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Finally got everything buttoned up boots seals bearings brakes tires oil coolant crawling around realized my transmission fill plug was nearly backed out tightened it up but need to check the fluent level was already planning on refilling both it in the transfer case with 40 weight on detergent...

Yeah good call 👍 I always drive by the VFW but have never stopped in to interact with them now that I have a huge pile of NDTs I might see if any of them fit the artillery piece they have in front of the building

Continue to work on getting it back together, usually too greasy to take pics Pulled all 6 "corners" down to the spindles to reassemble with new seals, re-packed bearings (all were fine). All but one of the rear corners had blown the seals so bad that they drums, pads, and everything were...

On Saturday reconnected everything started up and it ran just fine drove it to my cousin's shop where we started breaking down tires and hubs. Up front found a blown u joint on the right side and on the left rear inside dual the bud nut was friction welded off and had to be ground off at the...

Good call that stuff is not cheap and doesn't last forever. I actually got one of those Sureshot canisters a couple years back to use a brake clean thinking it would save me some money but there's no replacement for the force that the aerosol cans have. Today I retorqued the heads reinstalled...

Picked up a case of brake clean and sundry other items for the impending hub and brake job as well as picked up the glass which was ready from the local glass company. It's raining today looks like it may continue into Saturday which is putting a serious cramp on my style given that the deuce...

Loaded up and dropped off the tires at the tire place some of the old rims had been sitting in the dirt and we're pretty gnarly but a good pressure washing knocked most of the surface stuff off and man these rims are resilient I feel like I'd be hard-pressed to do anything to him given how thick...

Pulled eight 1200 r20 Michelin XMLs out of storage and pressure washed them to get them ready for mounting as super singles on some spare rims I have. The "spare rims" are actually still mounted on old tires some 9 20s some 11 20s all ndt/ndcc however some had filled up with rain water somehow...

Some additional pictures from yesterday

Was too tired at the end of the day yesterday to post what I did - it was a long 24 hours since I had found the water in the crankcase : / The game plan from the other thread was to pull the injectors to visually inspect the cylinder as well as to spin the engine over with the injectors out to...

I could use some help I just pulled the rear oil drain plug and about a quart of yellowish water came out I created a separate thread for that (see link) so not trying to crosspost but figured more people have notifications set up for this thread...

I received some more parts today including the gasket set for the oil cooler cover which needs to be replaced. It had me thinking that there is likely a finite supply for some of these more specifically shaped gasket sets and I thought about making some dimensionally correct patterns on the...

Yeah I probably just need to pony up and get a GoPro with a little tripod. I never want to touch my phone with greasy or dirty hands and it was a little hard to hammer and hold a phone at the same time : )

Prepped to windshield frames for paint, new seals and new glass. One was a disassembled spare that came with the truck the other was the frame I just took off because the glass had shattered and it was rusting. The other one I just took off disintegrated in my hands : / I struggled forever...

Thanks for all the details and personal experience. I'm really expecting (hoping) not to find too much junk in the system. About 100 miles before I parked it, I had replaced the tank with an A3 aluminum one that was thoroughly cleaned as was the pump and screen etc. Write-up When I looked in...

I'll have to post back when it's colder. My thinking on getting these particular batteries was: 1. Cheaper at $130 ea vs group 31 at TSC (or elsewhere) for ~$200 ea. 2. Fit the plastic battery box, 31s don't fit unless you install at 104° F when the box is soft and squishy. 3. I've got a...

Just got done reading the other thread and came back to see you summarized, thanks, good call on viscosity for ease of starting too 👍 By doing this method you save the canister filters from catching dislodged junk it sounds like, but also doesn't clean pump, feed or return lines. Mine has sat...

A question (not directly asked before from what I can tell): Is there any potential issue with pre-filling the fuel filters with ATF before my first start? Thought is to let that cycle and hopefully clean things out a bit upon startup without diluting by dumping into fuel tank.

Ordered: Oil cooler cover (old had holes) Oil cooler gasket set Headlight mounts (rubber jobbies) Glass for windshield (at local GoGlass) Windshield weather stripping SuperRope (Grainger 5/8 EPDM @ ~1.15/ft) Oil and Fuel filters (WIX @ Rock Auto) Spindle Socket ($40 NAPA) Delivered: Boots...

Thank you for the windshield link I knew I remembered seeing that around and I'll do some checking on the top. Appreciate all the replies this form and often the straight and particular usually does a good job of lifting me when I'm in the Deuce Blues : )