Your videos are a perfect example of how it should be done, both the restoration project and the videos. I love that there isn't a 30 second introduction at the start and that there is no music. Very entertaining and never irritating. I am up to this episode 26, I have watched them all in a row so far and never once have I wanted to move on or skip anything. Thank you for sharing the journey. I shall enjoy the rest I am sure and wish nothing but good fortune for you with the rest of the build.
I admire your willingness and steadfastness in working to complete your project, despite working outside in the cold! This project would be SO much easier in a heated shop.
Dear 359 TwinSticks I'm pretty sure that this special insulation will help a lot. I think I recognized it several times while watching RV, tiny house, ship and container home building videos. Great seat by the way. Definitely not the right weather to have much "truck progress" but spring is ahead. So please keep up your good work, your good mood and inspiration. Best regards.
It costs a lot to run a truck shop in winter climates. Mine is 80’x50’ and we run about $2,200CAD per month in heating oil. From December until March. Pretty hard to justify unless your making money from it. Summer it isnt bad, just higher electrical bills.
Well I could be a little off with this explanation but, the three valves were for older trailers that had no spring brakes. The park brake only work if the trailer had enough air to hold it. So you could leave the red and yellow buttons out and charge the park brake. Then the red button would need pushed in to release the parking brakes on the trailer.
I came across your channel and to be honest I don't have a great interest in semi trucks but love that you're breathing new life into this piece of machinery. Best luck in your endeavor!
First off, you have inspired me to work on my '76 900A model Kenworth. Second off, on the third air valve I heard it was ditched to a separate air tank for emergency if you blew a air line, you can press that in and get enough pressure to get off the road. Again, I don't think anyone really knows, obviously it didn't work well because dot got rid of them. But thank you for the awesome videos! I got a 46 chevy dump, 76 Kenworth, and a 57 b model. All on youtube
Little by Little for sure... she’s coming together very nicely.... anxiously waiting for the finished product lol rear window in the sleeper... lagniappe 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the update. I kind of figured since we hadn't heard from you in a while you were dealing with some nasty winter weather. I can understand the big picture is overwhelming. I deal with the same on the projects I work on. You do have to look ahead to be well organized but then you really have to force yourself to refocus on that one thing. Hang in there.
Thanks for the update. Any sound deadner will work just fine. Just make sure it reflects heat as well. You'll know in a hurry if it doesn't and you cant touch the floor after running for an hour
Man again I guess you are used to the cold!! It’s supposed to be in the 50’s here in Missouri and I’m still dreading just redoing some lights!!! Guess I need to get some courage and get it done
That'll look good for the floor. So look it's gonna be a lot of work for you to do all the wiring. But hey I'm glad you survived the winter. Looking forward to seeing you get this old timer back on the road little by little. 🚛
Buddy I'm enjoying this build and I applaud your ability the work in those temperatures, if I even see 50° Fahrenheit I turn around and go back inside nothing is being worked on outside lol though I do live in California and just wear t-shirts all winter long. . .
I complain when its windy or minus 2 here! Respect to you good bud. Keep em coming always interesting. We should start collection to build you a heated workshop💰💵💷💳
Man I couldn't survive where it gets that cold. You know it's bad when you can't work because rubber and adhesives don't function properly anymore due to the cold! Great to see an update, though! I just priced out getting a garage built out here in the land. Not sure if i'm going to go that route just yet. Need to see if i can scrape up some extra funds. Might just sell most of my old R/C cars/trucks and the majority of my old HO scale train stuff that I haven't touched in forever and just keep a few sentimental pieces. Sometimes one hobby has to be sacrificed for another. lol.
Black button is for tipping. You can lock the trailer brakes and take off the truck brakes so it pulls the truck backwards when you rip, which changes the direction of the grain shute. So then you lock in the truck brakes in charge the trailer to pull the trailer forward a little. It's a juggling act to hit the hopper but you get pretty good at it.
I pull doubles, we have the extra trailer air button to apply the trailer brakes and check for air flow to the rear box at pre trip. It also activates the brake lights.
The button you’re referencing is the old blue button, which was for tractor parking only instead of “system parking” which is what the yellow knob does. Don’t see many blue buttons anymore either.
It charges trailer air - as it says. Old belly dumps used them. If you don’t have one you’d just have to push in the red one to open the tractor protection valve and set your high idle and have a cup of coffee and a smoke for like 15 minutes.
I've got a B model cat in my truck, and the steering reservoir is marked 10w40. You might want to double check to make sure trans fluid is what you should be using. The other thing that i was thinking was priming and sealing the floor before you put it in to protect it from any moister that might get under your floor covering, and also underneath.
dennis smith ya someone else commented they used engine oil in the power steering so I’ll probably go with that JIC as changing 10gallons of oil for now reason stings
An old timer once told me to run engine oil in the power steering for that very reason. Its finally warming up here in Sk. Hope it does for you too. Been a long cold winter!
The third air button is to supply air to the trailer without releasing the brakes in the truck. Not used a lot since back in this era the spike handle did almost as much.
I wish that spring will come faster to you.. one month is too long w8ing for next video ;) I'll try to send you some sun from Poland ;) keep going little by little ;) Cześć!
Might want to just replace that power steering pump, the shaft seal might be out due to the shaft being worn enough that the seal is no longer sealing, or it's just old and rotten from all those years of sitting. Good choice on those pipes that make the 90 at the bottom, I have those on my 379, and they look a lot better than the 45 degree bends. I was wondering if you were going to have that radiator gone through or not, like you said see if she cools ok, and doesn't start leaking around the caps. Drive it for a while before you check the king pins, they just might be too stiff right now to give you an accurate idea of how worn, or not worn the bushings are. Get them limbered up, then check them. But if you just get it off the ground and put a good sized bar under the tire and you can get some play in the front end, well then you will know for sure if the bushings are gone of not. If you are not driving it a lot under full loads , king pin bushings can be put on the back burner for a while.
the third valve is in case you lose your air you can use that to release your brakes to move your truck but you will only have front brake. Remember that is just for an emergency only.
A really effective and cheep way to clean out the cooling system: Use dishwasher detergent (don’t use the pills tho). A couple of tablespoons into the radiator, keep the engine runnnng for an hour or so, drain the system, flush with garden hose, repeat if neccesary
Yes a new vid finally it’s so nice that the weather is finally letting up I am around the Lethbridge area and it’s supposed to be like 20 degrees this week
I've been waiting a year to watch these videos. I thought by the time I got through the whole series it would be finished. I couldn't hold my wad and binge watched the whole lot in one day so now I have to wait a month between updates like Project Binky.....
Man brother, we need to start a GoFundMe account and get you a shop. Minus 15 degrees is tough. You keep up the great work, stay safe and most of all warm. Cant wait to see it finished. I know you are. 👍👍👍👍
Your power steering leak is why we always run the same oil in it so if it leaks it is only draining oil back to the oil pan. I use shell rotella 15/40 in the power steering as I do in the engine all the time.
Wiring diagrams.....ok, there ya go. I was wondering if you were going to try and redo the overhead wiring or not. I was hoping you would. Good update, thanks! : )
Hey love the truck progress. Don’t do the 7” head lights they look awesome but you can’t see sh?t in the dark even with LEDs I have them on my 379 Pete
Yep thats a Vickers pump, the main drive will need replaced not buildable, will cost you around 180 US. The whole pump will cost you 100 more. The wiring diagram is free except the bad thing is its really hard too see the numbers on the diagram.the wires in the truck are all numbered, finding them is the challenge. Some have metal bands stamped on top of the wires on the exterior. The interior wires are stamped in the wire I had problem with headlight's also, the dimmer relay burned out,Siemens model relay, and got a wire hot,melted together.like to not figured it out,also wire crossing the hood was broke on high beam, run all new ones.
Good to see you are still on the topside of the frozen tundra. Glad the weather finally quasi cooperated so you could make another vid! Little by little.....
Don't know what you people do in the US but a roof between 2 shipping containers is a good cheaper way to keep it under cover, some of the fabricated ones are arched/curved steel frames with quality canvas stretched over the top so the snow will slide off.
I know i am watching this two years later. You have my OCD running in overdrive, pick a task and complete that task. Like install the sleeper before moving onto other tasks.
Some of the older style brake systems used air opposite then they are now , back in the day if you lost your air you were in big trouble not like today’s systems .
it is so you can adjust the brakes...when that truck was new automatic slacks didn’t exist. you’d have to check them every other day if you were really running the truck
Noico is a good product used it on my Coronado big deference covered whole floor and walls no need to over pay for same product like for big name brands
Your videos are a perfect example of how it should be done, both the restoration project and the videos. I love that there isn't a 30 second introduction at the start and that there is no music. Very entertaining and never irritating. I am up to this episode 26, I have watched them all in a row so far and never once have I wanted to move on or skip anything. Thank you for sharing the journey. I shall enjoy the rest I am sure and wish nothing but good fortune for you with the rest of the build.
Can't wait to see the old girl in the Rollin c.b interviews, your making good progress bud👍👍👍👍.
I admire your willingness and steadfastness in working to complete your project, despite working outside in the cold! This project would be SO much easier in a heated shop.
"Its only -15 ..." So thats OK then!
You Canadians are built of stern stuff my man ... Respect from across the Pond.
I like the backhround waylon jennings tunes!👌👍👌
Dear 359 TwinSticks
I'm pretty sure that this special insulation will help a lot. I think I recognized it several times while watching RV, tiny house, ship and container home building videos. Great seat by the way.
Definitely not the right weather to have much "truck progress" but spring is ahead. So please keep up your good work, your good mood and inspiration.
Best regards.
Nice work! She's looking good! No worries about the weather, you know the saying, "slow and steady wins the race".
You need that chat with the wife again about a workshop for the truck!
It costs a lot to run a truck shop in winter climates. Mine is 80’x50’ and we run about $2,200CAD per month in heating oil. From December until March. Pretty hard to justify unless your making money from it. Summer it isnt bad, just higher electrical bills.
@@ChuckBeefOG No one said he had to heat the whole thing day & night.
Jack Johnson Lol what good is a truck shop with no water?
@@ChuckBeefOG it isn't a car wash?
I just bought a 85 359! Been watching all your updates! Awesome job
Well I could be a little off with this explanation but, the three valves were for older trailers that had no spring brakes. The park brake only work if the trailer had enough air to hold it. So you could leave the red and yellow buttons out and charge the park brake. Then the red button would need pushed in to release the parking brakes on the trailer.
looking good.... keep up the good work ... go with the big head lights ...can't wait to see what you do when the weather breaks....
I came across your channel and to be honest I don't have a great interest in semi trucks but love that you're breathing new life into this piece of machinery. Best luck in your endeavor!
First off, you have inspired me to work on my '76 900A model Kenworth. Second off, on the third air valve I heard it was ditched to a separate air tank for emergency if you blew a air line, you can press that in and get enough pressure to get off the road. Again, I don't think anyone really knows, obviously it didn't work well because dot got rid of them. But thank you for the awesome videos! I got a 46 chevy dump, 76 Kenworth, and a 57 b model. All on youtube
Little by Little for sure... she’s coming together very nicely.... anxiously waiting for the finished product lol rear window in the sleeper... lagniappe 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I have been looking forward to your next video. Thanks for keeping us updated.
Well at least you survived the winter.. Looking forward to seeing you get this old girl on the road... 👍
Thanks for the update. I kind of figured since we hadn't heard from you in a while you were dealing with some nasty winter weather. I can understand the big picture is overwhelming. I deal with the same on the projects I work on. You do have to look ahead to be well organized but then you really have to force yourself to refocus on that one thing. Hang in there.
Thanks for the update.
Any sound deadner will work just fine.
Just make sure it reflects heat as well.
You'll know in a hurry if it doesn't and you cant touch the floor after running for an hour
Enjoying following along. Little by little.
WoW !! Shes looking good. You've got alot done. The sleeper looks good. Keep it going.
Gonna be a beautiful old truck when its done, still is now keep up the good work 👍👍
Glad to see you are getting back to it hopefully the weather continues to improve for you looking forward to the upcoming vids
Man again I guess you are used to the cold!! It’s supposed to be in the 50’s here in Missouri and I’m still dreading just redoing some lights!!! Guess I need to get some courage and get it done
when you make a video its like waking up on cristmas to find santa came and left presents under the tree
Amen
The three parking brake valves was common on the oldertrucks
For the floor some home depo wood floor is cheap and looks great and holds up love the progress brotha keep us updated
That'll look good for the floor. So look it's gonna be a lot of work for you to do all the wiring. But hey I'm glad you survived the winter. Looking forward to seeing you get this old timer back on the road little by little. 🚛
Sending u some sunshine from Jamaica 🇯🇲, love watching ur rebuild.
Buddy I'm enjoying this build and I applaud your ability the work in those temperatures, if I even see 50° Fahrenheit I turn around and go back inside nothing is being worked on outside lol though I do live in California and just wear t-shirts all winter long. . .
I complain when its windy or minus 2 here! Respect to you good bud. Keep em coming always interesting. We should start collection to build you a heated workshop💰💵💷💳
It is an auxiliary air supply for a trailer that uses air chambers to preform other tasks
Like air ride trailers?
Man I couldn't survive where it gets that cold. You know it's bad when you can't work because rubber and adhesives don't function properly anymore due to the cold! Great to see an update, though! I just priced out getting a garage built out here in the land. Not sure if i'm going to go that route just yet. Need to see if i can scrape up some extra funds. Might just sell most of my old R/C cars/trucks and the majority of my old HO scale train stuff that I haven't touched in forever and just keep a few sentimental pieces. Sometimes one hobby has to be sacrificed for another. lol.
Black button is for tipping. You can lock the trailer brakes and take off the truck brakes so it pulls the truck backwards when you rip, which changes the direction of the grain shute. So then you lock in the truck brakes in charge the trailer to pull the trailer forward a little. It's a juggling act to hit the hopper but you get pretty good at it.
Looking good driver cant wait to see it when you get it done going to be a nice truck.
I pull doubles, we have the extra trailer air button to apply the trailer brakes and check for air flow to the rear box at pre trip. It also activates the brake lights.
The button you’re referencing is the old blue button, which was for tractor parking only instead of “system parking” which is what the yellow knob does.
Don’t see many blue buttons anymore either.
It charges trailer air - as it says.
Old belly dumps used them. If you don’t have one you’d just have to push in the red one to open the tractor protection valve and set your high idle and have a cup of coffee and a smoke for like 15 minutes.
Good to have another video, I need something to watch while working on homework!
Glad to see ya back fella. Doing a pukka job 👍👍
It is 70f here today and that video makes me cold just watching it... lol Come visit South Carolina, it is warm!!!
I've got a B model cat in my truck, and the steering reservoir is marked 10w40. You might want to double check to make sure trans fluid is what you should be using. The other thing that i was thinking was priming and sealing the floor before you put it in to protect it from any moister that might get under your floor covering, and also underneath.
dennis smith ya someone else commented they used engine oil in the power steering so I’ll probably go with that JIC as changing 10gallons of oil for now reason stings
An old timer once told me to run engine oil in the power steering for that very reason. Its finally warming up here in Sk. Hope it does for you too. Been a long cold winter!
That's what i do
Looks great dude, man it should look nice Goin down the road, now u got to think about what your pullin, Goin to have to make it look great too :)
Stick with it you're doing a good job
Would love to know a price overview of the restoration so far. You have done it justice and spared no expense.
Great work i've enjoyed every video and loving it..
BONCRUSHER
Richmond, Va
The third air button is to supply air to the trailer without releasing the brakes in the truck. Not used a lot since back in this era the spike handle did almost as much.
I wish that spring will come faster to you.. one month is too long w8ing for next video ;) I'll try to send you some sun from Poland ;) keep going little by little ;) Cześć!
Might want to just replace that power steering pump, the shaft seal might be out due to the shaft being worn enough that the seal is no longer sealing, or it's just old and rotten from all those years of sitting. Good choice on those pipes that make the 90 at the bottom, I have those on my 379, and they look a lot better than the 45 degree bends. I was wondering if you were going to have that radiator gone through or not, like you said see if she cools ok, and doesn't start leaking around the caps. Drive it for a while before you check the king pins, they just might be too stiff right now to give you an accurate idea of how worn, or not worn the bushings are. Get them limbered up, then check them. But if you just get it off the ground and put a good sized bar under the tire and you can get some play in the front end, well then you will know for sure if the bushings are gone of not. If you are not driving it a lot under full loads , king pin bushings can be put on the back burner for a while.
Thanks to you I go to Red Ram now thanks for that bro!
love all your videos keep on the good work!!
Nice to see the noise protection matting.
the third valve is in case you lose your air you can use that to release your brakes to move your truck but you will only have front brake. Remember that is just for an emergency only.
A really effective and cheep way to clean out the cooling system: Use dishwasher detergent (don’t use the pills tho). A couple of tablespoons into the radiator, keep the engine runnnng for an hour or so, drain the system, flush with garden hose, repeat if neccesary
I used cheap toilet bowl cleaner to flush mine and it worked Great.
Cleaner than a colon after an oscopy...
I know right where you are coming from with the cold.I live in NW Montana and we were at 40 below also!
Good goin' dude !!!
You should do a "little by little" mural on the back of the sleeper.
thank you have been going nuts waiting for this
Yes a new vid finally it’s so nice that the weather is finally letting up I am around the Lethbridge area and it’s supposed to be like 20 degrees this week
I've been waiting a year to watch these videos. I thought by the time I got through the whole series it would be finished. I couldn't hold my wad and binge watched the whole lot in one day so now I have to wait a month between updates like Project Binky.....
Alright my favorite show is back.
Big rounds brother.👍🏻
i good idea to do with your wiring diagram is to print it out on A3 paper in colour then laminate it, it won't get oil and grease finger prints on it.
Man brother, we need to start a GoFundMe account and get you a shop. Minus 15 degrees is tough. You keep up the great work, stay safe and most of all warm. Cant wait to see it finished. I know you are. 👍👍👍👍
Tough if your a pussy
The growing list of things to do
Great video..how many boxes of the noico you used? curious..I was thinking of using the 150 mil 36 sqft..thank you for the classes👍🏾
Why dont you throw together some sorta tarp shed with a real high pitch on the roof like a A frame and heat it with a torpedo heater?
Your power steering leak is why we always run the same oil in it so if it leaks it is only draining oil back to the oil pan. I use shell rotella 15/40 in the power steering as I do in the engine all the time.
Not so great in the cold weather.
that seat looks real comfortable
They are Very nice seats, better than a rocking chair.
Had one in my 587 Pete.
@@b.atwater3904 I bet they are they memory foam
Wiring diagrams.....ok, there ya go. I was wondering if you were going to try and redo the overhead wiring or not. I was hoping you would. Good update, thanks! : )
Hey love the truck progress. Don’t do the 7” head lights they look awesome but you can’t see sh?t in the dark even with LEDs I have them on my 379 Pete
I have a 73 359 with a 3rd valve and it is for an auxiliary air tank in an emergency
Yep thats a Vickers pump, the main drive will need replaced not buildable, will cost you around 180 US. The whole pump will cost you 100 more. The wiring diagram is free except the bad thing is its really hard too see the numbers on the diagram.the wires in the truck are all numbered, finding them is the challenge. Some have metal bands stamped on top of the wires on the exterior. The interior wires are stamped in the wire I had problem with headlight's also, the dimmer relay burned out,Siemens model relay, and got a wire hot,melted together.like to not figured it out,also wire crossing the hood was broke on high beam, run all new ones.
Just sat down on the toilet and saw the new vid let’s just say I was pretty excited...
There is no better thing then watching your vlog after work. It's 3 am here in The Netherlands, but it's worth it. I love the build
Good to see you are still on the topside of the frozen tundra. Glad the weather finally quasi cooperated so you could make another vid! Little by little.....
Don't know what you people do in the US but a roof between 2 shipping containers is a good cheaper way to keep it under cover, some of the fabricated ones are arched/curved steel frames with quality canvas stretched over the top so the snow will slide off.
I know i am watching this two years later. You have my OCD running in overdrive, pick a task and complete that task. Like install the sleeper before moving onto other tasks.
12th also love what your doing with the truck
Seriously dude nobody cares how many comments were made before you made you're. Grow up.
@@colinjohnston8519 and I like to know when I clicked the video leave me alone
Had a load to Alberta last week. So cold my truck was knocking after -20. I thought I was gonna throw a rod. That cold is no joke.
Some of the older style brake systems used air opposite then they are now , back in the day if you lost your air you were in big trouble not like today’s systems .
Keep bangin it out!
mommas rolling pin may help to put that underlay down
Cool peterbilt 1st
LOL It's only -15 so it's time to get back at it!
Lots of guys are using water heater wrap for insulation in their hotrods
At least at minus 40 you don't have to worry about conversion.
Damn,I would like you could have a warmed shop to put that bad boy into...you could work on it on a weekly base and have video published ...
it is so you can adjust the brakes...when that truck was new automatic slacks didn’t exist. you’d have to check them every other day if you were really running the truck
I’m in love with this truck
*BRAZILIAN / BRASIL 🍀💚*
Yes! Finally I’ve been waiting for the next one
Ohhhh yeahhhh I’ve been waiting for this
Good job
So and you can go to the bed ....the access its so tight?
Clicked as soon as I saw the notification !
Do you wait for it to snow and say im gonna work on the truck?
I'd love to take o'l girl out when she's done. Thanks
Noico is a good product used it on my Coronado big deference covered whole floor and walls no need to over pay for same product like for big name brands
The other valve is for a tag axle on the trailer or something similar
On the bright side it's not muddy yet...…..yet lol
That valve fills the air tanks on the trailer so when you dont have to wait