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Fire truck
Back again. Went and saw the fire truck, did triage so to speak. First off, used half a can of WD40 on paper wasp nests, the rest went on a lot of semi-frozen linkage. The clutch is stuck, probably to the flywheel. It tried to start, sounded ok. The exterior have seen some weather, not really bad. Odometer says a touch less than 10k, all in all, I give it a 6.5 to a 7 out of 10.
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Do not believe the 'touch less than 10K' miles shown on the odometer.
The odometers of these trucks read to 99,999.9 then return to ZERO. A touch less than 110,000 miles would be realistic.
The original paint is acrylic enamel. Get some DuPont white polishing compound, apply with a damp sponge, easier to remove when it dries.
If you know how to use a buffer, that would make it one heck of a lot easier. But if you don't know, don't use it...buffers can get away, run amok.
Another trick is using 600 wet/dry paper, go over the paint very carefully keeping the body wet. Then rub out with the Dupont stuff.
Post a better pic of the Warranty Plate, I'll decode all the codes. It's hard to make out, but it appears that the DSO code is 72 = truck was ordered from and sold new in NorCal.
The odometers of these trucks read to 99,999.9 then return to ZERO. A touch less than 110,000 miles would be realistic.
The original paint is acrylic enamel. Get some DuPont white polishing compound, apply with a damp sponge, easier to remove when it dries.
If you know how to use a buffer, that would make it one heck of a lot easier. But if you don't know, don't use it...buffers can get away, run amok.
Another trick is using 600 wet/dry paper, go over the paint very carefully keeping the body wet. Then rub out with the Dupont stuff.
Post a better pic of the Warranty Plate, I'll decode all the codes. It's hard to make out, but it appears that the DSO code is 72 = truck was ordered from and sold new in NorCal.
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I'll sort the paint out once it gets to my driveway. I used ATF on a faded red VW with some success, any and all paint work takes time and effort. The Detonator Yellow Imron on the Ranchero took two months, we won't talk about the bucks.
I do believe the odometer reading, the bill of sale from the fire dept says 9675 miles, but those are road miles. There are probably a few thousand hours on the motor from running the pump.
Is this better?
I do believe the odometer reading, the bill of sale from the fire dept says 9675 miles, but those are road miles. There are probably a few thousand hours on the motor from running the pump.
Is this better?
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I love my old fire truck, mine has 27,000 miles on the odometer, and probably a million hours of idling. Mine drives down the road straight, and feels as tight as any truck its size, brand new. My truck was a water tanker used for forest fires. I took the tank off and I'm looking for a 10 foot flat bed to throw on the back. My truck has the 330HD engine, 9 quarts of oil, the engine has a governor. Top Speed for my 72 F700 is 60mph, thank god the speed limit in Upper Michigan is 55. I love my old truck, I'll bet you'll love owning yours too. Only thing that kind of sucks is the 7 mpg premium fuel with lead additive its burning. Over $4.50 a gallon up here. 
Mine had holes in the roof from old antennas, I went to Walmart and bought some fake antennas to cover the holes. Anyway so far I've got 2000.00 bucks in a 40 year old truck that drives like new.
Mine had holes in the roof from old antennas, I went to Walmart and bought some fake antennas to cover the holes. Anyway so far I've got 2000.00 bucks in a 40 year old truck that drives like new.
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