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I thought that too after my first drive home (about the power steering) but anymore I hardly notice it.

I'll just tell you right now: the springs go on the BOTTOM of the frame, not on top of it. I got that wrong for a while putting mine back together. :shock:

Wish I had seen this earlier, you went right by me twice today! But glad you made it home OK. Truck looks great. How about a more detailed AAR?

Man, that is pretty bad. My truck had a lot more rust than yours in general but my radiator was OK. If you find a better way to change that T-stat housing seal, post it up. G'luck!

Road trip to Louisiana? Obligatory Jerry Reed song:

Red five, standing by...

I wasn't sure what forum to put this in; I hope this is the right one. This is not mine, but I met a fellow down in Campbellsville, KY who has this firetruck in his yard. He said it's a 1942 model, said it runs, said he's put money into the engine and brakes. Said he would take $3,000 for it...

Nah, mine always started pretty well in the cold also. If I did have any issues, they were battery-related, and those should be solved now... Thanks, though.

A heater plug? I'm not even sure what that is...you don't mean like a block heater do you?

Well, after all that drama, turns out I have a bad sending unit and / or temp gauge. I put everything back together and she started right up. Idled in the driveway for maybe 10 minutes and got up to 180 on the gauge. But as soon as I gave it gas to leave it started jumping. 1/4 mile down the...

Yep, that much was plain when I put it back together. But I swear when I took it apart, they had been installed from the same side. I wish I had a picture to back that up. Anyway, Autozone tested the batteries and one was bad. Got 2 new ones at Wal Mart (hey, I buy plenty at Autozone but...

Hmm, I wonder if the Solargizer is messing with the charger?

Here's today's update: I've been charging using a 12-v charger hooked to one battery at a time but without unhooking the batteries at all. The charger now thinks both batteries are full. Most of the time I've been on 2 amp trickle charge but for a few seconds this morning I tried the 10-amp...

Cool, hopefully that'll turn out to be all my problem was, and the new thermostat and belts are just gravy. :-D Edit: now it seems like the batteries aren't taking a charge. Oy, it's always something!!

Protip: that extra 3/4" clearance makes removal / replacement of the fan about 300x easier. :doh: Everything is back together, just waiting on the batteries to charge.

Crap, yeah, that's what I did. I really thought those springs went on top of the frame. Duh. Sorry / thanks. Edit: yeah, of course that fixed it. Man, even a casual glance at the manual from across the room would have answered that one. Sorry, guys.

Okay so here's the update: Got all the belts on this morning. When I was putting the compressor belt back on I noticed: the locking bolts go in from alternate sides I would swear that originally they were inserted from the same side. Maybe that's why it was loose. I got the lower radiator...

Just heard back from the radiator shop: pressure tested and flow tested fine. I can pick it up tomorrow. Hopefully will put everything back together saturday morning. I'll do my initial test drive with just distilled water and some PEAK coolant system cleaner, then drain again and fill with...

Just as update: I decided to have a radiator shop test the radiator while it's out. They'll hopefully get it back to me tomorrow. Hope to be all put back together this weekend. Edit: Gimpy, your PM box is full. If you need your compressor wrench back sooner than early next week, LMK!!!

No, we had family come stay with us over the weekend and, for some reason, they didn't want to spend time working on it. Some people have weird priorities. But being their host I had to go along with their wishes...