Clapped out Dodge Trucks are the BEST!! That is a awesome truck! As far as the clutch linkage for 72-93 Trucks. They ran three types I believe, In the 70's and early 80's they ran manual linkage both that was mounted to the frame to transmission and mounted to the body (Floor) to transmission. They changed from the Body to frame mount because the clutch linkage would bind up in offroad situations due to body and frame flex. The early 70's set likes to bind up. In the late 80's ( 88 I think) They went to a hydraulic clutch for the NP435. Awesome Truck and Great Episode!
@@BigfootsnMopars Sounds good! Oh I goofed, Got It back words, IT's the frame mount Clutch linkage that binds on the earlier models and the Cab mounted that was changed too in the later 70's that doesn't bind.
If I remember correctly Dodge stopped using the hydraulic clutch by 70 or 71 on the trucks and went with manual linkage. I had a 68 Dodge power wagon 3/4 ton that was a ex military air force and it had the hydraulic clutch on it with the HD 12 inch clutch mated to the NP 435 4 spd and the gear driven divorced transfer case. The truck was over built compared to the civilian trucks with bigger drive shafts and U joints the size of a truck that would be something in a 2 ton truck plus it had drains on all the differentials including the enclosed front axles so if you were to cross deep water they could be drained and filled again with fresh gear oil and all the leaf spring bushings were bronze and could be greased instead of just rubber bushings like the civilian trucks had . It was a 318 engine but I put a 340 cam in it with an aluminum intake and a new Edelbrock 600 CFM carburetor jetted for performance and got rid of the points ignition and went electronic and man what a difference in power after this it made and if I stayed out of the 4 barrels fuel mileage wasn't terrible considering it had 4:10s in it with 35 inch Bridgestone mud terranes on it . Andy remembers it I am sure because I had painted it army green and used to drive it to work at times at Classic auto plus it was the only one I ever seen driving around Murderapolis when I had it . Wish I still had it because it's worth a small fortune now being less than 2,000 of these were built but sold it years ago for more than I paid for the truck and the upgrades I did to it so I can't complain being it was my daily driver for many years . Can hardly wait for the video of the Jack pine savage running again so maybe you can swap plates from one of the street cars and take it out and do a drive video of it ? Anyway keep the videos coming .
Sounds like a stout truck! This is so fun to drive. If I get the oil leak fixed it would be perfect. But now I have a 76 truck with a 4spd, and a 76 440 that mates to a 4 speed. Need to NOT put that .510 cam out of the Jackpine Savage in that engine. Find a nice low end torque cam. Use this as my race car tow vehicle.
