ran and drove Went out and looked at it heard it run for a short time and struck a deal. $2,295...- lothar863
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