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That is a 1978 F250 4X2, 400 with an NP435 4 speed. Dana 60 rear. It was/is so I ugly I called it the Chick Magnet. It was a C6 when I bought it, I bought a parts truck, rebuilt the NP435 myself and swapped everything out to make it standard. Paid $400 for the Chick Magnet, and $250 for the parts truck.
It knocked so bad you could hear it 3 blocks away. It used a liter of 15w40 every 50 miles. No exaggeration. I'd pull in to a gas station to fill up the oil and check the gas level.
Replacement truck is a 1978 F250 4x4. 351M, np435, np205. Came with a Dana 44 front, Dana 60 rear. Currently has a Dana 60 front, with a Dana 70 rear in the shop waiting to go in. Paid $800 for the Redheaded Stepchild. -
I used to carry clean spark plugs and a ratchet in the green truck. I'd be driving along and it'd start to run rough, pull over, change out #4 and #8 plugs and keep on rockin'. They'd foul so bad you couldn't see the electrode anymore. I'd put the plugs in a spare cylinder head and clean the carbon off with a torch and throw them back in the rotation.
I still miss that truck.
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At this point I don't feel that finger pointing serves any good use. I think at some point all of us who have driven for more then a few years has drove tired. I know I have. What bothers me the most is the FMCSA is a bureaucracy. It is full of bureaucrats whom have to justify their existence. If a truckers farts they take notice of it. Before long truckers are going to be more like lab rats with things stuck up body orifices just to drive. Regulation is on us now. Outside of a general driver strike and work stoppage (not going to happen) I see no solution.
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All I will say is you pick up a load of Cattle and move em 1500 miles. Take your 2 ten hour breaks and see how many are alive when you get there. -
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