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RaggedGT

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Well guys,I’ve been looking at buying some larger equipment for my own personal use to do dirt-gravel and eventually concrete work around my home and garage.

Side note, I work for the local transit authority . A few times a year they liquidate stuff on govdeals.com

Look at this Dead Sexy SonofaBiach I just acquired-


1975 F-600 Dump Truck
330 FE, 4-speed,35K Original miles.


The good- the cab is rusty, been fairly well maintained , has been parked inside on concrete the last couple of years.
The Bad- it got parked because it needs the frame mount vacuum brake booster replaced-and it’s basically unobtainium at present


The 2150 Carb needs gone through and the old fuel drained out, but hopefully I’ll have it home in the next week or so
 
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General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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SCORE!!!!
A Godzilla engine and a hyraboost brake swap and that's a brand new old truck!
 
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Noobz347

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Here's @General karthief 's last dumptruck:

View: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yuq46
 
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2Blue2

will be trying this sex one when I can find it
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Im digging the old girl! an low mileage to boot, Nice!
 
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RaggedGT

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Found a used booster on the internet- they must know it’s impossible to find lol.
Anyways it’s just money, can always make more-just hoping a used 50 year old part ,fixes my current 50 year old part lol
 
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LILCBRA

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I know nothing about those boosters, but is this it?

A1 Cardone 51-8000 Remanufactured Hydro-Vac Booster 1 Pack - Itgaps

As a remanufactured Original Equipment part this unit guarantees a perfect vehicle fitAll O.E. quality seals and check valves are installed on every unit for like-new performance and reliabilityExclusive rust-prohibitive finishing process extends unit life; master cylinder output rods are...
itgaps.com

It at least looks similar.
 

RaggedGT

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It is-but they have bad reviews for taking your money and leaving ya hanging. I appreciate ya looking for. Me
 
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RaggedGT said:
It is-but they have bad reviews for taking your money and leaving ya hanging. I appreciate ya looking for. Me
Click to expand...

Hopefully the 50 year old part acts more like a 49 year old part that's taken that blue pill....
 
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Willybill32

But at least it's tight!
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RaggedGT said:
Found a used booster on the internet- they must know it’s impossible to find lol.
Anyways it’s just money, can always make more-just hoping a used 50 year old part ,fixes my current 50 year old part lol
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You're in Taylorsville...I'm in Nicholasville. Nice to find someone on the forum not too far away!

Bill
 
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RaggedGT

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Willybill32 said:
You're in Taylorsville...I'm in Nicholasville. Nice to find someone on the forum not too far away!

Bill
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Not to far at all- there’s a few nearby- @kiddicurus turns up every now and then from bardstown
 
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Cool. My neighbors would love that.
 
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You never forget your first..... dump truck!?
 
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Willybill32 said:
You're in Taylorsville...I'm in Nicholasville. Nice to find someone on the forum not too far away!

Bill
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...and has a dump truck!
 
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RaggedGT

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New to me brake booster showed up Friday, went Monday morning after work to the storage barn and installed it. Went about as expected, rusty brake lines and bolts that had to be ground off. Put a kit in the carb. Topped off the fluids, swapped the battery-and it started like it was parked yesterday. Proceeded to bleed the brakes-luckily all the bleeders cooperated . Everything bled out well,nothing was leaking, engine stayed cool. Left on the maiden voyage for my 40 mile road trip home, brakes lasted about 4 blocks lol.

Did a road side check,found no leaks-reaivoir almost empty. Filled it up and bled at the remote booster. Had perfect brakes again. Over the next 4 hours the brakes would fail roughly 4 more times-fortunately I live in a rural area and was able to limp it home using the clutch and a mix of the flange brake .
 
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RaggedGT

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Update: After the used booster turned out bad-I bypassed it. Manual brakes on this truck is pretty stupid,so I barely used it last year.
Found a company that makes an upgrade kit-decided to not pay what they charge for the kit and bought the modern Booster and master cylinder- combo valve etc. when the weather permits. I’ll have power brakes again
 
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Some Progress- weather permits I’ll plumb it tomorrow
 
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2Blue2

will be trying this sex one when I can find it
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DUMPTRUCK!!
 
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