DEPLOYMENT BUILD UP

Got the quote from the radiator shop, no surprises. The heater core is shot, no worries plenty available, and the price of the re core for the radiator is as expected. To rebuild as a two row as original will run about $560 and only $20 more to build as a three row. I want to keep the trucks stock as possible (except for the most excellent CPT suspsnsion) so I am leaning towards the two row.

I have never had an overheating issue, even when driving in the deep sand at the beach in 100 degree weather, and that was with the ancient crud filled radiator. For only 20 bones though it's tempting. Ihrunner and I have talked about this, and I have read all of the threads, if anyone has a different point of view, lets hear it!
 
You know my opinon buddy :icon_cool:

no fan shround. Flex fan. 110 degree days here last summer. Never once saw the gauge climb much over half.

Off roadin. Never got up there.

Pullin heavy loads, no biggie

v8sectomy. Half the balls but the fluid comes out the same tube :icon_wink:

seems like with v8 guts they just wanna run cool and I think they run better in the summer than the friggin -15 degree days of this winter
 
I love telling people that I have 1/2 a dump truck engine in my truck! With the big v8 cooling passages and all of that they do seem to run cool. On my first trip to the beach I got pretty bogged down in the sand. I didn't air my skinny tires down and had her in low range with the 4.88 gears. She creeps so slow, you can hardly shift her in the sand. As soon as I would put the clutch in she would stop.

I slugged all the way down the beach in first gear with the little banger screaming like a sewing machine on meth. When I go to the end of the beach where my friends were she was getting warm, but never boiled over.

I thought that 20 years of driving rear wheel drive cars with bald tires in the snow would have prepared me for wheeling in anything, but driving in sand is like nothing else. Even beach sand is different than the moon dust in iraq. I have learned a few tricks since then, but maybe some of you old desert rats could post some tips about tire choice and driving in the sand. Hint hint...
 
Doc,

thanks for the kind words and keep up the good work on your build here. Looks like it's going to be one hell of a rig. Stay safe.
 
I ordered the two roe core for my radiator yesterday. The shop hopes to have it done by Friday. I imposed a small favor of them and requested that they take pictures during the process and email them to me here in afghanistan. If all goes well I will be able to put up some cool pictures of the re-core and May also put them up in the tech section.
 
Good man.

When you get out of that desert sand we'll see how well that rad works in some serious mud.

And you can tow me home when my junk breaks down just to give it a good test
 
ihrunner said:
good man.

When you get out of that desert sand we'll see how well that rad works in some serious mud.

And you can tow me home when my junk breaks down just to give it a good test
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Good god man! Mud! Are you daft? Are you not reading the thread? I can't afford to get that thing dirty. My wife would kill me!!! The poor Scout will never be off of pavement again! :shocked:

just kidding, but with 4.88 gears, I think it would take too long to drive across country to get you. Your poor truck will have dissolved by then. Mine too for that matter!
 
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Put 35's on it. You'll get here fast enough. Hell ill grab the loadstar and we can both hit the road. Man. Makin a pretty Scout. Im heart broken. Good news if you get stuck somewhere your goverment can pull that thing up on satilite. Hell I think google earth could see that puppy

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I think they can see it from the space station with their naked eyes. The local air port has diverted air traffic, but I can't post right now, I'm busy goggling images of salma hayek for pinneneddles Scout stories thread! Very busy...

Thanks for the props!
 
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I got an email today with the photos of Robert inspecting the brakes on the passenger side rear. I thought about going back and editing the post about the brakes and putting the pictures in there, but y'all are just going to have to try and keep up.

Robert made a puller because he couldn't find the one he had back in the day to work on his willy's. From the pictures I have seen of the pullers, this is the real deal. Since these drums probably haven't been off of here since October 1964, the smoke wrench was judiciously applied.
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I would say 50 years is just about right. Wheel cylinders seized, hardware rusty, pads shot, drums shot, what to do? Hello, IHPA? :yesnod:
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The ups man brought lots of cool new brake parts to the house today. The wife is off for a few days, so we will go through the box together on skype today. Big fun! She should get them over to Robert in the next day or two so he can start the brake job.

I'm hoping to get a care package from home in the next few days with the pictures of the frame build up from before I left. I will get them posted up soon, as well as an update and pictures of the radiator re-core.
 
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Still no pics, but an update. I got the brake parts from IHPA, but Robert is finishing up a 48 Ford and wont be able to start on the rear axle for a few days. Ann picked up the radiator the other day. Ms peggy form the shop was so nice. She was very excited to do a radiator for someone in afghanistan. I think I beat the old shop record for furthest customer! She made my wife pose for pictures with the radiator. If they turn out I May get it blown up as a poster for the garage! I'm checking the post office in the morning to see if my care package with the pictures from phone is here (and jerky from trader Joe's). If they are here, I will be posting way too many pictures. Stand by.
 
Im gonna have to send you no mans land one of these days. Stuff will make you cry its so good.

Hopefully you'll get us some pictures up soon. This is gonna be a very beautiful rig when its done
 
ihrunner said:
im gonna have to send you no mans land one of these days. Stuff will make you cry its so good.

Hopefully you'll get us some pictures up soon. This is gonna be a very beautiful rig when its done
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Thanks, I need the encouragement. I have to admit I'm getting a little antsy about paint. Maybe starting a frame off before traveling half way around the world for 7 months wasn't such a good idea! At least it keeps me from getting bored and playing with metal pineapple shaped things I find half buried in the ground. People never clean up after themselves when they are done with their wars. Shame.

Well, I'm off to the post office...
 
:icon_eek: holy crap. Not like a gernade is an I.e.d. Seems like that one would be pretty easy to avoid. Youre wife would beat the crap out of you if she finds out about your hawaiian explosives
 
ihrunner said:
:icon_eek: holy crap. Not like a gernade is an I.e.d. Seems like that one would be pretty easy to avoid. Youre wife would beat the crap out of you if she finds out about your hawaiian explosives
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No, I was just kidding. No uxo this trip, that was last time with eod. I'm just an office bee-otch this go round. I am a very happily under employed casualty tracker this time. A bored doc is a good doc. I'm glad I got y'all to keep me entertained though so I don't get too bored and start volunteering myself for silly sh1t I have no business doing anymore... Like playing with uxo.
 
Here are some pictures of the axle torn down for the new bearings and brake parts. The backing plates and hardware that will be reused were sand blasted and will be painted in por15 before being reassembled with all new parts from IHPA including drums, shoes, wheel cylinders and hardware.

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Sandblasted and inspected ready for paint
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I had to call IHPA and eat crow. When I ordered the brake parts, I asked about lugs and studs, but wanted to stay with "military threads" left hand on left hand side, right hand on right hand side. Well they have studs, but only right hand and I should upgrade anyway, but no, not me. I gotta stay stock, so what do I do? I call up the other guys who have "f" ed up every order I have placed and had them send me left hand thread and right hand threads so I can keep my truck the way she came.

Of course they wait 6 days to to ship my order and when it comes I have 10 left hand studs and 10 right hand studs (wrong size that stick too far through the drums) and 20 right hand thread lug nuts that are too small!

So now I have the right parts coming from IHPA that I know will fit and know I don't have to worry about someone snapping a stud of the left side of my truck trying to take the nuts off! Some people just can't be told anything! I hope y'all will forgive me?:icon_redface:

knurling on stud at top sticks through drum and prevents lug for tightening on wheel.
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Lug on right is too small and fits into hole in wheel when tightened not leaving enough nut to get a wrench on.
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Ann sent the pictures off of my phone so I will post some shots of the frame and suspension up soon. Robert has the rear axle shimmed and put back together and says it turns, "like butter".

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It has been a while since I have posted. Things got a bit crazy around here, and I was starting to stress out about how slowly things where happening on the truck back home. On the day I left camp leatherneck to start the long trip home, the painter Matt called my wife to say that he had finished painting the tub. Nothing like waiting until the last moment! Ann sent me a thumb drive with some pictures of the chassis and the CPT suspension that I haven't posted yet, so I will get to those while I sit here and wait to do my post deployment classes. A couple of more weeks, and I will be home bolting on fenders and windshield frames... If they get painted by then.

Freshly sandbalsted and painted frame with worn and sagging stock 3500 lbs "heavy duty" springs.
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The rear end with the new CPT springs, hd shackles and 33" rims and tires soursed from a beach buddy's Bronco.
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The connection here in the transient berthing is mind numbingly slow, but I will try to post a few more pictures.

The painted tub. In these photos the paint looks a bit more yellow than in others. I have never seen the paint in person only the small chip from which the color was picked. As said before though, I do not fear ever lossing this truck in a crowded parking lot...
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Very nice reflection in the paint, and straight as an arrow. Robert spent a lot of time priming and sanding before Matt shot the color. Good job from what I can tell from 7000 miles away!
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Here are just some random pictures of roberts handy work. I am very luck to have someone this skilled to trust my truck to while I am away. The bracket is from the driver seat perch and the "x" is the floor board brace inside the front wheel well. These are very important to me as they represent the detail International put in their trucks and they are so prominent in the wells with the higher stance of the CPT suspension. Robert drilled out the spot welds and fixed the rust as a surprise for me, and I helped him weld them back in. Thanks Robert!

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I'm sitting in an airport some where in ass-crack-istan waiting to get on the freedom bird. My next post will be form state side. I have not had an update since I started moving across south west asia so no update on the build. I'm not sure anyone is still following along, but I should be able to get some better pictures and progress when I am home and working on the truck. For now I will try to upload another picture I got a couple of weeks ago of the wiring going in.

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I was able to get another picture to load so here it is. I'm disappointed in the condition of the motor. After it spending all summer on a stand getting detailed, it was left out side all winter in the truck. All of my hard work was undone. It looks worse now then it did before I redid it. The alternator was sent out and redone because it looked so shabby on the repainted and sealed engine. Now it is the best looking part under the hood.

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