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Title: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 06, 2012, 08:46:38 pm

Short on time, trying to rebuild rip-van winkle before snow fall. So far removed hood ,inner and outer fenders, cab. Replaced exhaust man flow gaskets ,changed valve cover gaskets Tomorrow going to replace the clutch,and transmission the old one pops out of third  it is a ms 465 ,Photos to follow   

Title: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 17, 2012, 06:51:18 pm

 :) ;) :D ;D  Trying to get this rebuild done before snow fall, cab swap, change transmission new clutch, rebuild front drive shaft, replace  rear pinion seal, new duel exhaust   

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: thirsty on November 17, 2012, 08:24:53 pm

A K30 wrecker.......drool!

Title: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 20, 2012, 06:33:44 pm

Trying to get this rebuild done before snow fall, cab swap, change transmission new clutch, rebuild front drive shaft, replace  rear pinion seal, new duel exhaust 

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 20, 2012, 06:49:44 pm

1973 cab I'm installing

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 20, 2012, 06:52:08 pm

Converting cab from two wheel drive to four wheel drive. New higher transmission hump

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 20, 2012, 06:54:14 pm

Pic of good used MS465 with new clutch installed also rear main seal

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 20, 2012, 07:13:36 pm

Frame cleaned and painted. Also new rear springs

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 20, 2012, 07:16:42 pm

This is what happens when you install a 283 pan on a 400 small block. You have a oil leak that looks like a rear main

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 21, 2012, 07:01:58 pm

 :) ;) :D

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: bake74 on November 22, 2012, 06:17:30 am

     Got any pics of what the truck looks like ?

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 22, 2012, 07:00:05 pm

Here's what it looks like with the cab on the frame. Give us a few more days and I'll put up pics with the fenders and hood on it

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on November 22, 2012, 07:08:46 pm

This is what we ran into when we put a 73 c10 cab on a 78 k30 frame. We had to change the transmission hump, cut the dash wider for the heater controls, cut the dash for the wiper switch, the heater box was different so we swapped that over, relocate the seat belt holes because 73 had a lap belt and the 78 had a shoulder harness seat belt.

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: thirsty on November 22, 2012, 07:17:50 pm

Keep up the good work! Progress always seems to get some of us motivated to do more to our projects. :)

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on December 10, 2012, 07:04:13 pm

Before pics

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on December 10, 2012, 07:05:34 pm

After pics

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: ralphhemi on December 10, 2012, 07:08:00 pm

after pics

Title: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: Tx_Phil on December 10, 2012, 11:35:42 pm

Wow. This is cool.
I really wish I had the tools, the skill and the knowledge to do this kind of work. Shoot, doing a brake job makes me nervous. Can imagine pulling the body off the frame.

Thanks for all the pics.

Title: Re: Rebulding My 78 K30 Wrecker
Post by: Engineer on December 29, 2012, 07:24:47 pm

I approve of this project.