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My neighbor recruited me about an hour ago to work on a very nice original 48 loadmaster. Used to belong to the Anderson Poindexter funeral home here in town and hasn't been on the road in many years. According to the stickers it had 47,000 miles in 67 and now reads 53,000. Don't know where it's been stored but not even a hint of a mouse motel. The current owner has been playing with it and got it out of time. The carburetor looks to have a stuck float and it needs an undetermined amount of brake work, but we'll be diving into it tomorrow. Should be a relatively easy and fun after-work project for a week or two. Maybe it'll motivate me a little to do more work on my 54. I've put off doing the body work on her but she still runs and moves!

Way to go, Jordan!!! Good on ya for passing along what you've learned here. You've made my weekend!

Good to hear from you. My computer deleted some of my friends on FB so If you think I deleted you I did not.

John, passing it on is the only way i can think of to repay everyone here for what I've learned!

Ron, I just figured you gave up fb 😀 Good to hear from you too!

Welcome back!
Hope you get your friend's truck running. Keep us posted on that, and either you or he post some pictures of it. Gotta love them Big Bolts!

A neighbor half a mile down the road used to have two potential projects sitting in a barn on his place- - - - -an early 1960's D-4 Cat dozer and a late 1940's COE with about a 12 foot flatbed on it. The cylinder head on the COE had been removed many years ago. and was sitting on the running board. The last time I had a conversation with him about the dozer, he said "Make me an offer". I'm almost afraid to name a price- - - -he might accept, and if you think buying stovebolt parts gets pricey- - - - - -that yellow Cat paint must be made of gold dust!
Jerry

Jerry .... About that dozer... offer him scrap value, or below. Wait for scrap to go high again. And then see how much that gold painted iron is worth when you scrap it.

Yeah, talk about tired iron... And I thought boats were expensive ...

About that COE, on the other hand .... A GM??

I believe it's a Chevy, but I haven't seen it in several years. It could be a GMC. It might have even found its way to the recyclers by now. Another neighbor has a 51 GMC pickup rolling chassis with a 270 in it- - - -engine, trans, and rear end. He scavenged the sheet metal off the frame to build a rat rod on a S-10 chassis, and sort of got sidetracked and never finished the project. He's also got a 1946 Navion airplane in several pieces that will probably never fly again.
Jerry

Jerry, you're correct about that genuine gold dust! Caterpillar has or will raise the price of parts 15% this year, and availability is another thing. I've got a D11t engine at work I started on March 14th and just now received the last few parts.

Update on the truck- The only wires hooked up were the battery cables so that might've caused a little issue. Now has spark and cranks evenly. I suspect it is a 261 or larger engine, definitely not the 216 it would've had. Only got to work on it a little today. We're both working on it for an elderly gentleman and my neighbor is the guy running the show, so I'm at his mercy. Wednesday will be the next day to look at it. I'll see what I can do picture wise. Thought it was neat that there are two heaters under the dash, one on the passenger side as normal and another that appears to be an electric heater by the steering column. Can't say that there's nothing wrong with the radio, it didn't make a peep.

Jordan, like many of us I am glad to see you here. We've missed you buddy. You feel like one of our long lost bolters!! Keep trucking and don't be a stranger. Like John said, this made my day. We're all proud of you.

Jordan, Make a friend request if you want. One day most of my friend's lists went away. It is my laptop. I am also on the HHR club website. I bought one last August, 143,000 miles, burgundy.

Thanks Alvin, that means a lot! No work on a stovebolt today but I did pick up a battery for the Biscayne and put a few nickels in it at the gas station

Ron, it says we're still friends on fb but you apparently haven't posted anything since December