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    can you run a trailer wheel on a 3/4 ton truck?

    well, at least I have a spare :)
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    can you run a trailer wheel on a 3/4 ton truck?

    this are 16x6, with a 0 offset what's the standard width of a reguler truck wheel? this is what I was origionally thinking about putting on it these have an offset of 1.1" and are 6.5" wide...
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    can you run a trailer wheel on a 3/4 ton truck?

    quick question - can you run a trailer wheel on a 3/4 ton K20? is it a bad idea? good idea? is the offset wrong? ect. this is the wheel I'm talking about - http://www.trailer-wheels.com/16x6-T02-Aluminum-Sendel-Trailer-Wheel-8-Lug-3750-lb-Max-Load_p_877.html#.Vgm91_lVhBe
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    Radiator question?

    I saw that with the two dip stick locations, I agree with you, it'll be better to leave it, and not trim it off. I'll order the seal and pan gasket, both items shipped is 30 bucks through ebay - that don't sound like a bad price. I'm going to pull the radiator back out and re seat it on the...
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    Radiator question?

    my dip stick is on the drivers side, SBC 350, is this the pan gasket I want? http://www.summitracing.com/parts/fel-os34510t
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    Radiator question?

    haha, I never have gotten into those smart phones, my wife has one, and it's to much for me to figure out, every time I get ahold of it, I want to chuck it across the room, she's handed it to me a few times to look at something on it, and by the time I have it in my hands, I've inadvertently...
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    Radiator question?

    I think that's the best explanation/how to I've ever seen - thanks - I think I can worm my way through it with instructions that clear - now to figure out how to drag my computer monitor under the truck with me, so I can look at your pictures as reference while I do the job.
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    Radiator question?

    nope, nothing that bad happened, I'm still above the dirt, I've had enough medical stuff to last me a while, it hasn't been fun :whymewhyme: I like what you did with the radiator drain, I think I might do that with mine. I was asking about dropping the oil pan over at the square body page...
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    Radiator question?

    the next step is to do something about the oil leaks, change out the oil pan gasket and valve cover gaskets -
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    Radiator question?

    I used some Mercury marine inboard block drain petcocks on the lower block (circled in red) and here's a picture of some of the junk that the Tefba filter has been catching and preventing from circulating through the system, I've already cleaned the filter a couple of times, and this is...
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    Radiator question?

    wow, it's been a while since I was here, things kinda came at me at the speed of life and the truck has had to sit for the past couple of years unfinished. a friend came over a couple of weeks ago and helped me get it put back together so I wanted to post an update to show that I did actually...
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    Radiator question?

    let the back flushing begin!! I got busy today and got something done, I made a temporary gasket for the thermostat housing out of an old toilet paper roll innards finished plugging up the radiator hoses and other outlets and hooked a drain hose to the intake fitting for the heater core...
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    Radiator question?

    I made some more progress today, not much, but now I have to go to work, so maybe I'll get a little more done tonight when I get home. today, I got the hoses hooked up to the lower block, now I need to button up the top of the block and the hose outlets then I can start flushing, I'm thinking I...
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    Radiator question?

    oh yeah, the heater core is completely disconnected from the engine, I'll be back flushing that separately. But using the same method.
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    Radiator question?

    yeah, you gotta have a lot of patients with me, I'm slow, I got the day off, then got volunteered to babysit a grand kid, so I only had the last half hour or so to work on the truck today, but I did make some progress :) I got the lower block drain ports unplugged, (they were nasty and it...
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    Radiator question?

    no, got side tracked again, this time with granny's car, new struts, tires and wheels, and an oil change, (had to get her daily driver ready for winter) I'm taking tomorrow off work, hopefully I'm going to get something done on the truck this time :)
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    78' K20 Jack location?

    ok, then the one on craigslist should be the correct one, if they would just call me back so I could go get it :)
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    78' K20 Jack location?

    I wonder, were different type of jacks used between the 2WD trucks and the 4x4's? I just found this on craigslist, local for 15 bucks. http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/pts/4025068688.html it's not exactly like that one in the picture I took today, and that truck was a 2WD, where mines a 4x4...
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    78' K20 Jack location?

    when I was at the gas station today, I saw a truck just like mine, same color, same interior, same year, ect. the guy had a really nice truck, a true survivor, he'd owned it since new and it was darn near flawless. I asked him if I could look under his hood and take a couple of pics, so I got a...
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    Radiator question?

    I thought about that, but would it be effective at all? any benefit to doing that? on another note, while up at the gas station today, I found a truck identical to mine, right down to the color combo, and the guy let me take a few pics, I'd be happy if mine came out half as nice as this guys
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    Radiator question?

    oh yeah, I actually wanted one without the transmission cooler, but they all come with them these days unless you have something custom built without the cooler, mine came with the tranny cooler, I have a 4 speed manual transmission so I won't be needing it, so I'm just going to to leave it...
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    78' K20 Jack location?

    my truck has no jack, jack handle or tire iron, but has these brackets on the passenger side inner fender well under the hood. (see pictures) I'm pretty sure those brackets are supposed to be for holding the jack (maybe a bottle jack?) and a jack handle and or possibly a tire iron of some...
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    Radiator question?

    Ha! ..I got that pump for $10.49 today, it was on sale, plus I had me one of them 25% off coupons ...score! ...oh yeah!! I think I just about got everything I need now ..well, except a few odd chunks of old garden hose
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    Radiator question?

    ok, here's what I'm goning to do for a pump, I think this is my cheapest way out. this little bad boy will pump up to 650 GPH, costs less than 12 bucks, and I can pump just about anything with it, and chuck it up on my 1/2 inch wrist twisting high powered drill. and if i bust it doin the...
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    Radiator question?

    the bilge pump is in the back of the boat, under the floor, under the fuel tank, a lot of work to pull it out for this job, then have to put it back in the boat, plus I'd have to pull the fuel tank out just to get to it, I didn't realize it was quite that buried back there, so that takes me back...

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