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Today was the final day! After letting everything cool off for the night (mostly me cooling off), I was able to get the rusty bumper bolts loose enough to chase the threads and assemble the parts back together. Off to the next project!

Well, I'm still at it. I decided to really go after the 'death wobble'. I've narrowed it down to the tires from 2008 that are on the truck. New ones are on order and should ship on Friday. In the mean time I've been working the door panels - thanks to Rick and his idea. They are getting...

I'm thinking my rough idle problem and that leaking fuel filter base were connected. I haven't experienced the low idle and stalling on warm starts. I also think the truck has more power. It shifted up to 3rd on a hill that it didn't used to do. I have a few more projects to get out of the...

Finally have the truck out of the garage. I tackled the kingpins and fixed my fuel filter leak by replacing the fuel filter assembly. It no longer leaks but I still have a death wobble. The old tires are the last thing we need to replace to fix that.

Ok. So it's been quite a while since I've done much other than to drive it around and find/fix issues. My latest has been chasing down the severe death wobble. I was having a few compounding issues. At first it was when the road was a bit uneven (not often in LA but it still happens) and it...

It's been slow going due to work but here's the current view. I'm still working on getting parts out and thinking of the next steps. I have several paths. Might be blasting the paint off for body work or suspension and tires to still drive it around. The current tires are so old that I'm...

Well it was a busy few weeks. Last weekend I have almost everything ready for the yard.

I think this might be the route I'm going to go. I did find a perfect swap but it's 3600 miles round trip from me. The M1031 needs tires really bad and it won't make the trip without them. The first step in that process would be to add a lift but I need to move the box to get to the rear...

Not sure what it looks like inside. It's an unknown for me.

I did find someone interested with a bed but they are 27 hrs each way. I can't think of a creative shipping option to make that happen. For my use, the box isn't the way to go. I see it as repurposing the truck.

The local scrap guy wants it cut up in pieces the size of the side doors if he were to take it. I'm not certain about doing that yet. It has the generator and the compressor. I've had the generator working but right now it doesn't seem like the RPMS come up enough to get the frequency right...

I've had my 1031 for over a year now and have primarily been working on getting it up and running. It now starts on its own and drives down the street with no leaks (well, I haven't looked at it today). My young daughters enjoy getting to drive it off-road. This journey started out with my 9...