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    WOW! That's all I can say. Just WOW! Amazing work!
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    Finished assembling the front of the engine, and the vent and fuel lines.


    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.
    Last edited by jeepdan; December 4th, 2014 at 12:13 PM.

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    What a beautiful job...mega congrats!!!!!!
    Lord send your Holy Ghost into our hearts and make the desire of our hearts Your Will.

    Pro-choice, that's a LIE, babies don't choose to die!!

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    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!

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    whats the thing under the carb ? a governer ? never seen one before.

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    Quote Originally Posted by md1970 View Post
    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.

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    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.
    Lord send your Holy Ghost into our hearts and make the desire of our hearts Your Will.

    Pro-choice, that's a LIE, babies don't choose to die!!

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Cavey View Post
    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. Again, looks great!
    After I have finished things up completely, I will post a few more good photos for reference. Thanks to all for the compliments,

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeepdan View Post
    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.

    That is a good question...wish I knew the answer!
    Lord send your Holy Ghost into our hearts and make the desire of our hearts Your Will.

    Pro-choice, that's a LIE, babies don't choose to die!!

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