Have you ever had one of those jobs you needed to get done on the truck that wound up leading into another then another? Well thats what happened to me. Back in April i was driving the 1152 when I started to get a vibration in the drive line. I had recently changed the rear pads and brakes so I knew that was not it so I crawled under to find the u joints bad on the rear shaft. So i dropped it and changed the joints, easy enough. Then I thought while that’s out I’ll pull the fuel tank since it leaks from the top plate. So I did that and replaced all seals and hoses and removed the check valves while it was out. Then since that was out I ran all new vent lines that were bad as well, which was a job in itself.
I had reinstalled all of the fuel tank and associated parts and was going to bleed the fuel system but before that I thought, well my valve covers were leaking so since the fuel system is drained, and giving I would have to bleed the fuel system again if I didn’t fix it now, I proceeded to reseal the valve covers. So this past Sunday I tackled that along with changing out the lift pump since I had noticed it was leaking around its body crimp. Got it all buttoned up Monday and now it’s finally back on the road. the first picture is of the valve covers reseal job.
I don’t have many pictures but I’ll post what I have. I had forgot to post pictures from last fall of my attbar top conversion so I’ll post that as well. While I swapped tops I went ahead and lizard skinned and bed lined the truck so I’ll include those pictures as well. Now there is so much room for activities inside the cab now than it was with 1152 two man top. Hopefully before long I’ll finish restoring the set of x doors I have for the front and acquire the back doors and then finish laying the rest of the camo soon. I prolly need to start a separate thread to document all this work from the start but maybe later?