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and i have GOT to get better mirrors! zero rear visibility this thing is a disaster waiting to happen. been looking into rear cameras even but havent found anything yet __________________

i will be painting it because i hate the billboard painted on the sides and the flat paint lets dirt stick to it like glue toying with this civil defense scheme

the thing i like best about clubs are the cruises shows are ok but driving places is where its at i am going to a meeting tonight for a club that has been around since 57 Counts of the Cobblestone Car Club rapid city sd it might be fun they have a deal where you take a disadvantaged kid to a car...

ok 2 gallons of lucas 50w for the transmission/t/c 2 gallons 75-90 gl5 for the axles and on friday i ordered 6 kwik sleeves and 7 various seals for all these leaks when everything gets here i will trailer the waggin to the mek-a-niks shop and turn him loose i minor adjusted the brakes after...

installed the speedbleeders. (love those things) and once it warms up a bit i will do the minor and if needed major brake shoe adjustment as per the military brake procedure pages i found online. i am wondering if i will crush the axle housings if i jack up the truck from anywhere but those...

this website wont let me insert images today so here are photobucket ones

I think the blocks are there because the transplant 318 oil pan will hit the axle without them. I took some photos but it is a little hard to tell what is going on

Those front blocks should not be there In my inexperience I thought it was stock. After looking closely it looks like the oil pan will be resting on the axle if I take the blocks out. I don't know what to do. forgive me but i dont know crap about these things never even seen one of these trucks...

well, one things fer sure i nailed it in the tough lookin truck department ;) well, one things fer sure i nailed it in the tough lookin truck department

my hydraulic brake switch leaked replaced that and got some speedbleeders part no.dorman 12707 after much thought and looking at prices /availability of parts eventually i am installing disc brakes on this about $600 per axle and taller gears about $450 per axle thats a lotta freakin moolah but...

Since the previous owner installed a 318 and I have no interest in hard-core four wheeling I think I will eventually upgrade the brakes only because the replacement parts don't exist. but for just putting around the original axles are fine if I had a big pile of money I would put the body on...

got my torque thingy first thing it opened it up and gave her a few shots of grease. got the first wheel off and everything looks great man was i glad to see that! no water. no oil contamination. no nuthin. just clean grease and tight intact seals

the reason why i want a multiplier instead of an impact is. on the side of the road i wont have a big ass compressor OR an electrical outlet.

put a buncha parts ,tires etc on craigslist so i can buy a torque multiplier to remove those giant lugnuts. yes i know about left handed lugs..

i got my wheel seals and the giant socket needed. now i just need to grow some gonads and build cribbing so i can safely work on this 3 1/2 ton truck . i dont own jackstands i would trust for this AND it has snowed for the past 2 days no shop

so tempted to simply paint the red cross back on if for no other reason i hate the billboard painted on the side by the previous owner i have a feelin its impossible to match the same color of olive drab so to cover it up and make it look right i would have to paint the entire rig that aint...