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Wa da ya mean shave you doors, what will that do for you?

Humidity SKUX! You kiddin' me! It condensates the tools in my garage in the summer and metal just before I go to paint it.

It sounds like water/moisture in your air system has made it up into the wiper cylinder. The white milky liquid is what you will get when oil is mixed with water. That liquid is very commonly found when you drain compressor tanks. The water forms from condensation and mixes with oil from the...

This is my latest invention for the deuce. It is a locking pin for the drivers door that is operated by a hidden rod that is in rear corner of the cab. The outside end will protrude thru the floor and will be behind the lower body skirt. Just push up to lock which will slide the pin into a...

SEE, now snakes WOW! I was confused though about the 13 or 5 yrs. I've heard both, thanks for clearing that up.

You have cicadas NOW? My area just had them 2 years ago, so much for the 13 year rule. (If it is 13 years shouldn't it be all or nothing every where at once?):grin: Ya know what though, David is right what the heck is going on - everything he said AND all the apocolypse (sorry spelling) stuff...

Nice job Joe! That is excelent news! You are right about the southeast, I was watching it unfold on the Weather Channel and it was scary! Its no Japan, but its here and I feel real bad for our friends down there.

Dumb question without looking at the TM, did you pull the engine or the tranny? Probably the tranny, FUN! What lead you to this point, doing the clutch? On the deuce, to do the rear main you have to take off the fly wheel? I thought it could be done by removing the oil pan, like other...

2cents Just sayin' The bolts really skuc to take off the donor truck, some will break and some you will have to cut. Most of these trucks are old, like 40 years right, just that life span alone would lead me not to WANT to reuse the bolts. Also bolts streach when tightened and create a...

Wow, I hope all the toys inside come with it!

I have the same cracking on my pistons all in the same location. I replaced the head gasket last year in January. Most everyone I talked to said this was common because of the thinness near the swirl edge and that there was plenty of thickness as a whole to the top of the piston. I guess I'll...

I wasn't talking about personally welding onto a new end! Ya that would probably kill it. What I was getting at is why are the ends not designed better by having some sort of keeper on the outside so that when the rubber fails you don't end up disabled. If there were a keeper like a washer or...

Try Memphis or Eastern Surplus. I can't remember where I saw them, maybe here, no wait, it might have been C&C equip. on ebay. Thats what I ment about big red, long bar horizontal, clamp axle, and push up or down. You seem familiar with the jack, could use a short bar to operate jack. I'm...

Right, 4x4, but where are they and more importantly, is the rubber worth their own weight. I mean, are they just as dried out and used like the ones we are trying to replace. I guess they would be a good back up for a quick fix. I've seen some new ones for sale but they seem expensive esp. to...

Do you have a Hi-lift jack? With the clamp end on it, you could clamp the square axle tube and try to twist it. (like a giant lever)I've done this before with beams in my house, just a thought, I don't know exactly how you axles are situated right now. Also, the torque rod ends, does it seem...

Just a thought that has been lingering in the back of my mind. (nice set-up!) With the lengths of hose/tubing added to the axles and the gear cases, will they (tubing) build up condensation that will find its way back into the gear cases? While running the trucks there will be heat generated...

Would the grinding and poping noises be from the twisted angle of the axle forcing the U joints in the drive shafts to bind on themselves? It does look like the tires were close enough to touch while moving, if they did than the truck would probably hop and make wierd noises also.2cents

I would give anything a shot, blasting garden hose, break fluid, degreaser, dish detergent, gas, carb spray.....just dry out when done and rinse with diesel till it pours out clean, like swabbing the bore of a fire arm. I got a piece of 3/8 copper tubing and adapted it to a garden hose to clean...

SHIMS - ya see the hole on your block, just imagine a one piece gasket that would go around the hole to seal a unit bolted here. Very basic, just clean the surfaces and put them over the studs. You just need to calculate the correct thickness. I don't know how, but we are only talking around...

When you use a water based paint on metal, what primer do you use? Rustolium, or the water based house primer? I primed my trailer hitch with rustolium and top coated with aerovoe (or however you spell it) and when I bumped a corner in my garage while measuring it, a flake came off. The metal...