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Well I'm in the doghouse again. My son's girlfriends dad was going to haul a 87 swb to the scrapper last week. I told her to call and tell him I would take it no matter the condition because of the parts. She said it was really rusty and I thought the worse.I did see one pic of the pass. side but thats it for now.

Its not as worse as I had thought. we're going to get it tomorrow and I'll post pics when it gets home.
A little of what I was told, Her dad said it ran fine when he cut it off. He loaded some stuff to carry to the dump and when he started to pull out of the drive way he noticed no oil pressure.No rattles or grinding or any knocking. he thinks its the oil pump.He's changed oil regularly and kept it up.it has set for about 3 years.

It's a 1987 Swb with 305. Engine compartment has been kept clean and the oil isnt that dirty. It does have gauges in it.

Does any one think,hopefully, that the gauge or sender could be bad or possibly oil pump went out? It did not knock or rattle before he shut it off.

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No noise? Gauge or sender more than likely. Easy to troubleshoot as aftermarket oil gauges are cheap. Sounds like you may have lucked into one.
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I hope it isnt anything major.

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Well went to get it and the pto on the wrecker wouldnt work. The owner of the wrecker was p..... Going to get it tomorrow. But I did get pics.

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A few more.The last one is the original convertor.

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That thing is nice for almost going to the crusher. I think it will clean up pretty good for ya,
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What did you have to give for it. Does not really look bad at all.

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That aint rusty ,thats plain nice . You did good by saving that one . And the doghouse sleeps pretty good if you got a big enough dog house . Im kidding ,my wife loves my addiction to cars and trucks ,she is as bad as I am.

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Now I understand why are frames are bent..That converter is huge..

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The dog house is heated and cooled.haha. I couldnt believe how go it looked when I saw it. I hope that it isnt the oil pump thats bad.

The PO didnt have the money to get it fixed so he goes and gets another car to drive and lets his son do the hauling.so thats good for me.

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That's what you call really rusty in Alabama? :lol:

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That thing is damn near mint here in Minnesota. Nice score!

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I w as told it was real bad rusted.But that will sand blast out.
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Wash it, Wax it, drop it, straighten that rear bumper and drive the h3ll out of it.

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Big Tex that what has crossed my mine. I havent been big on the drop but with the way it looks now it would look GOOD I think.

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I had to go pick the son up from the eye glass doc's office Tuesday and I noticed his oil gauge was reading real low at 1600 rpm and below 0 at idle. I put a mechical gauge on it Weds. afternoon and was suprised at the pressure.

So I'm hoping that is wrong with the new one.We'll see.

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In NY state that truck would be advertised as "Rust Free"...lol
-Sam

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I have no problem with I see rust wise. I told my wife when I posted it that you guys would be all over it .haha
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dam here too
nothing a spray nine wash couldn't clean up

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Looks pretty sweet! How much did it set you back? Here in Texas, that condition is considered descent with some rust through. What is the plan? Work horse? Hot rod? I like it! That would be a good work truck. Let us know!
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Not for sure yet Truck Guy.

Started playinv around this afternoon and bumped the starter and she fired off.Hasn't been tagged in 5 years instead of 3.
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Nice, wish my truck was that rusty.

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Damon as you said I have gotten lucky so far. Monday I replaced the sending unit with an aftermarket gauge has she does have 45-50lbs oil pressure. I'm carrying it to a guy I know that works on TBI's next week.

It's idling around 2500-3000 rpm and I dont like for it to idle like that for any leaght of time since it set so long.

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A little update, I said the truck was idling high turns out the TBI base gasket had a hole in it.It purrs like a little kitten. Now to get the inside cleaned out and some tires put on.