Since I have had a lot of interest expressed in this little project of mine from a number of fellow forum members, I have finally decided to post a thread for it.
Bought this old girl at scrap price. The guy had it for sale for a couple years and was about to chop it up for scrap when I called him. She was in rough shape. I got her home and spent about 4 hours on her with the steam cleaner the next day.
She cleaned up pretty good. I bought 4 new 1000 cca batteries and started her up for the first time in years. 20 seconds of cranking and the old CAT roars to life. I let her warm up for a while. The wiring was a mess so I was in complete paranoia of the whole truck randomly bursting into flames. Fixed a few small air leaks and took her for a rip up and down the driveway a few times.
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Discussion in 'Kenworth Forum' started by AModelCat, Oct 26, 2015.
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She sat out in the back yard over winter until it warmed up enough to make some progress.
Finally had a chance to start torching off all the scrap parts. Had close to 3 pickup loads worth of junk that went to the dump.
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Set a travel trailer on the frame and now you have an RV.
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Eventually I tore out the spread double frame over the drives as well as the entire suspension and axles.
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@NorthernMechanic what is your vision for the end result? Show truck? Working truck?
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Keep up the good work. Love seeing these old girls come back to life!
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