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Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:29 pm
by BigBlockTrucks
The plan is to roll some new bearings in it and run it.
I have seen this once before. It was on a Chevy engine with a cast crank and the thrust surface on the crank was worn also. That one went in the scrap pile.
This time the crank still looks good. Just a worn bearing.
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:36 pm
by PwrWgnDrvr
BigBlockTrucks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:12 pm
PwrWgnDrvr wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:18 am
Wouldn't the fan spinning on the front keep the crank full forward against the thrust bearing?
I wouldn’t think so the fan is on the water pump.
Ya, needed more coffee...
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:34 pm
by nutz
ha fan...good one
would think you can find thicker thrust bearing as long as crank isn't worn
thinking it was out of a manual trans ..only time i ever seen thrust bearing ware
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:20 pm
by thehemikid
Apologize for leaving it outside for a few days so I could do some work on the skid.
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:42 pm
by Wildergarten
Drove the Green Truck down the hill into Silicon Valley to deliver a pallet of a 69 W200 driveline components to Old Dominion Freight. Stopped at the Hospital for a pacemaker check. Got a burger for breakfast (the first I've had in a couple of years). Stopped at A&M Motor Parts. Spent a half hour at the Post Office.
The entire time I never locked it. Seeing as the truck has this special security system otherwise known as a "manual transmission."
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:01 pm
by BigBlockTrucks
Wildergarten wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:42 pm
Drove the Green Truck down the hill into Silicon Valley to deliver a pallet of a 69 W200 driveline components to Old Dominion Freight. Stopped at the Hospital for a pacemaker check. Got a burger for breakfast (the first I've had in a couple of years). Stopped at A&M Motor Parts. Spent a half hour at the Post Office.
The entire time I never locked it. Seeing as the truck has this special security system otherwise known as a "manual transmission."
A manual choke is almost the same deturant if the engine is cold. The battery will die before they could make it start.
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:29 pm
by Wildergarten
BigBlockTrucks wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:01 pm
A manual choke is almost the same deturant if the engine is cold. The battery will die before they could make it start.
Unfortunately, the Edelbrock thermoquad carburetor accelerator pump bore on The Green Truck is so corroded it can't squirt, so I have to keep a can of ether in the cab or
I can't start it. Of course, that presupposes that said malefactor wouldn't think the ether is for vaping ether instead of starting the truck.
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:40 am
by Dale
Thanks everyone for the help. Take care!
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:11 am
by JohnB
Checked the fuel tank sending unit and ended up replacing the brass float. I was getting inaccurate readings and thought maybe the variable resistor was bad but found the float with a crack and filled with gas. Reads correctly now. I dug out an NOS sending unit just in case but wasn't needed. That's it, no major work done.
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:00 pm
by Frankenline
I had my flywheel resurfaced, ordered my ring gear, bought some bolts.
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:48 pm
by Wildergarten
The Green Truck moved four 16' cattle panels and a gate for a wild pig trap down to the house. Balanced them hanging over the cab. I'll be using the panels as reinforcing wire in concrete slabs I hope to pour this month.
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:36 pm
by Dale
Great news, got my parts catalog!
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:18 pm
by PwrWgnDrvr
Nothing but the FSM.
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:52 pm
by Dale
Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone!
Re: What do you do with your sweptline today?
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:55 pm
by PwrWgnDrvr
No gaskets used there.