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ALUMINUM! ! I doubt you can get bolt remains hot enough without damaging aluminum. Aluminum is funny. You heat it, and it looks fine, then in a blink of an eye it is liquid. The only thing I can think of is salt water bath electrolysis. When I restored a rusty relic, I used it to dissolve...

Old wood handled carpenter's hammer! Yeah, I got one just like it, was my father's, along with other yesteryear things. I am going on 80 yrs old. Re bolt residue. Need to remove temper so it can be drilled. Heat it to orange with your torch and hold for a bit. If that bracket wasn't there, I...

Wow- I am in.

New U-joints- Good! A U-joint failing at speed can really ruin your day, and maybe someone else's too.

You said " I recently greased all fittings and noticed 2 broken off in the intermediate drive shaft (nearest the diff pinion). I also noticed a ding & scuffing in the drive shaft. I noticed that it looked like it has a new transmission. " I would be looking at driveshaft. Best would be to pull...

BUMMER!

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Funny how your employer would not let you have big red, but it made it's way to you anyhow.

I see a lot of future parts for "Mr. Rusty".

Lot of good parts. Surprised you did not keep frame for "Mr. Rusty".

96 F. and very humid here. Staying inside. When I was in engine room on ship in 'nam and the other ****holes in SE Asia, we used to put Kaki's in sink and soak with water. Feels a little strange, but the wet Kaki's would cool you as they dried in the high temps. If I HAD to work outside in...

HMM- Knob & tube is 2 wire, no ground. Good stuff in it's day. Trouble with it is fabric over rubber covering deteriorates over many decades, sometimes leaving wires bare. GFCI should shut off juice before most people can feel it. I have GFCI outlets, but they now say outlets should be...

Next time you may not be so lucky! Your shop outlet needs a GFCI or the circuit breaker changed to a AFCI/GFCI Getting shocked under a truck, where you cannot readily get clear is a good way to get fatal fibrillation. I enjoy reading your posts. Go spend $5.00 and buy a good GFCI outlet...

I am amazed that you are doing all this while laying on your back on a piece of cardboard on a gravel driveway. Until you told us, I thought you had a lift at work that you were using after hours. You must be a young guy. No go for someone my age (76).

I admire your perseverance. What with on & off the rain, it is so humid here just going outside soaks my T shirt with sweat. You said helicoil is on the outer ear of the block. When I have not been 100% confident in a repair, I use a longer bolt and a nutwasher with a bit of blue locktite...

Not familiar with your engine. However, here is standard procedure when you cannot rotate housing enough to adjust timing. Remove cap and position out of way. Mark where rotor is positioned. Mark where body is positioned on block. Remove distributor clamp & bolt. Lift distributor up until...

Well, are you going to tell the rest of the story-- or keep us in the dark? Whatever busted the rear like that had to be a good one.

Did you ever talk to your driver? Considering it spent years in plow service, frame is in better shape than I expected.

figure out what was wrong with engine?