it has C6p RPO so its fortunately a thicker stronger frame than a 1980 K25 would normally be, it gets modulus numbers that look like crew cabs (but without the added length) so I like to think thats the only thing that kept it from worse things lol.
Also no, the pump appears, to what I could find, a willys 1940s-1950s hydraulic pump but I am not 100% certain, I havent tried to find out very hard lol.
And I wont be relying on it, I used it for the 2020 winter but my motor mounts, t case mount, my accidental using the
wrong spline/diameter/design axle shaft in the front(I had a u joint blow a long time ago, like 2017 or 2018, and I bought another shaft. but the 1980 dana 44 unfortunately has a slightly different design, length, spline, and diameter shaft. so I put a smaller shaft into the diff ;( )
Essentially all mean that it needs a lot of TLC to be used again. And because my plow sectoring holes(lol) got as bad as they did over that one winter, I dont think it would take long to make it break something haha.
And from what I am told, the plow (being a very very wide one) came off a medium duty service truck for the country when he used to work for the county board, and the mounting sector/aframe Im guessing he built because the one it had for the bigger truck likely placed the plow under the center(guessing?) so he manufactured a hookup.
However, he used to use a narrower myer (or was it western..) plow , which Im guessing he just based the hookup dimensions on that because the old plow still could have hooked up to the truck, just no angling. My step dad got that plow he made it into a skidsteer plow. So Im pretty convinced that if I find the same type of plow that I could easily hookup to it and I just would have to figure out how to control side rams. I wouldnt mind a narrower plow either. Fortunately the truck-side hookups are fine and are in good health.
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I also have "new" edges that are in a pile that I presume were destined to be bolted on the bottom to keep it sharp, and the top "roller" stuff is gone but I could make something not too hard. The plow itself is in okay shape thankfully.
Also, those all terrain T/As were okay in the winter with 2000 in the bed but the one front tire had a belt failure and started to lose air in addition to the bulge that ran around the circumference just off center lol!!! I put the spare on, which is a wider, less aggressive, same diameter AT tire. The T/As were good for free tires that sat in the sun for a couple years before I put them on this.
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Better than the bias plys with no tread and split rim 16.5s I was originally faced with.. lol..
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These are older photos but I made sure to make the connections a little less.. that. Lol. I wish it was a hydraulic pump driven by a belt and not a electric motor but all in due time.
Also by time I can get any of the fixes that I talked about.. it needs brake lines and hoses. The hoses are cracked, not leaking, but I could see a burst in its future. The rear wheel cylinder on one side is just toast it sprays out quick so that would be something to do. This issue must have been present like 15 years ago, my gpa has a set of shoes and a drum and wheel cylinder already which tells me he was going to do it. I will just simply get a new wheel cylinder if the seals look iffy(carquest part, but its also from before parts were like today. so maybe good) and hardware.
The u joints are also getting a little loose and old (some take grease, some dont)
BUT ANYWAY. This happy bird has a 350 which is mechanically doing "good" and doesnt burn much oil, might not burn much at all once I time it and get carb set proper heheh. a new distributor(worn advance stuff, older design which meant needing to overhaul the distributor). Then it powers a SM465, but unfortunately it wasnt the one that it came with. It was a 1986 which had a hydraulic clutch. So he kinda rigged the fork to make the mechanical z bar work on it. Then it goes into a np208. love that 4lo and L combination. The crossmember is backwards and the driveshaft is too short, the axles are 4.10 and the tires are whateveer works as long as they match. My cab doesnt even have a floor on the driver side and the gas tank is probably supporting the bench on driver side, I would not stand and walk in the bed if someone even paid me(weight reduction in the wrong places) and the frame has about 0 rust on it. Oh and the fuel filler is in the wheel tub, with a access cut out in the bed to allow filling, because my gpa put a 1 tank bed on the truck and his solution was make a hole.