Bringing a W900A Back To Life

I’m sure you’ll get lots of help when you need it, lot of good people on here, and we definitely need pictures. Are you going to put her to work once you’re done with the rebuild?

 

Looking forward to seeing some pics!

 

Hope you have better luck with finding someone to insure you to get it home than what I have had the last 2 weeks.

 

I will be watching with interest. I have an 82 with the big flat top I hope to get around to putting back on the road.
Mine is 300 in wheelbase on pete airleaf, with ss's, but I have a set of 46 rockwells with lockers on international air ride to go under it. Big cam 400 cummins and 15 in it now, I have not made up my mind to stay with that combo or not. I need to do some measurements, to see how much problem it would be to stick a cat or 12.7 in it with air to air. I have a line on a fresh ddec iv and an 18, it also comes with 46 doulle lockers on pete air trac, which would be a bolt in for the suspension, decisions, decisions.

I have a couple of A model parts trucks, eventually will have some parts once I make up my mind exactly what I am going to do.

 

I was going to go the Series 60 route with an 11.1L in my W9A if my 3406A block was no good. I think you'd be able to get an ATAAC in it if you threw the shutters in the trash can. An extended hood (which mine isn't) would obviously have more room to work with though.

 

Seen a few W900A with Peterbilt early style ATAAC that has inlet and outlet @ top.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing the progress. Good luck.

 

I know it has been done, a couple of different ways, one is to notch the radiator tank on top and use a cooler that goes over the top. I seem to remember that a W900L model radiator is shorter and will work without cutting the tank. If I decide to go this route I will figure what is the best way to go, probably will anyway even if I stay with the big cam, so I could add air to air.