CaptainMauw
Junior Member
- Joined
- May 27, 2020
- Posts
- 5
- Reaction score
- 16
- Location
- Indiana
- First Name
- Josh
- Truck Year
- 1985
- Truck Model
- K30
- Engine Size
- 6.2
Hello everyone. New here and already been lurking throughout the site for info. Just brought the old farm truck from the other farm back to mine as its new home this past weekend.
Shes a 1985 K30 with a 6.2. She started life as a gov. truck for the DNR or some agency, then was picked up and has been at my best friends farm for the past few decades. Back in 2011/2012 we ripped her all the way to the frame and rebuild her from the ground up into how she currently looks (suspension, engine, drive-train, body, every last thing). Replaced the old rotted out tool body for the new aluminum one with side boxes. It was then that we converted her from single to dual rear wheel. Ever since, she has been a work horse and done just what she was born to do. You name it, shes pulled or hauled it between farm work, construction work, and field tiling work. I've spent a lot of time in the cab of her over the years and as the other farm grew around her, and ultimately outgrew her, I couldn't just see her go anywhere else but my farm.
After being parked overnight the injection pump lost electrical connection and she ran dry after startup. Needless to say I now am fully versed on bleeding the fuel systems on these old diesels. Aside from a slight seep on cylinder 7 injector, she starts and runs strong. Its not a Detroit if it doesn't leave a puddle of fluids underneath it right? In the last few months, the entire front end was completely replaced for new. Barring a good alignment, she tracks and rides like a dream.
I am pretty sure she started life as a cab and chassis given the wheel base. She looks like a short bed truck until you measure and find the current bed to be almost 8.5 foot in length. The glove box tag lists wheel base as 135.5. She is naturally aspirated with a 4.10 gearing setup. The not so good....she runs a TH350 behind the 6.2.
Direct drive at 4.10 means she screams at speed, and 6.2's are not like their bigger brother Detroits that you slam your hand in the door to get mad enough to drive it balls to the wall. The 6.2's prefer those low RPMs, so that's where I am currently digging to figure the best way to bring those rpm's down at 55 mph.
That said, shes a gem from generations ago that, much like her big sister the '64 C60, will continue to be a workhorse as she was born to do. Shes a farm truck so she has her "nuances" and "quick fixes" that I will need to attend to over the coming months. Looking forward to digging deeper into the site and continuing to learn all I can.
- Josh
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Shes a 1985 K30 with a 6.2. She started life as a gov. truck for the DNR or some agency, then was picked up and has been at my best friends farm for the past few decades. Back in 2011/2012 we ripped her all the way to the frame and rebuild her from the ground up into how she currently looks (suspension, engine, drive-train, body, every last thing). Replaced the old rotted out tool body for the new aluminum one with side boxes. It was then that we converted her from single to dual rear wheel. Ever since, she has been a work horse and done just what she was born to do. You name it, shes pulled or hauled it between farm work, construction work, and field tiling work. I've spent a lot of time in the cab of her over the years and as the other farm grew around her, and ultimately outgrew her, I couldn't just see her go anywhere else but my farm.
After being parked overnight the injection pump lost electrical connection and she ran dry after startup. Needless to say I now am fully versed on bleeding the fuel systems on these old diesels. Aside from a slight seep on cylinder 7 injector, she starts and runs strong. Its not a Detroit if it doesn't leave a puddle of fluids underneath it right? In the last few months, the entire front end was completely replaced for new. Barring a good alignment, she tracks and rides like a dream.
I am pretty sure she started life as a cab and chassis given the wheel base. She looks like a short bed truck until you measure and find the current bed to be almost 8.5 foot in length. The glove box tag lists wheel base as 135.5. She is naturally aspirated with a 4.10 gearing setup. The not so good....she runs a TH350 behind the 6.2.
Direct drive at 4.10 means she screams at speed, and 6.2's are not like their bigger brother Detroits that you slam your hand in the door to get mad enough to drive it balls to the wall. The 6.2's prefer those low RPMs, so that's where I am currently digging to figure the best way to bring those rpm's down at 55 mph.
That said, shes a gem from generations ago that, much like her big sister the '64 C60, will continue to be a workhorse as she was born to do. Shes a farm truck so she has her "nuances" and "quick fixes" that I will need to attend to over the coming months. Looking forward to digging deeper into the site and continuing to learn all I can.
- Josh
