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steelsoldiers · 12-21-2009, 20:57

Well, I had a chance to work on the truck today. It was around 25 at first light with a heavy frost, but thankfully I didn't have 2 feet of snow on the truck like some of our northern members!

The first thing I did was drain the bottom inch of fuel out of the tank. It came out nice and clear. Hmmm... After that I added 20 more gallons of fuel, some Power Service diesel treatment, and some CRC Bio-Con.

I wanted to take it for a spin after that to test everything out before starting on the electrical stuff. The truck was air locked from the last fuel filter change so it took a lot of cranking and some ether to get it going today. It finally started and ran smoothly after a bit. I actually had some good batteries in the truck today so it was the first time it had started without a slave cable. What a milestone!

I pulled out of the mud hole and headed down the farm road. I forgot to latch one of my hoot latches so I pulled over to do that. While I was latching, I took a look at the fuel filter. That sucker was half full of crud already. Uh-oh. I headed down the hill where I could turn around and the drove back up to my parking spot. By the time I drove the 1/4 mile back up the road, the whole filter was black. Dang! I'm guessing there is a bunch of junk hidden behind one of the tank baffles and it doesn't end up in the line until I move the truck and get it sloshing around.

After plugging another one of those dinky inline filters, I decided that I was going to do the field modification where you install a giant fuel filter from the M809-series or M939-series with the NHC-250 in place of the crappy little A2 filter. Winslow had part of a kit on hand. I need to scrounge a few fittings and get a hose made up. I will probably get it installed next week. That should really help with my filtration issues. I'm hoping I don't have to pull and flush the tank. Ack!

After my test drive I went to work on the harness plug for the front clip. I had to take several apart to make one good one since all of the wires had been torn out of the donor connector and the nut was broken in multiple pieces. I salvaged 6 wires and connectors from another plug and then solder 2 more to finish my set. I got it all back together and still had time to get the headlights working and most of the tail lights. Next time I will get the rest of the lights working.