1975 K-10 Project

[LTZ C20]

Saratoga Silver, ok, looks good still.

[FearNoMan78k10]

Your build has come such a long way since you bought this truck.... Seriously looks great ! And love the detail you have put into it.... Very nice build and you've made a ton of progress

[BBM3]

Your build has come such a long way since you bought this truck.... Seriously looks great ! And love the detail you have put into it.... Very nice build and you've made a ton of progress

Thanks,
One step at a time.
Gotta get yours on the road. My offer stands.

[BBM3]

Imagine me yelling right now.

I found my freshly rebuilt transfer case is leaking.

Fortunately it is the rear output shaft seal which I can replace without removing the transfer case again.

Oh well, it will only take some time and a couple of dollars to fix and this time I will double check the ID of the seal and OD of the yoke before I press the new seal in.

[FearNoMan78k10]

Jeez that has got to be frustrating ..... And you just got that installed too, all that hard work.... Well hopefully you can have it fixed up in a jiffy and like new again... What do you think caused it?

Sounds good to me thankyou . Yeah no kidding, I would flip out if it was on the road.... It's a dream, seems like it is a fairy tale,.. Just let me know when works for you.... Truck battery is dead... Thought of taking my dodge battery out there and swapping them out to get the truck running... Let me know. All I need to get is some fuses, and a thicker long wire to replace fuse able link to get it running...

[roundhouse]

Nice truck

A little late regarding your shutdown system.   I remember 18 wheelers having them in the 70s
All mechanical system with a buzzer and light for temp and another buzzer and light for oil pressure

The oil pressure had a mechanical switch that operated at about 10 psi with a spring loaded over ride that you had to hold down during cranking until the pressure came up

Took two hands to start it
One on the starter button and the other on the oil pressure over ride button

The 87 and newer TBIs had an oil pressure switch that ran the fuel pump somehow


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[Greybeard]

Holy thread jack!

I like all of these 73-87's but stock short bed 4X4's are the only ones that really deserve consideration.

Here comes the Flames.......

As old as this post is I couldn't pass this one up....I so totally agree, short beds are all there is! Smooth riding and agile as a jeep. They look better IMHO. More equal front to rear.

I think you wealthy folks have all the fun LOL. A lift in the garage! I have a gravel dooryard to work on.  A transmission jack! I have a broken floor jack that does not hold pressure. To say I'm just a little jealous is an understatement. hahaha

I have always wondered how some folks (like you) can work on a dirty, oily rig and never get the floor or the benches dirty? Of course I was never one to be a meticulous cleaner after I was done. I worked in a diesel shop in a construction company for 23 years, no way to keep it that clean even if trying. Time is money and cleaning is not profitable beyond preventing injury. What a boss I had! We steam cleaned the floors about once a year, with an ice chipper to peel up the heavy stuff. 


When I lived in Colorado I liked the Holy Cross trail, Red and White mountain, Wolf Creek pass trails, the trails around Marble and Independence pass, and some others. That was nearly three decades ago however. Today all those might be closed to the public.

That is an awesome truck for what you paid for it! That money here would have gotten a rotten plow truck with no sheetmetal left intact.

[BBM3]

Jeez that has got to be frustrating ..... And you just got that installed too, all that hard work.... Well hopefully you can have it fixed up in a jiffy and like new again... What do you think caused it?

Sounds good to me thankyou . Yeah no kidding, I would flip out if it was on the road.... It's a dream, seems like it is a fairy tale,.. Just let me know when works for you.... Truck battery is dead... Thought of taking my dodge battery out there and swapping them out to get the truck running... Let me know. All I need to get is some fuses, and a thicker long wire to replace fuse able link to get it running...

PM Sent.

[BBM3]

Nice truck

A little late regarding your shutdown system.   I remember 18 wheelers having them in the 70s
All mechanical system with a buzzer and light for temp and another buzzer and light for oil pressure

The oil pressure had a mechanical switch that operated at about 10 psi with a spring loaded over ride that you had to hold down during cranking until the pressure came up

Took two hands to start it
One on the starter button and the other on the oil pressure over ride button

The 87 and newer TBIs had an oil pressure switch that ran the fuel pump somehow


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Actually it is member "bd" that is working on a shutdown system.

[BBM3]

I think you wealthy folks have all the fun LOL. A lift in the garage! I have a gravel dooryard to work on.  A transmission jack! I have a broken floor jack that does not hold pressure. To say I'm just a little jealous is an understatement. hahaha

I understand working on your back and I totally respect you for doing so. I know. I have done the same most of my life.

I have always wondered how some folks (like you) can work on a dirty, oily rig and never get the floor or the benches dirty? Of course I was never one to be a meticulous cleaner after I was done. I worked in a diesel shop in a construction company for 23 years, no way to keep it that clean even if trying. Time is money and cleaning is not profitable beyond preventing injury. What a boss I had! We steam cleaned the floors about once a year, with an ice chipper to peel up the heavy stuff. 

With all due respect I am a hard working guy and not afraid of getting dirty.
I know how to use a shovel to dig a flat bottom ditch. Swing a 22 oz framing hammer to frame a house, use a wrench to fix a car, and a hundred+ other dirty jobs many people wouldn't consider doing for themselves.

That is an awesome truck for what you paid for it! That money here would have gotten a rotten plow truck with no sheetmetal left intact.

Thanks for the compliment RE: my truck. Buying it did not come easy. I spent a lot of time finding and negotiating for the right one.

[frotosride]

Really like what you've done... After I put my new hub lockers in I finally got to test them when I got stationed in Main where we got just under 90" of snow over the winter... You can't get the feeling these trucks give you anywhere else when you're in sticky situations. If you think that the invincible feeling is good now put a small lift on it and you will truly be looking down on all those over priced emissions ridden ditch fillers!

[BBM3]

If you think that the invincible feeling is good now put a small lift on it and you will truly be looking down on all those over priced emissions ridden ditch fillers!

"Over priced emissions ridden ditch fillers"

Thanks for the laugh!

And thank you for your service!

[LTZ C20]

"Over priced emissions ridden ditch fillers" LOL that's a new one.

[Greybeard]

I think you wealthy folks have all the fun LOL. A lift in the garage! I have a gravel dooryard to work on.  A transmission jack! I have a broken floor jack that does not hold pressure. To say I'm just a little jealous is an understatement. hahaha

I understand working on your back and I totally respect you for doing so. I know. I have done the same most of my life.

I have always wondered how some folks (like you) can work on a dirty, oily rig and never get the floor or the benches dirty? Of course I was never one to be a meticulous cleaner after I was done. I worked in a diesel shop in a construction company for 23 years, no way to keep it that clean even if trying. Time is money and cleaning is not profitable beyond preventing injury. What a boss I had! We steam cleaned the floors about once a year, with an ice chipper to peel up the heavy stuff. 

With all due respect I am a hard working guy and not afraid of getting dirty.
I know how to use a shovel to dig a flat bottom ditch. Swing a 22 oz framing hammer to frame a house, use a wrench to fix a car, and a hundred+ other dirty jobs many people wouldn't consider doing for themselves.

That is an awesome truck for what you paid for it! That money here would have gotten a rotten plow truck with no sheetmetal left intact.

Thanks for the compliment RE: my truck. Buying it did not come easy. I spent a lot of time finding and negotiating for the right one.

Sorry I came off sounding like like I did, I respect what you have done, and what it took to get there. I am a month or so from getting my MBA degree with a minor in project management. At the ripe old age of sixty I don't know if that will do anything for me or not. It was my choice to do things the way I have. I've lived on this farm for the last 28 years, for 23 of those years I had the shop at work to do my projects in. That job ended when the company closed it's doors- so I started college.

I really wasn't meaning to sound mean.

[frotosride]

If you think that the invincible feeling is good now put a small lift on it and you will truly be looking down on all those over priced emissions ridden ditch fillers!

"Over priced emissions ridden ditch fillers"

Thanks for the laugh!

And thank you for your service!

Anytime in both instances...it's not easy but I do my best.
Oh yea, and I also love serving this country of ours.