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Re: Junkman3's C3500
My chance to brag.........Thanks to Tim . 70 GMC C-30 with 9' stepside bed. Bought from DD distributer I worked for in Cleveland for $405.00 back in late '70s. Originally had 292 six cyl, 4 speed , no power steering or power brakes.
Dad ued as a farm truck for several years, then I prepped it for Detroit Diesel conversion. Removed A-frame front suspension, took springs and hangers and steering gear from a Blazer I parted out, bought a 4 by 4 front axle from a core buyer, had front axle modified to remove differential and ended up with tubular front axle . Installed used 4-53N, along with 3152 Spicer short 4th trans, along with 13" clutch that I took out of a '64 Chev model C-60.Students at Ohio Diesel Tech got it running for me, and changed injectors to max normal N-50s. I also installed a 5831 Spicer aux with .74 overdrive and left original GM diff with 4.10 gears. Ist put on road as a diesel in Sept. 1984 and put an additional 150K miles on that engine, til 1995. I found a 4-53T basket case engine, which I overhauled and updated to Silver Spec ............More tomorrow
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