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Exactly Tim! The notion of innocence until proven guilty disappeared from our society a long time ago. Money is power and agencies like the EPA, under the guise of environmental stewardship, use their hammer to beat junk yard owners into the ground. They don't want automotive salvage yards to...

Hi Tim. Well that wasn't aimless babbling at all. They also used to use brass grease cups a long time ago. They were brass cups that screwed into a bearing journal like a Zerk. The had a brass screw on cap. You removed the cap. Put some grease in. Replaced the cap just a thread or two. Then...

Okay. I bet old-fashioned 3 in 1 oil would work too if I can find some. I remember a half white half red can from years ago. It was thin like sewing machine oil if memory serves. I think the Grease Rejuvenator is going to have to wait until next month. Today, after 30 years of trying to...

This is for fleetmech. I checked out the Grease Rejuvenator on Amazon. Boy, that's a pretty darned neat tool. I may even be able to afford one this month. I also have a 1952 Dodge p/u in my garage that has the dried grease problem big time. I could use it on both. I wonder what "light oil" is...

Sure. I can imagine a bucket pin getting all messed up boring into dirt, mud, and rock all day long. I'm going to go with the WD-40. I'm also going to look up that tool on Amazon! Thanks fleetmech!

I drove Brutus to inspection today. The mechanics at Diesel Express know me and Brutus sailed right through. I was wearing my coveralls since it was frigid this morning. It was a neat drive. I had a group of lineman who were working on power lines give me thumbs up and waves as I drove by. I...

Thanks fleetmech! I think I'll follow your advice. Clean it out with a small screwdriver. Shoot it with some WD-40 or PB Blaster and let soak with the fitting back in. I think the movement of driving it with the light oil in there will help free it up too. I'll look into the GFR tool if that...

That's crazy it happened in broad daylight. Takes a lot more nerve than I've got. What's he going to do with them power his electric toothbrush? Probably just try to scrap them for cash. That had to hurt. Those mil-spec batteries are expensive. I'm sorry it happened to you.

Thanks Tim! You had your batteries stolen? I had to develop my mechanical touch. Some days I'd be making adjustments on pressure controls or micro-switches and on others I'd be chipping away in the steam drum of an HP boiler or punching tubes in a condenser. It's kind of amazing I'm not better...

Cattlerepairman, it's been about the same down here. I would've thought you'd have tons of snow by now. It gets really cold in Canada doesn't it? I will let everyone know. I'm taking the old windows with the stickers on them with me just in case I get stopped. I have the winter front on, the...

Hiya Tim! Been wondering how you've been. Yeah, the grease in the passage seems fine. I think it's the grease in between the spring and pin that's hard. Or maybe I'm just using too light a touch on the grease gun. I tend to be like that. I will give your suggestion a try though. Then I'll squirt...

Thank you cattlerepairman! I was thinking of something along those lines. I was just about to put more muscle into my grease gun's lever, but I got worried about the pressure blowing my new fitting out. The threads I got in it were far from perfect due to the old grease fitting threads backing...

I drilled out my broken off Zerk fitting with a 21/64 bit and tapped it with 1/8-27 NPT tap. The new threads don't look so great, but they seemed to hold the new Zerk just fine. What was left of the original grease fittings threads came out with the tap as you can see in the middle picture. I...

It's gonna be a much better truck when you get done with it HN6!

Awesome! I need to replace mine too. Probably will when I replace the front fenders. Hopefully this Spring. Where did you get the J-pipe from? Were the gaskets included?

I'm getting excited about driving Brutus to his annual inspection on this coming Tuesday. I haven't been able to drive him for about two months now, because the truck shop I use didn't have any new inspection stickers. I'm also waiting on a 1/8" x 27 NPT tap so I can thread the hole I drilled...

DavidB that's pretty cool. You could also have posted that in the thread "Uses for Deuces". I'm pretty sure there is one named something like that.

I'm glad you set me straight. I was probably thinking of silver soldering, which I did successfully years ago. I'll be looking for that mini-torch set at the big boxes as you suggest. Do you think brazing would be a good way to repair those tiny cracks? Thanks again for your advice. I appreciate it!

Yup. I know what you mean. I have an area of my driveway between the house and garage that is like a leaf whirlpool. I clean it ten times every year, but there are always leaves there all Winter. They plug up my snow blower some times.

I use brake clean all the time. I'll have to try that. Thanks for the idea!