60Patrol

Rob thanks very much for the further explanation of the GM three wire, that's super helpful. being more of an old motorcyle guy means i know generator and magneto systems better, this set up is new to me. our full update for the day will come later but we have a stupid question that we are stalled o...

Rob thanks so much for the insights about the alternator I was just looking at that mess and trying to figure out WTF was going on there. the green wire that runs up into the dash, it is bodged in on the ignition so it is sensing a load but we'll move it somewhere more sensible. https://photos.smugm...

Day Two update: Family time meant only some time to work on the rig today but we did get some things done. We sorted out the horn switch by swapping the incorrect castle nut for a shorter standard nut and took the opportunity to re-clock the steering wheel correctly. The relay worked well when bench...

Thanks everyone for the replies: jwgreen: We have been looking at the wiring diagrams for few weeks now, mostly the ones we found on the thread linked in the first post of this thread, and a few we found on the web. There is one that RiverPatrol posted as being from a 67 that is the one we are looki...

thanks for the offer of a phone consult, I'd definitely like to take you up on that in a day or two. First I want to spend a good bit of time getting my head around the existing wiring so that in can save your time and patience for things I can't figure out on my own. I agree with you that some thin...

RiverPatrol, Thanks for the thoughts. You are correct, I think we are looking at a fairly hacked up system and some occult corrosion damage as well. Marshall is having weird voltage drops in various places and in my many facetime tours of the truck it looks like a fair bit of hacking had gone on in ...

Hi all, This thread will serve a couple or purposes: a noob intro for me, a report on some work we'll be doing on my brothers patrol and a log of the references we find and use while doing the work. (mods feel to relocate this if you think there is a better place for it, i dropped it here since we w...

Reading the post about the junk in the fuel tank, which is a great thought, it made me wonder if it would be good move your inline fuel filter. It is currently between the carb and the fuel pump which only protects the carb. If you could move it to be between the gas tank and the fuel pump it would ...

A quick question for those who are familiar with the braking system on this truck:

If Marshall loosened or removed the brake line from that wheel slave cylinder would he potentially release a bit of pressure on the shoes to allow the drum to slip off?