CRD

This weekends project is to find some tires and wheels for the 720 without breaking the bank.

I tried every means of persuasion available to me with no luck. There were also some dings in the shaft right where the inner seal rides. I cut the old bearing with a cold chisel and it still didn't budge. It was bad enough to make me not trust the axle to hold a bearing or a seal again.

Changed the front bearings and rear breaks. While investigating a leaky rear wheel seal I found the bearing welded to the axle. I found an axle shaft at another yard and installed it. I'll take it out for a good drive in the next few days and see how the repair holds.

I'm going to work on it tomorrow, new breaks and front wheel bearings. I need to size up the cab I have and decide if it worth fixing. Both trucks are king cabs. Thank you for the info Wayno, I appreciate it.

I'm wondering if the cab from that 84 would work on my 81? It's a different dash setup and the dash in the wrecking yard truck is trashed. My cab has rust issues ad the right inner fender needs to be cut out and swapped. Maybe a cab swap would be easier. It would give me a chance to strip and paint the spare cab ahead of time so the truck is down for less time. What do you guys think?

I pulled the parts I took. It's at budget truck wrecking in auburn. They told me they didn't have any diesels but its out there. 84 white kc. Engine was still whole as of Saturday.

I got lucky and found an 84 720d with a SD25 at an auburn wrecking yard. I got the electronics for mine and a few other needed pieces. Now it starts and stops off the key, the wiper transmission is tightened up and I also put in some new ball joints to tighten the front end up a bit. Still looks terrible but it drives much better now. Thank you all for the help and advice getting it this far.

I'd like it to work off the key so I think a working dpc will be worth chasing down. I'd thought about using a power trunk release on a button to kill it. The resting position for the pump arm is the run position so if you rigged a trunk release or a remote door opener like you would use with shaved door handles would work. The problem with old rare parts is that they're old! Are the dpc modules available new anywhere? What is a fair price on a used one?

My fixes on the gear oil leaks are holding so far. I started looking at the engine kill setup and found the dpc to be bad. The dpc circuit board is burned all the way thru so no fixing it. That was one of the parts missing from the wrecking yard truck. I've got some time off for the holiday and might be able to get some work done on it.

I was thinking of putting in an auxiliary fuse block to replace the links. It would be a bit more modern. I'm going to work on it a bit tomorrow. I replaced the pinion seal the other day and haven't test drove it yet. Hoping I stopped the last gear oil leak. I'll post more tomorrow.

The electronics were picked over and the wiring cut. The injectors and lines were pulled so the motor is full of water. Throttle lock cable was broken and the cluster was mangled. It looked pretty used up and rusted out. I was looking at my pickup and noticed that the fusible links are missing. The last owner bypassed them. I need to get a book with wiring diagrams so I can start trying to put it right again.

I made it to the wrecking yard this morning and bought all I could off the scrap truck. Got the trans, starter, alt, wiper motor and transmission and the fuel shut off (the part that bolts to the block but not the module. It was a factory ac truck but there's not much of the system left and the wiring is too Frankensteined to mess with. All in all a good find. I don't need the trans right now but it seemed a shame to let it get crushed.

I've been working tons of OT but it looks like I've got a few days off on the horizon. I changed the rear tranny seal today to stop a leak and noticed the pinion seal has a leak so that'll be tomorrow. The wrecking yard should be open on Tuesday to get after some parts. While I wa under it I noticed that the rust seems to be confined to the foot wells. This cab might still be salvageable.

Thank you for the shopping list, I'll take it with me. Now all I need is a day off!

Thank you for the advice. I'll head out on Wednesday and scavenge what I can off the scrap truck. I tried hooking everything back up and nothing seemed to work. I'll post what I pick up.