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Over the Memorial Day weekend, I spent Friday through Monday working on my truck. What was supposed to take 2 days turned into 4, but we made a lot of progress toward getting this truck done. I'll let the pictures tell the story. Before:

Good catch! I wonder what the transmission and bell housing are out of?

Glad to see you got on here with us! I will start digging for an airpak casting. Had a huge project going over the last 4 days and didn't get a chance to look for one for you. I will post pics later in my thread to validate my excuses. Ha! It is my understanding that the check valve in the...

Also very interested in knowing more about the manual transmission. What kind of transmission, bell housing, etc.?

Keep up the good work Merle! I enjoy seeing your progress.

Advice taken on the spray cans. I'm going to use a sprayer. The humidity here this time of year is impossible to avoid. I will have to use the "just get er coated" approach and since it appears that Rusty Metal Primer is oil based, yet compatible with latex paint and a bunch of others, I think...

I am finally ready to get the frame, axles, wheels, etc., sandblasted on my truck and am scheduled to do it next Friday morning. NE Oklahoma is very humid, so the guy that is doing the sandblasting recommended that I bring my paint sprayer and prime immediately after he finishes. I've never had...

Wedge, Dowel, Tapered added. BB in the picture.

Yes that does look good. Do you have a part number for that muffler?

Checking prices today and 304 stainless is significantly cheaper than 316. Is everyone ok with 304? I don't see that we would gain much by using 316 with what we are doing.

It looks similar to a 1980s International 1724 fuel tank.

My truck had a bad shake the day I bought it. Turns out it was a combination of a low driver side tire and the truck had sat for a while. Maybe a flat spot on the tire from sitting. You might try swaping some wheels/tires from front to back. It doesn't fix your problem, just moves it to a...

I'll start pricing material and then let everyone decide what stainless we want.

I used these exhaust donuts on my original exhaust system without issues. Maybe plowboy can post up some measurements of the ones he found so we can compare? https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/FPB60986 It does seem there were quite a few differences in these trucks from early to late. I recently...

What kind of stainless did you use or find worked best?

The clamps in the link you posted look like the originals on my truck.

Would air tool oil work in there instead of the expensive oil? Has rust inhibitors etc.

I was wrong about the aluminum housing being replaced. It is the front of the housing that is replaced. Here is a better view of the housing and the replacement part. This is an airpak I rebuilt with the 5 ton kit. It's the one on my truck right now. I found and used an original M809 series...

I can use other metals. I just want to use whatever everyone is most comfortable with since this is an unknown for all of us. Also would like to be able to reuse the piston assembly.

Speaking with the engineers at work today, they think that 304 stainless in an aluminum housing "should not be a serious issue in regards to corrosion". They did say that the aluminum would corrode before the stainless does. They could not see any problem with this combination in a brake system...