Newbie
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Newbie
I am new to the forum, I am A high school auto shop teacher in Jasper Alabama. I pulled a 1966 Sweptline out of a field where it had been sitting 25 years. I installed ford wheels in order to tow back to the shop. The students and I were able to get engine unstuck pretty easy with marvel mystery oil and a breaker bar. I cleaned points and replace resistor block , added a battery and it fired up. We cleaned carb and installed a rebuild kit as well as fuel filter. Runs and idles fine and it stopped smoking after a few days. Me and the students replaced brake hoses and wheel cylinders as well as master cylinder. I have removed the power brake booster for now and run dual bowl manual brake master cylinder to stop. No gasket shave been replaced other than with the water pump. Everything works fine. I did have to put a replacement fuel tank in that i found at a guys house from a rolled over sweptline. I cant believe how tough it is. It looks old and dirty but is very dependable. I drive it just about every day for the past 2 years. I hope I can use forum to locate parts.
- Txas2step
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Re: Newbie
Tell us a bit more about your Swepty. D100,200? motor, trans Diff.? LWB/Short? Utiline, full reg. box? Lot's of good help here. You have to down size pictures to post . These are tough old trucks. Lot's have sat in fields, barns, back yards for years and have come back to life.
61 shorty 170/ 3spd 3:91(sold)
66 lwb 318 poly/727/4:10 (sold)
67 shorty 318poly/4spd 3:55
68 ute 318/3 spd/3:55(sold)
70 318/727/3:23
66 d200 225/4spd/4:10( military)(sold)
68 d100 383/727/3:55
66 lwb 318 poly/727/4:10 (sold)
67 shorty 318poly/4spd 3:55
68 ute 318/3 spd/3:55(sold)
70 318/727/3:23
66 d200 225/4spd/4:10( military)(sold)
68 d100 383/727/3:55
- Wildergarten
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Re: Newbie
Yay men!
'69 W200 (thumbnail)
'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
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'68 W200 (RIP)
'68 W200 383 NP435 3.53
'67 W200 383 NP435 4.10 w overload springs, Dana 60, PTO winch & flatbed dump, racks, crane, c-air (Max)
Mark Vande Pol
Wildergarten.org
Re: Newbie
Welcome to the site. You've come to the right place
for parts and advice.
John
for parts and advice.
John
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Re: Newbie
Hi there, I'm a newbie to the site as well to owning a D100. I'm not to far from you, I am in Kimberly, just north of Birmingham. I just purchased a 1970 D100, small block V8, automatic. I'm looking forward to getting underneath it and tinkering with it. Maybe add power steering to it and disk brakes.
- DocsTruck
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Re: Newbie
Welcome!!!
Sounds like we got a little "Alabama Gang" happening, I'm in Opelika!!!
Sounds like we got a little "Alabama Gang" happening, I'm in Opelika!!!
Marty
Keeper Of Old Blue
1968 D100 Custom
Keeper Of Old Blue
1968 D100 Custom
- hmaynord
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Re: Newbie
kinda late to the party. fairhope here
harris
late 65 (titled as 66) D100 SWB 225-1, 3 speed, 3.91
driving it since 12/03/71
late 65 (titled as 66) D100 SWB 225-1, 3 speed, 3.91
driving it since 12/03/71
- cudaboy
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Re: Newbie
Harris, My fiancé and I just got a place in Fairhope. Barnwell community. Im there most weekends, and very close to retiring, and moving there fulltime.
M.O.P.A.R. =
My Own Private Adrenaline Rush !
My Own Private Adrenaline Rush !
- hmaynord
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Re: Newbie
sure, often we drive thru barnwell when we take my mother for a ride.
shoot, man, with 2 we can have a club
harris
late 65 (titled as 66) D100 SWB 225-1, 3 speed, 3.91
driving it since 12/03/71
late 65 (titled as 66) D100 SWB 225-1, 3 speed, 3.91
driving it since 12/03/71
- cudaboy
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Re: Newbie
Do you ever take your trucks to a cruise night ? Or, do you know of any on the eastern shore area ? the only one Ive been to is the sonic, in Foley.
M.O.P.A.R. =
My Own Private Adrenaline Rush !
My Own Private Adrenaline Rush !
- hmaynord
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Re: Newbie
well, you know more about that than I do. I've never done a cruise anywhere.
harris
late 65 (titled as 66) D100 SWB 225-1, 3 speed, 3.91
driving it since 12/03/71
late 65 (titled as 66) D100 SWB 225-1, 3 speed, 3.91
driving it since 12/03/71