Tire rotation and balance (it was bouncing down the highway at 75-80, much better now). Went and got my 24' enclosed trailer out of storage and cleaned it up for the trip to Mt. Pleasant Tennessee where I'm picking up a 2007 Dodge Charger R/T Daytona Plum Crazy Limited Edition. I just gotta set the load transferring hitch bars and sway control and I'll be on my way.



D250 and 24' Trailer


2007 Charger R/T Daytona Plum Crazy

 

The W-250 I bought last year from nonrev, passed state inspection with flying colors today.
Nice to have it on the road.
Thanks for selling me a such a solid 1st gen., Vern!

Poncho also got a fresh yearly state inspection sticker, which was not much of a shocker. Basically the whole truck has been mechanical gone through since I bought it 7 years ago.

 

Took the truck over to a Dr. Appt today. I wasn't feeling all that great to begin with and the rough ride in O.C traffic made me feel even worse. At least the BP and other vitals were OK.

Hard to tell if the truck is losing prime yet. It kind of stumbles a bit and cranks more than the normal 1st cyl to kick over startup had me concerned. It's at about 5/8 tank and the crap starts at about 1/2 or a little less.

A new thing has me concerned though. I ran the A/C all the way over and back because it got up to 95 or so today. The amp meter took to making full peg excursions to the charging side whenever I took off from a light after letting it idle a bit. It jiggles a lot too but the voltage on the DVM seems steady. I'm wondering if I have a diode going out in the alternator or if the VR is giving me problems.

Any thoughts?

Edwin

 

Well that sucks!

I thought I had a thread done up showing how to replace that hub bearing with simple hand tools and bench top vice, but can't seem to find it.

Found it!...

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...6/#post3360304

 

Replaced oil pressure sender and changed the oil and filters (oil, fuel).

 

My old Goat took a ride down into the middle of Pennsyltucky to drag home yet another project.

 

Cool! What's the plan for the crew cab?

 

Uncertain but it was a good deal, so it came home with me.

 

Wow, been a while since anybody posted on this thread. It used to stay pretty busy...

I started mine today for the first time in a long time (months?). Finally freed up barely enough room in the shop to get it in. Have a long list of deferred maintenance: rotors, calipers, brake lines & hoses, drivers side u-joint and king pin, deep trans pan, fuel tank straps and a bunch of other relatively minor stuff.

 

When I did my kingpins I bent a 10' cheater pipe getting them loose!

 

ANTISIEZE IS YOUR FRIND. lol

 

I'm hoping the driver's side is as "easy" as the passenger was. I had an 8 or 10' piece of metal pipe and did ok.

 

well admitted defeat on actually getting hydroboost done in a timely fashion. Went ahead and got a new OEM master cylinder and replumbed the brakes. Now I just need to find a volunteer to help me bleed all the brakes. Then hopefully I can drive it for the first time in 2021.

 

They get torqued to a bazillion foot/lbs or close to it.

 

Yea, my torque wrench doesn't go that high but my metal cheater pipe with all my weight (200lbs) is set pretty close to that I think.