WOW! That's all I can say. Just WOW! Amazing work!
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WOW! That's all I can say. Just WOW! Amazing work!
Finished assembling the front of the engine, and the vent and fuel lines.
http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/...ps76d1a1ee.jpg
Next, I'm prepping the exhaust manifold.
Wow. what a lot of high, sharp flashing that I had to grind off of it.
Unless I have something technical to add, I'm going to close this thread.
Further updates will be in my truck build thread.
Ha! looking at the photo, I just realized that I forgot to add the front pulley.
What a beautiful job...mega congrats!!!!!!
That certainly looks nice and it is a good reference to how an engine should look. I remember the engines being black when I was driving them. However, I have heard that the depot rebuilds may have been OD. So, yours looks like it should. I also painted the raised letters on the valve cover on mine (in Germany, 1970) with silver paint. I guess I could just sand them off and get that look.
Again, looks great!
whats the thing under the carb ? a governer ? never seen one before.
The 1969 model came with a governor. I found out when I drove the trucks off of the boat in Bremerhaven. What a surprise. My truck in Germany was a 1968 and it didn't have a governor.Quote:
Originally Posted by md1970
MOST of the trucks after a certain vin number, depending on the model, are governor equipped...like many things with these trucks though, it isn't a hard and fast rule.
The book says:
NOTE: Early model M715's, those originally equipped with carb mounted air cleaners without governors are VIN's 10001 to 28679. Late model M715, Those originally equipped with hood mounted air cleaner and governors, start with VIN 28680.
This is from the -34 parts manual.
I have seen at least a dozen later trucks with the early style setup...the story goes that if they ran out of parts for one type, they just switched to the other and kept going.
Mine having a 5-67 delivery date, had the carb mounted air cleaner as well.
But I'm installing this NOS kit that was intended to retrofit older models.
Wonder how many trucks were retrofitted with the governor/ hood air cleaner
to keep GIs like Don Cavey, from burying the speedometer needle.:lol:
After I have finished things up completely, I will post a few more good photos for reference. Thanks to all for the compliments,:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cavey
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Originally Posted by jeepdan
That is a good question...wish I knew the answer!