My 1976 project thread

[dodge dude94]

hey got a current pic of the truck? i love 1st gens and there are very few around me that are still kicking let alone in restored quality! coolest ive seen was at a chevy dealer show around the corner 1970 w250 adventurer very pretty

im sorry if you have many on this thread already but i dont feel like skimming the whole thread with tapatalk lol

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Your reply made me realize that I haven't taken any pictures of the truck in a while.

Soooo this is exactly how it sits: right in front of my house waiting to go to my workout. lol

















83100 mi....new speedo needle too.




Annd here is a pic from the day it was brought home....parked in the same spot it is now. lol




Slowly but surely it's getting better. Been a learning experience since day one.

 

[dodge dude94]

Went down to the exhaust shop this morning to get that coupler gasket replaced. Dude started trying to get the nuts loose, wouldn't break free and you can't get a torch in there.
Driving down the road I remembered that they aren't studs: they're bolts. D'oh!

So I'm back to square one.

 

[crazzywolfie]

do it yourself. snap them bolts, replace the gasket install new bolts.

 

[dodge dude94]

Oh, the thought is there I tell you. lol

 

[crazzywolfie]

i am pretty sure i did that to the old bolts on the 81. as long as you don't snap the bolts on the manifold that go into the head your all good lol. i have replace all the bolts on my exhaust. still running factory no exhaust manifold gasket

 

[dodge dude94]

I need a damn impact. lol None of this breaker bar crap.

 

[crazzywolfie]

electric impacts work pretty good but most of the time i snap stuff with a good old ratchet an wrench lol. great way to bust knuckles

 

[dodge dude94]

My stuff isn't as corroded as your stuff though.

 

[crazzywolfie]

funny enough most of time i can clean bolts good enough so break them free. just usually the heat from the exhaust usually cause the bolts to fail sooner than they should. plus sometimes it is easier to snap a bolt than it is to mess with it. new bolts are only about $0.10 each.

 

[dodge dude94]

True. Think an 18in breaker bar will do it? lol

 

[crazzywolfie]

I have broken bigger bolts with less lol

 

[dodge dude94]

Interesting. What size are the bolts?

 

[crazzywolfie]

i don't know. the only thing i think i remember was that the bolt head and nut were 14mm or 9/16"

 

[Merc225hp]

3/8ths I think Crazzy can verify.

Edit; Put a stud back in, don't use a bolt. You use the wrong length bolt and you could crack the manifold.

 

[crazzywolfie]

3/8ths sounds about right size for the bolt size

 

[dodge dude94]

The thing is, they ARE bolts, not studs. lol

And 3/8ths, cool.

 

[crazzywolfie]

i always use washers. i think the holes are 7/16" so there is a bit of room to play. you should be able to judge size and everything that you need and then walk into the hardware store and get what you need. most likely only going to cost you about $1 in hardware. i swear some days it probably costs me more in gas to get the hardware than the hardware costs me lol

 

[dodge dude94]

True that.

 

[dodge dude94]

Removed and washed out the overflow bottle. 'twas nasty. Filled it back up with 50/50 green.

 

[crazzywolfie]

it will get dirty again. done that a couple of times.