1991 V3500 Project Heavy Hauler

[MTCK]

Thanks Dave. Hastings 2c4718 set of 8 piston ring sets for $87.32 from Amazon with free shipping. That's more like it.

[whitels1]

No problem! Good luck with your build, I look forward to this going into your truck.

[COS399]

No wonder a new truck starts at $40K. LOL glad you found a less expensive route.

We had our first snow fall yesterday.

[slammed427]

Sweet build! I want to inject my 454, trying to figure out the best, most economical way to do it.

[watahyahknow]

cheapest would prolly be to use a stock GM TBI on the standard carb manifold

semisequentional (batch firing ignition and injection ) :
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/index.php
fully sequentional (can use ls type ignition coils and delete the distributor with this one) :
https://www.vems.com/

[MTCK]

So I just bought this truck at auction. Been looking for a plow and new ones are over $6k. Plan is to steal the plow and flip the truck. Pressure is on.

1984 K30, 9' flat bed with Tommy lift, 8' Meyer plow, 292, th400, np205 SRW and 4.56 gears.

[MTCK]

Don't really like the wear on this main bearing. Think the crank just earned itself a trip to the machine shop.

[MTCK]

Built a little cradle for the block to ride in the back of the pickup.

[MTCK]

All loaded up and headed to the machine shop in the AM. Nice to park in the garage again. We are headed for -15F this weekend.

[watahyahknow]

next time bring a m3player and some earbuds or small speakers
as long as the vehicle has a 12 volt hookup to put the charger in you will have tunes
a smarphone works too and it has satnav

another option is keep driving next to another car that has stereo with the windows down :P bet that will give some weird looks

[MTCK]

No 12v power in this truck but I had a buddy along to chat with.

Drug the plow out and hooked it up.

[MTCK]

Hooked up, bled and ready to go. The plow works great and snow is in the forecast. I'm not too excited about the flatbed though...

[MTCK]

Mother Nature has obliged me by providing a steady stream of snow since I got the plow truck going. I even got to use the lift gate to transfer my tools, recovery gear and chains over from the '91. That proved to be useful since 2 hours later I was pulling a duramax with a v-plow out of the ditch. I didn't snap any pics of that as traffic was backed up. Thinking I might just need to do a thread for this truck...

[stersam]

I love old plow trucks. My dad tells stories of the 65 chevy he built when he lived in south east Alaska.

[MTCK]

Cool, where did your dad live? I grew up in Juneau. Wet heavy snow down there.

[stersam]

Juneau

[whitels1]

Awesome seeing them do work! You know you ain't going to be able to let that sucker go!!!

[deejaaa1]

love the square bodies and especially the CC's. cool how you keep running across deals on so many trucks.

[MTCK]

Originally Posted by whitels1

Awesome seeing them do work! You know you ain't going to be able to let that sucker go!!!

That is the truth. I own them to use them. shhhhhhh don't tell anyone that last fact...

Originally Posted by deejaaa1

love the square bodies and especially the CC's. cool how you keep running across deals on so many trucks.

Yeah just keep working craigslist and the auction sites 24-7! We are really fortunate up here in the interior that there is so little rust. Almost a southwest of the north. The same can not be said of the new plow truck. It has a little cancer. Still not bad for it's age and purpose.

[watahyahknow]

bit off topic but i wonder if you can use ski wax to prevent the snow from clumping up on the blade

[MTCK]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

bit off topic but i wonder if you can use ski wax to prevent the snow from clumping up on the blade

I bet it would help. It's been really warm for the past week so it's unusually sticky. It all falls off when you drop the blade and it impacts the ground.

[MTCK]

Received good news from the machine shop yesterday. Blocked cleaned up with a hone, crank with a polish, and heads just needed a surface and a valve job. Cam bearings and freeze plugs are getting knocked in, and hopefully start reassembly after xmas.

[watahyahknow]

nice....... allways good that the expected outlay turns out less
did they found anything special like a higher strength block (heared some blocks have a higher carbon content) or better rods and stuff like that ?

[MTCK]

Nope, just a factory block. They don't have the rods, just the block, crank and heads.

[DirtyLarry]

Man, I didn’t realize your new flatbed plow truck was a 292! Now I really wish you lived closer so I could take that truck off your hands when your done with it. That is so cool and rare as hens teeth to find a K30 with a 292 let alone a 292 backed by an auto in a 4x4. Post up some pics of the engine when you get time. I would love to build something with a 292. For some reason I really love straight 6’s. There is a kid I know that has a solid running 292 with engine mounting brackets and all out of a ’70 for $350. I want it so bad but have nothing to put it in at the moment. Sorry for the derail, I just got excited when I noticed your sig listed the 292 in the flatbed. Glad the L29 is coming along well