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More photos of the redone cab and my muffler install. The muffler is the walker 21470. I had a turbo flange welded to the bottom to secure it to the stock flange, with a rain cap on top. Very easy bolt on design. Cab and engine bay are lined with Al's Liner over Heat and Noise reducer. I still...

Everything on the truck is complete, except for painting the front drums and wheels, changing oil and filters, and addressing the wrong size hoses I used on the water manifolds. I used hoses that were 1 3/4" instead of 1 5/8".

I had to wait a few days to let the latex dry. It was cold out, so I put some box fans in the cab and round fans in the engine bay. Had a bit of a scare with one of the fans and good thing I was there to catch it. I had clamped a fan to the block near the injector pump and fuel lines and when I...

I made a lot of progress on the truck over the past few weeks. The seats are repainted and reupholstered, paint in cab is completed, canvas shift boots installed, and rear axles are finished. All that is left now is to bolt the seats in, bolt the heater back on, weld the flange on the new...

Today I sprayed the Al's Liner. I took some sneak peak photos. I will take more tomorrow. Good product. Dries fast so you need to be quick. Sprays good for 20 minutes, after 20 it can be brushed with streaks. At 1 hour it is too thick too brush. I does not go as far as the sound deadener. You...

I have drew up a design for some custom mud flaps. The mud flaps on my truck are looking pretty rough, and I need to paint/decorate them. My plan is to rough up the flaking carc and coat them with black plasti-dip rubberized paint. I will use tracing paper to transfer the design, then paint it...

This week on Sunday I sprayed Al's Heat and Noise reducer in the cab and engine bay. It was kind of tricky to apply. It is a latex elastomeric ceramic coating similar to the much more expensive Lizard Skin. The directions said to spray with the hopper/texture gun for best results, which I did...

I also had to replace the coolant hoses on top of the engine, and while removing the water manifold tubes all of the gaskets broke. I had to cut out new ones since I could not find any to order online. Now I need to find the torque of the bolts that hold the manifold back on.

Here are some pictures of the Rustoleum Truck Bed Coating I sprayed in the bed. It turned out ok. I used a hopper/texture gun for the final attempt. For the first attempt at spraying the liner, I used a shutz gun, which clogs unless you thin with acetone and that is not recommended, which I did...

Here are some pictures. Brakes look like new! Really lucked out on this truck, everything is near new or freshly serviced except for the electrical system. This was the rear axle. The middle looks just as good and the front is probably ok too.

I also have finished servicing and repainting the rear tandem. The wheel bearings and brake shoes looked almost new! I cleaned and re-packed the bearings, cleaned and painted the drum and wheels, and adjusted the brakes. The brake adjusters were tricky. Instead of .020in at the top, and...

Build Update! I'm making slow progress on the project, but it is starting to pick up. I have mainly been working on servicing the bearings and brakes, cleaning and sanding to prepare for bed liner, and spraying paint on the drums, axles, and rims. Had a big fail with the rustoleum truck bed...

I ran into a bit of a problem with the 1 1/8 anchor pin jam nuts. I am getting ready to adjust brakes. I have two TM's that mention different ways to loosen and tighten them. One TM says to tighten to 80-110 ft lbs which requires using a socket, while the other TM says to use a box end wrench to...

I just roughed up the old paint and rust in the bed and sprayed the primer over it. This week I am going to put the liner over it. Hopefully it works. I was thinking of just painting it, but the oil enamel takes so long to dry it would not be ready in time before I need to haul anything. The...

**Update** Paint job on the outside of the deuce is pretty much squared away. I spent most of August cleaning and sanding the bed, axles, battery compartment, and tool box. Today I sprayed the primer in the bed and started spraying the axles before it got dark. Tomorrow I plan to finish the...

Last evening I did the last coat of paint and it turned out pretty good, however overnight we had heavy dew. I get up this morning to find the fenders and doors turned cloudy from dew. I could see water rings. :mad: I assume the dew collected on the fenders more than any other part of the truck...

**Update** Yesterday I set the hvlp gun to a smaller pattern and overlapped the passes better and went slower. I tested it out on the tailgate. The paint came out nearly flawless! The real challenge will be duplicating this feat on the hood! I will finish the whole truck tomorrow. I have been...

Under closer examination it seems the streaks in the paint are areas that were not overlapped very good. Can I just paint it again carefully and it will look ok? I am a perfectionist who doesn't know what to do :hammer:

The paint is 34094 or "383" green. All surface oil based enamel from Sherwin Williams. When I got it mixed they said the color may have been a little off.

Yesterday I did the last coat of paint on the deuce. I got rid of all the thin spots where you could see a little primer, and it made it a darker green. However, it looks horrible compared to what it did before :sad:. There are white cloudy streaks at the edge of the spray passes. They did not...