1973 International Harvestor 1210D Pickup (Page 4/4)
Monkeyman JAN 04, 02:16 AM

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Originally posted by RickN:

As a young man in the early 70's...



At first, I read that as "As a young man in MY early 70s". I wondered what you considered old.
RickN JAN 04, 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by Monkeyman:


At first, I read that as "As a young man in MY early 70s". I wondered what you considered old.



I come from hardy stock!

Cough, cough, weeeeze...
RickN JAN 04, 10:40 AM
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cmechmann JAN 04, 09:07 PM
Pre 80s internationals were some of the most dependable trucks we ever worked on.
The 8s did use no,8 as a guide cylinder. This was due to their industrial nature. There castings for the engines were almost the same as there 4cylinder( but with another half put on) They could of, and I think they did, dieseled this engine.
The only problems we had were the stuff they didn't make. Wheel/hub, drums/rotors. A lot of their rolling parts were from Budd Car(the railroad rolling parts company) One time waited 2 months for a rear drum for a 74 Scout, and that was in 1980. You will do your self a favor an find any metal tags/option stickers you can find. Gross vehicle weight, per axle weight, wheelbase, etc.
Most of the 1/2 to one ton stuff. They made more of thier own rolling parts on bigger trucks.
Some of there ignition stuff was Chrysler and Autolite(AMC type), Point plates, stators, modules 0n 75 and later Cap, rotor, etc. Most of the time you could match with other manufacture's parts but just start with no. 8.
cmechmann JAN 04, 09:20 PM
Sorry just a thought.
Take off the bed.
Update to disk up front.
Aluminum Dulies.
Reinforce the frame to accept 1 1/12 springs in the rear.
Low flatbead to put a Fiero backed up on the back.
If you could afford different gearing and some kind of fuel control, you could get 20% better mpg loaded.
But it will go through walls the way it is.
jaskispyder JAN 07, 08:56 AM
Thanks, this will be my in town truck, to pull a boat and haul some stuff. It will replace my '92 chev k1500, as the frame is getting really rusty on that. I have the build sheet, so that will be helpful in the future. I did learn about timing on #8. It looks like I have to advance the base timing to get it to run smooth, but I am still playing with that. I also need to verify TDC to make sure the timing mark didn't slip. It looks to be correct, but I am going to double check. I ordered new cap/rotor/points. I replaced the plugs and properly gapped them. So, it is getting there. Next I need to pull the gas tank down and clean it out.