I wish we had scrap trucks here we have to repair stuff or buy new from the USA and boy is that exspensive John
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Hi Chaps Well Iv been busy, Its been suggested that the vibration I'm getting is due to a faulty or incorrect Torque converter, I tore out the engine and found that it is the correct one but there is a fault on the vanes. Whilst the engine is out and I'm waiting on the torque converter too arrive from the USA ( DON'T ASK WHAT ITS COSTING) I decided to change the sump gasket and fi
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Hi again Just a big thankyou Ben I managed to get a hold of Greenlight, I managed to get hold of a 1965 Dodge D-100 Utiline, from the black bandit collection,Cost a good deal by the time it got here but heck I wanted one for years.Its not a crew cab or a W200 4x4 but it looks great on my desk, Thanks again folks Oh by the way gas here just hit a record high $9.50ish a UK gallon John
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Hi All Haven't posted for a while, Hope this finds you all well, For those of you that can recall I had an accident with a circular saw and have been tied up with lots of hospital stuff Not doing to bad with the fingers still got a couple of ops to go I still of course have the W200, Thirty one years now, I forgot to put anti freeze in this year but was very lucky didn't do any
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Glad your back Cheers and thanks for all the hard work and frustrations you've done John
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Hi Chaps Any one settle a bet for me? Ok the 1965 film The Rounders with Henry Fonda And Glenn Ford, About two aging cowhands and a cranky bucking horse. They drive an old beat up pick up with a horse loaded in the back. Whats the truck????? Also is it still legal to travel a horse like this in the USA today? Cheers all John
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Hi Chaps For quite a few years Iv had a real bad vibration problem around 60mph I'v tried just about everything Tires,wheels,alignment, etc, After reading the post about balance on a 360.Its been suggested to me that I could have the wrong Torque convertor in my truck,I had the transmission rebuilt and a new torque convertor was fitted Just recently I took off the engine fan which is t
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Hi Chaps Heres one for y'all. Who actually designed the 61-71 Dodge? Obviously a team of Chrysler designers, But was there an individual? Are there any interesting facts that came from the design? Id just like to know a little more of the history. I have a few Dodge Books but would like more info. Cheers all John
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Wow I wonder if that bumper would be legal it our politically correct, health and safety, obsessed country. Great truck Cheers all John
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heres one from the Auld Country. Even rarer here John
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Hi Chaps Iv had some vauge input on air bag suspension The guy really dosnt know that much, But its left me wondering if it would be a possible solution to the hard ride in my 1969 W200 4x4 crew cab. I'v pondered on gas shocks,and removing springs from the spring packs. Any thoughts any of you may have I would be more than pleased to hear them.I know absolutly nothing about this sytem so a
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Hi Chaps Heres what I did on my 69 w200, I used an angle grinder and cut a three sided hole and bent it out each side just large enought to get my hand in.Then I cleaned all the crap out and painted it with Hammerite plasticote type paint. Then I used a skeleton gun and a tube of silicone at the lowest point and filled it to where water would run straight out the holes, then I bent the three sid
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Hi chaps The hand is healing quite Quickly now its still pretty bad but a big improvement , Had a Bone graft and it seems to have taken. Two more skin grafts to go. Still haven't got a lot of use from it I can use the thumb tho its very stiff, also the pinkie finger and the ring finger has use I practice strenthening it by trying to pull in the clutch on the motorcycle Ain't managed it
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Hi Chaps Well it's two months since I Chopped off three fingers from my left hand with a circular saw, Iv been back in hospital with an infection in the wounds, I was on various anti biotic drips for a week and it seems to have cleared the infection up. The two fingers that were re attached seem to have taken tho they will never be very manouverable. tho with physio they will be of some u
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Hi Chaps I'v always been one of those people that dont read instructions. I tend to cut corners, remove the guards on angle grinders, I dont wear protective eye shields, I hold pieces of metal while I drill them instead of clamping in a vice. you get the general idea! well I just got out of the hospital wednesday I was using a circular saw on which the guard has always been stiff,
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Hi The truck runs fine no excessive water in tailpipes nothing shows on dipstick. It just wont stay full up always looses exactly the same amount never any more. There doesnt appear to be any leaks. John
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Hi Chaps For some years my radiator has always lost around a quart of water, very rarely any more than that. Just lately it looses nearly half gallon and the truck runs a fraction hotter on the gauge. This is a 1975 318ci the radiator was rebuilt with four cores around five years ago. Any Ideas? Its pouring with rain here in the middle of summer. Gas is nearly £8 a gallon we havent let any
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The serial number is on the plate in the pix but its kinda hard to see. Its.E25BB0S127645 The Date of delivery is November 1969 So if it is a 1970 how can it be delivered in 1969, I have had it explained before how the American system is later However if I get the truck delivered to me in time for christmas 1969 then I figure its a 1969 truck but then Im English and that would be the way we do
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Hi Chaps Sorry didnt answer straight back been on vacation driving around Devon and Cornwall, With the motor cycle, Havin' too much fun.Weather getting crappy goin back home Saturday. Anyway the Dodge has plasic bezel and has Dodge stamped into tailgate. But like I said I have the original paperwork for the truck when it was delivered to the military in 1969. Cheers all John
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Hi Chaps Bin havin hell tryin to post a pix heres another try Be interested in hearing what you have to say the delivery date is 1969 yet it has a 71 grille etc Cheers fer now JOHN
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Hi Jimmie I have no problem with the fabrication as i am an experienced welder Mig, Gas, and Arc.The diamond plate is readily available. The problem is the plans and fittings Handles etc they are not available here. I tried to make one before but with no plans to follow it just got messy. I found a man here that has some from stock he ended up with that was on its way to the USA but he has them
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Hi Chaps Does anyone know of a company that makes a crossover gull wing type or other type to fit a Stepside(Utiline)? If so Do you have a model number? Heres a pix of the headache rack combined saddle rack I made. Tried making a toolbox but cant get the parts over here Cheers all John
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Hi Chaps I have a 69 dodge w200 crew 4x4 it has a 1975 318ci. auto trans edelbrock 4bbl carb. with an rv cam and edelbock performer intake manifold, So whats the horsepower? and whats procedure for working it out? and any other info in simple terms cos I is dumb!!!! heres a pix of the ole bus loaded for work fixin fence and welding gates at the horse pasture. Cheers all John
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Hi Chaps We know how to have to much fun also. Bad news was it took all the next day to clean the thing Cheers all John
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Hi chaps I was watching a movie called the Long Way Home, Starring Jack Lemon. well he ended up hitch hiking to California with some young girl, He was picked up in an older panel van with windows all round Id call it a mini bus, It had the pie dish headlamps and I caught a glimpse of the model across the flat looking front it looked to me like FARSONE. Ive never heard of one or seen one before,
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I had picked up another steering box when i was in the USA the worm drive and ball carrier was more than usable so I just replaced the seals gaskets and the top and bottom bearings and like I said I found a set of ball bearings that matched I really do think it was a piece of cake I cant see how they can charge that much unless they are replacing the worm and cage and I dont see how the cage can
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Depending whats wrong with your one? I got a rebuild kit from EBay and did the job myself, Really easy job I even changed the ball bearings I scourced them from a bearing company over here in England they cost less than $5 the hardest thing was to get the (preload) adjustment correct I guessed at it then fitted it back on the truck and found I had to much slack then just took it up a little. Its
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I had the same error message when I tried him a couple of weeks back John
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Hi All I have to say that the new style forum is a lot less use friendly Trying to post a pix takes a lot more fooling around in a photo style shop. Even then its not that simple, Also in the old forum you could see the replies to post all listed now you have to click on each reply to see them then you have the problem of getting back to where you started, its probably me doing something wrong.
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