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Old 09-20-2021, 08:29 PM   #5
Seanext
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Location: Dallas NC
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Re: 1972 C30 Dump truck

I first thought the radio delete was the PTO also, but turns out it looks like a lawn mower throttle but he used it as a throttle. It is rigged to the gas pedal. He said that is what happened to the PTO pump. He reach over to do something and got something caught on the lever and the engine revved wide open. He said when that happened the PTO shaft broke and whipped the driveshaft into what looks like can that has been stepped on. Being on the farm they do what ever it took to get things going. I spend some time today and vacuumed out the inside and washed the outside. I got a trash can full of cigarette packs, snack bags and news paper out of the inside. I kept hearing what sounded like marbles going through the vacuum turned out to be acorns and fence staples. It had to be a whole box of staples, and herd of squirrels that placed them inside. I am sure the squirrels got in through the basketball size hole in the floor.
Now to get the engine unstuck. Any tricks?
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