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I think you need to buy a 5 ton dude.... :)

Yeah it is perhaps a bit bizarre, but not really. In my case, it is actually less expensive for me to drive this 5 ton than it was to drive my previous daily driver (a 7 or 8mpg 66 Ford Fairlane that required premium gas.) Diesel is cheaper than 93 octane gas, and I seem to be getting 8-10mpg...

Ha.. Boss works in a different building, so he never saw it. But my co-workers loved it 8-) And yeah, it will eventually be my daily driver. After driving at night twice in a row (drove it to work again today) I am in love with the Truck Lite LED headlights... Man are they awesome! Absolute...

Drove my truck to work for the first time this morning 8)

Yup. Every single light on this truck works except for the 2 rear running lights. Taillights are as new, still grease on the bulb sockets. Was seeing no voltage at the connectors for the wires that control the running lights. Figured I would throw in the NOS switch that I had laying around...

Earlier today I reinstalled the heat shield for my muffler, which was sitting inside my house since I repainted it a while back. I was too lazy to go out and install is previously, plus we had snow, etc. Also installed my NOS 3 lever switch. Fairly easy to do. However, it did not solve my...

I knew what you were talking about ;)

Today I installed the cord for my block heater, and zip-tied it in place to keep it from touching the exhaust, etc. I plugged it into the new exterior cord that I bought, but left it unplugged in the garage. I just went out now and plugged it into the outlet. I'm going to give it 2 or 3 hours...

Good times....

That's really cool 8-)

I assume it was too rusted to save, so you replaced it? I'm sure you did some posts about it, but I can't remember :p

I am definitely going with satin paint if I redo the truck. More weather resistant, and like you said easier to clean.. I hate the fact that if I so much as TOUCH the flat Behr paint on my truck it shows a mark. Really frustrating!!! aua My '66 Ford Fairlane is painted with satin paint, and it...

Yup

lol.. Indeed

Today I finished up my project.. It wasn't the biggest project that I've ever undertaken, but I still felt quite accomplished :) Popped out the freeze plug (very easy..2 taps with a 2 foot screwdriver) and installed my new 1000w block heater, then I removed the intake pipe mount and pulled the...

Of course. I had thought about that. I knew the temp wasn't going to drop below 41 last night, which is why I went ahead and started this process yesterday. Otherwise I would have waited until this morning to start. I'm glad I was able to start it yesterday.. It took longer than I thought it would.

Perhaps. I have a limited amount of time after work, and Winter has already started to show up.. Been below freezing several nights lately. I need to get this finished as soon as possible. Worst case I can do the coolant again in the Spring. At that point I could do the radiator too.

All I can say is GOOD IDEA.. You'll be happy to get the coffee/butter juice/diarrhea out of there. FYI, I tried using the trick that someone mentioned.. Palmolive mixed in with a few gallons of the water. It worked ok, but not much of a difference versus regular water. I left the drain out, and...

Today I finally started my coolant replacement/hose replacement/block heater install. All I really accomplished was draining the coolant. Man.. That SUCKED! I spent almost 3 hours doing it :( At the beginning everything was going ok. As expected, the radiator drain was seized.. The little wings...

Put my top pipe on the truck.. Almost done with the muffler replacement project. Only thing left to do is install the freshly painted heat shield. Ran the truck to check for any exhaust leaks, and then took my brother for his first drive in it.. He was quite amused :D Finally received the 3/4"...