Re: [ihc] More 69 Travelall queries

[Robert Brooks <rbrooks@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Leo;

One of the  worst things you can do to any gas engine is run it with out an 
air cleaner.

It sounds like this is being sold as an original truck, what besides the 
carb and intake were changed from factory parts to after market?

The truck looks nice in the pictures, but IMHO 5 K is  high, but I am not 
an IH expert.

And no appraiser I know, and I know a few that appraise original and custom 
cars and motor cycles will appraise anything with out seeing it, unless 
they appraise the item with a VERY conservative number.  It's just to easy 
to hide stuff or miss stuff in photo's.

If you are really interested in the truck maybe someone on the list that is 
close to it, could look it over for you.  It's always nice to get a fair 
and disinterested 3rd party to look something over.  This way you will get 
an honest unbiased opinion as to the trucks condition.

Bob








At 06:37 AM 10/15/03 -0700, Leo Horishny wrote:

> As I was obsessing about this T/A in Nashville, a couple of things have come
> to mind:
>
> A previous owner had converted the original 2bbl on the 345 to a 4bbl
> Edelbrock.  There
> is no current air cleaner.  This is on a 1000 series T/A;  I have been told
> that I can get a
> new air cleaner from, say, Summit Racing, so what have those of you who have
> done this
> switch done for installing a new air cleaner?  I've been told it's a tight
> fit, but that there is
> an air cleaner that can be fitted.  In Nevada, this is a must! ;-)
>
> The current owner isn't sure what size gas tank is on it.  He's put in a new
> sending unit but
> it now only reads 3/4 when it's filled up.  As it goes down, it reads
> correctly when it drops
> below 3/4 (actually, I've got the same problem on my Scout currently).  Does
> that mean there's
> a gauge problem or is it an adjustment?  He seemed to think it had a small
> gas tank, probably
> 19 gallon.  I'm worried, not being able to look under the rear end, that
> there might be a problem
> installing a 33 gallon tank since there's a hitch and I have no way of
> knowing if it was an original
> hitch or something someone's added on.
>
> Is there a way of telling that the hitch on it is original and that a larger
> tank can be installed?
> For those of you who've done this, is it an unbolt-bolt up replacement?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Leo Horishny
> Sun Valley, NV
Bob Brooks

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