The "Hulk": Ugly green truck to Juneau??

[712edf]

Road trip!!

Bucky

[oldndcctrucks]

After ignoring the Hulk the last 9 months while working on the Airstream, I nearly amputated half the last distal phalanx of my left middle finger (also known as the "freeway finger") at work being assisted in loading a full 4' x 10' sheet of 16 gauge stainless up to a shear. Not sure exactly what happened, but it came in faster than I expected and I got in trouble. The shear did not cause the injury.

It's doing fine, and despite a couple of requests by me to return to work, I have been off for six weeks.

The silver lining is: I am getting a lot done at home, and since I requested to return to work a couple of times, I am not fearful of being prosecuted for insurance fraud if someone has been taking pictures of me working.

So, I have made progress on the Hulk: adding the fuel filler neck for the new in-frame tank.

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Hand-made bracket

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This neck was the best that I could find; not ideal, but usable.

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The bed floor in this location was rusted to swiss cheese, which I replaced with plain steel.

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This box will protect the filler neck, and be removable. It does not interfere with laying a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood into the bed.

After this, creating a door will be next, then plug-welding the bracket to the bed side.

Finally, doing the remaining minor bodywork of the bed and then painting it, mounting it to the truck, and modifying the rear bumper brackets to accommodate the swept-side bed.

[oldndcctrucks]

I also participated in a trail ride with my Army truck buddies in the Cajon Pass hills, northwest of Devore, CA a couple weeks before the injury (5th vehicle). It did well, but I found that it would pop out of 1st gear after a few minutes.

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[KRB64]

Sorry to hear about the injury. Could have been way worse though huh...

Really nice filler box work. Probably will look stock after attached and painted.

Any more pictures of the trail ride? What's the huge rig in the rear?

[oldndcctrucks]

Yep, coulda been worse for sure!

Thanks!

That's all I have edited. Not very many. Can look in a few minutes.

The last one is a 1990's M939-series 5-ton 6x6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M939_s...6%C3%976_truck

[oldndcctrucks]

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Veterans' Day: Took a break and carried some VFW guys and their wives in the Beaumont parade.
One vet followed on his scooter!

[oldndcctrucks]

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All the exterior bodywork on the bed is finished except the fuel door and scratch-fill;
next is prepping and painting the underside.

As of yesterday, the truck is at an old guy’s shop getting the clutch done (and surfacing
the flywheel if necessary); and while he has that for 2-3 weeks, I’ll go get the
transmission from him and rebuild it and return it for him to reinstall.

[oldndcctrucks]

More of the trail ride:

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Small view of the more than thirty military vehicles present (WWII to current inventory)

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Prepping for the ride

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SUNNY, HOT, AND DUSTY

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End of trail, ready to head back. Seven more behind me. The 5-ton split off
and went back at the 3/4 mark.

Trail was northwest of the campsite near Lytle Creek Firing Line (California).

Here's a link to a YouTube vid of the event (hope it stays valid for a while!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knJjjx3wY74

[KRB64]

Cool, thanks for sharing.
Couple good shots of your truck there. Was that 91/93 Dodge a Cummins?
Lots of burnt trees...

[oldndcctrucks]

The red truck in the first pic, I think you’re right- the gray truck is a former military Chevy with a diesel

yep, lotsa burned trees

fires up there every year

[oldndcctrucks]

Actually started the transmission work:

1978 NP435

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One level cup of scraped dirt

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Scrubbed with brass toothbrush and gasoline

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Looks nice

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CLEAN

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Ready for cleaning and inspection.

I have a kit with added synchros (although it looks like I may not need them); the kit included
several Chinese bearings, so I am awaiting delivery of replacements for those.

Disappointed, but that's the world we live in today.

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The Hulk in the shop for the clutch.

Senior mechanic Gene worked on these when new; he found a few extra things to be addressed.
The shop will also resurface the flywheel.

The rear main seal is not leaking at all.

They are waiting for me to bring the transmission back to them.

[KRB64]

So not much metal in the oil then? Figure out why it's popping out of gear?

[oldndcctrucks]

No metal!

I haven’t done a thorough inspection yet

[oldndcctrucks]

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The bosses (hope that's the right name) for the shifter were loose in the tower. They had been
crappily peened but that didn't last. The bores were oversized, as well.

Not sure how they were installed at the factory; and I can't make new ones because I don't have a lathe.

I created new ones using grade 8, 3/8"-24 hex screws. I hand-ground the bosses to .310"-.315" diameter
(couldn't make them perfect), ground the tower boss lands square, and tapped the original holes.

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I will exchange the lock washers for internal-tooth if I can find some locally, and use blue Lok-Tite.

The test-fit with the shifter gave noticeable difference in precision of movement.

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The flywheel is ready.

[712edf]

Those transmissions are such joy to clean the gunk off of.

Bucky