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Been a while since I was on here, thought you folks would get a kick out of the latest rig.
D300 with a 4-53 Detroit, NP 540 conversion. Previous owner kept it in pretty good shape, was able to do a 4000 mile road trip with just basic maintenance. Yes, earplugs the whole trip.

My 22x26 cabin is real comfortable, cheap to heat and maintain. Even built a couple of small boats in the living room. Works even better now that the shop is built, and the tools are out there. Smaller works if you have the discipline to keep from gathering gadgets. Sounds like fun anyway.

Engine masters (part of Hot Rod Magazine) is working on a Poly 318 build, should be interesting.

'68 D200, 440, 727, 4.10 rear. 13mpg all highway, 9 or 10 towing moderate. Might get better if my extra Cummins crawls under the hood.

I'd like to find a similar rig for my Alcan adventures. Let me know when you'll let it go.

I have the same issue in an automatic 1st gen. In my case the mechanical temp gauge is installed by the thermostat housing, which is just downstream of the tranny cooler. Don't know if you are running the stock type trans cooler, but transmission heat could be the culprit. That's an awesome truck yo...

Prayers for the family. I've enjoyed the PWA for many years.

Nice, the OD Clark is hard to come by anymore.

My daily drivers are a 1990 W250 Cummins, 155k miles, just getting broke in. And a 1993 W350 Cummins with 230k, we're hitting the Alcan with it this week for a round trip to the Northwest.

Nah, use the Perkins. Or just drive the Caveman.

Nice truck, saw it at the parts store last week.

Depending on what swepty stuff you're after, might be able to help you out a little closer to home. PM me sometime if you're interested, or watch for the "Power Wagon" bayweld.

I was just there today and picked up a 93 w250. He doesn't have much swepty stuff though.

Looks awesome! Kind of partial to the 300s myself. When I stopped to say hello to Kaegi a few years ago, he gave me the mirrors that were on that truck when he got it. Free to the truck they came from. We'll figure out a way to get them south.

Now that looks like an Alaska camper. When you're done with it, I might have to come visit. Is there a Perkins sitting in the shop waiting for it? Looks more comfortable to sleep in than the crew.
Take care,
Arne

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I've bought quite a few from them, including sweptline era.

Cool rig, I bet it gets a cummins though. I still have a Weiand 4 barrel intake new in the box for a poly if you go that way, I'll be coming down in April.
Arne

Synthetic is at it's best on a cold winter morning, moves alot better and parts get lubricated sooner. Most of my rigs get synthetic in the gearboxes and engine. Probably wouldn't worry about it in a warmer climate or summer rig though. Oh yeah, doesnt stay in the knuckles on the old trucks, comes r...

Yep, yeah, oh yeah. Drove a W300 home to Alaska from Texas, someone at every stop had a story about Dad, Uncle or Grandpa who had a truck like that. It was a blast!

Look closely at your new points, recently bought a set that the insulator wasn't on right. Took a while to figure out why it wouln't run after a tune up .