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I found and rescues this little gem out of the woods in north west wa. no rust holes barly any rust at all. will be redoing it and making a daily driver out of it. his name is sarg.
will be adding pics of progress.
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bed comes off tomorrow and sand blasting this weekend
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Looks like a great & straight find there! I have a spare dash if you need one. Ken
get it titled before you put too much work in to it.
If you found it, the state will have to do a title search before they will let you register it. That title search may (will) involve contacting the last known owner (if he can be located) to make sure that the vehicle was actually abandoned. If that owner says that the truck was not abandoned, and has the title, you are going to be out a truck. it would be better to get the legal stuff out of the way before you put much effort into restoring it. it would suck for the owner to realize he could get a fully working truck for nothing by simply saying he had never abandened it.
Not to mention the possibility of you being then tagged for theft, and other legal fees. Confrim legal ownership of the vehicle before you put ANY more time or effort into it.
No lie, some folks I know on another board resqued and started restoring a car that had been abandened in a field. it was so full of rust it was barely a car any more. The owner of the field where the car was left was contacted, and he gave them his blessing to remove the car. A little over a year later, 3 of the guys were in court, and one of them went to jail for theft. Owner found out that "his" car was being restored, and made a power play to get something for nothing. What it came down to was that he had the title, so he won the court case.
C.Y.A. Get the title now.
Zach
Dang I've been hunting in the wrong woods
All I ever found was 5 kinds of poison snakes, alligators,wild hogs,a few deer,and a lot of mosquitos.
But seriously It looks like it is in good shape.
I read an article in a streetrod magazine that said that a lot of people that got titles from the companies that advertise (get your vehicle titled) were issued worthless titles and several states are cracking down.
Proceed with caution.
I wouldn't talk about it much in the area you recovered it.
The truck as it sits is worth enough money to bring out the greed in some folks.
good luck and congratulations
Great advice Zach. Paperwork has jinxed several of my projects in years past.
thanks for the advice but this find was on someones property a was purchased by me he even had a title in the house.
so didnt mean to mislead folks and act like I was out for a hike and just stumbled upon it.
The hike would have been a better story. It'll be the one that I choose to remember. It looks great by the way. Can't wait to see the project move forward.
That's great, glad to hear that you got it all titled and all.
It would make a great story though. You know fighting off a bear or a swarm a yellow jackets or somthing like that.
Honestly I did have a friend that found a bunch of old cars dumped in the woods. One of the cars had the old FirePower hemi motor in it .Heck it was 20 years ago and if I remember right he got pretty good money for it. Man that would be a good motor for a 715.
As you work on your truck share some pictures with us and work on that story!!
Congrats. Good to see another PNW M715.
Yes, ditto...
Oh cool! Sorry for the lecture, then. Party on!
Zach
got the rest of the body off and began sand blasting but had to get in primed right away. we all know how bad these rust when theres bare metal.
I used self etching primer on the frame it bonded very well. almost couldnt scrach it off with a rock.
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paint arrived and heres my paint booth
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whats 383 green CARC green?
the carc green was originally used by the military on there vehicles I think from 86' on it holds up well and can be clean of chemical and bio attacks alot better than normal paint, but the paint is very dangerous to apply extremely hazardous and 383 was what is was called also? or the number to it.
and what I have is a carc substitute, same color its still very durable got it from army jeepparts.com
time to sand blast the body I had to get all the pieces over to my neighbors yard deep in the back to keep the hazardous dust from getting to my house and newborn baby. so getting them there was interesting. having the bed hauled on my little homemade trailer it was so heavy that I almost didnt make it up a very gradual incline that was like 50yard long had to back up and get a runner a few times 6th gear full speed was the only way back there. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...n/DSC_0221.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...n/DSC_0318.jpg
the body parts are now all primed the red oxide III from the army jeep part.com its the primer they recomended for there paint.
between body and frame sand blasting I used 2300lbs of sand and rented the large sand blaster twice. the hose slipped out of my hands it hit my leg almost blew through my paints in a fraction of a sec and it hurt.
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more good stuff had come in the mail seats and the 4bt cummins.
I also have been reading up on the forums here about the stock np200 noise and heat issues @ speed so I have been searching high and low for a divorced np205 with the drives drop and finally found one that came with a rear dana 60 for only
$100. so that 205 will be going in soon.
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Wow! Great progress, I really like how the frame turned out. Looks like you are going to have a very nice truck when done.
Fantastic!!
did a fit test of the engine trans together and found that because of the long tail shaft on the 2wd nv4500 I had to cut some of the cross member out and fill with plate it gives the intermediate shaft less of an angle. also moved the transfercase back 12 inches. I found that the yokes on my 205 were all dodge u joint size and I wanted to stay spice 1310 to match the axles. and also have the same joints in the whole vehicle instead of having conversion joints and I was told it is the most common joint to get of the shelf if it is ever needed so I ordered one for now from Tom Woods Custom Driveshafts.
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Looking good. Looks like you will be able to afford to drive it too.
Looks good. Have you checked front drive shaft clearance on the crossmember holding the tranny since you moved the tcase back.
clearance look like it will be close so If I have to make an all new cross member with I will. with all this cutting on it it is going to be weaker i plan to build a strong bracket pver the tail of the trans to help support what I cut out.
also hopping to run veg to save money
Be sure to post up some pics on how your final mounts are done for the tranny and t-case, looking really good so far!
Yes, please! Ultimately a 4bt/NV4500/NP205 is the combination that I would like to end up with.
Looks good.
Super jealous. Would love to do a 4BT swap.
engine is in mounts finished. also got the small drive shaft between the trans and transfer case done and installed. cab is on working foot controls using originals. with new clutch master cylinder.
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Keep up the good work.
That looks great.
Looking good.
Looks great. So jealous of the 4BT. Would love to see it in person.
Any body lift required? Looks like it fits in the engine bay perfectly. Give some more details of your mounts please. Did you keep any drawings or measurements? Sure there are others that would love to copy your hard work.
I'll bet Jester had to clean the siliva from his key board when he saw this. Very nice looking truck. I'd love to see it in person as well. Keep up the great work and keep posting pictures.
:confused:You are selling?
http://www.m715zone.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20023
What happened?
I am the one who bought his rig so I guess I will be continuing his build thread. He is a Navy diver, really nice guy, with a wife and baby and is getting transferred to the east coast this next spring. The rearend went out, he was suffering from a little burn out, and he needs a driving truck. He did a pretty good job on the engine swap and paint, actually I would have to call the engine swap professional grade. Very nice. I left Friday Dec 10 at 2100 hours to go pick it up. Got up to Poulsbo WA about 0900 hours the next morning. Loaded it up, tied it down and left about 1200 headed south. It rained so hard on my trip back until I was south of Portland. Crossing the Columbia it was hard to see where the sky ended and the river begin. I didn't get back home until 0130 hours Dec 12. I was a little tired to say the least. I clocked how far it is from my house to the Napavine WA exit for the next FE, its almost 500 miles.
I have a project 715 that has been languishing for a couple of years now and I figure on taking all my good parts I have collected and putting them on this new one and having a driving 715 sometime this century. I am a mechanic so lots of times after work or weekends I just don't feel like working on my project vehicles. I just went out on my own a few months ago and have found I am starting to feel better about wrenching, lots less stress. I usually schedule Friday afternoons as M-715 time and have been making some progress.
Here is a list of my goodies. I have 4.56 gears with a rear detroit, four wheel disc brake conversion kits from helitool, p/s from a GW, MRAP seats, Michelin 1100x16 XZL's on stock powdercoated rims, hydroboost brake system, either a hydraulic or electric front winch, and some other things in storage I have probably forgotten about. I plan on starting on the rearend over Christmas so will be updating this thread from time to time.
Congrats. Looking forward to seeing the progress.
Would have loved to pick up the 4BT but no cash for toys right now.
Drained the rearend last night. Found pinion bearing chunks in it along with a little water and lots of metal flake. Will be pulling my project rearend out and slipping it under this rig this next weekend.
Sounds o so familiar. :eek: Except mine was the actual pinion coming apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by glenn
http://www.m715zone.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19783