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Hogs work better on kudzu than goats. Hogs will eat the whole plant and dig out the roots. Of course, they make a huge mess doing it and you have to deal with the hogs, but they are extremely effective on kudzu.

Well, the compressor pulley didn't show up yet, so I'm stuck. I can't install the radiator until I swap out the pulley. It might be possible but I figure, why complicate things? If I wait a day or two more, the pulley will be here and it's a cakewalk with the radiator out. I did get the...

That's a winning platform right there! You have my vote.

Thank you, sir. I am enjoying it for the moment. My projects seem to be multiplying like rabbits, though. For everything I fix, I discover two more things that need fixing. The penalty for being a perfectionist, I suppose.

A pretty good ending to a grueling week. When I got home this afternoon, my wife had some great homemade gumbo ready and after a bowl of that and an ice cold beer, I installed the new water pump and thermostat. The new compressor pulley hasn't arrived yet but I'm hoping it will tomorrow...

My 11 year old just started driving my deuce a couple of weeks ago. He did great but he can't shift gears just yet.

As it turned out, I didn't get those new zipper boots installed. I took the weekend off and didn't get much done. I did get my sandblaster that I got for Christmas, assembled and tested. I cleaned and painted the radiator mounting bracket, but not much more than that. I intended to pick up...

I saw an NOS pulley on Ebay for $55. I found and purchased one from Saturn for $22.50. It looks like next week will involve several late nights of reassembling as the parts arrive. I should have the radiator, water pump, belts and thermostat tomorrow. Maybe the compressor pulley will arrive...

Here's a couple more photos of the damage. The chunk of the threaded portion thats missing was seized to the compressor arbor. There's some minor damage to the threads on the compressor, but it cleaned up pretty well. I applied a bit of anti-sieze and the outer pulley will now easily spin on and...

So I thought I would go ahead and break the compressor pulley loose with my new compressor wrenches from C&C. The wrenches work great and they withstand quite a lot of abuse. The pulley on the other hand, doesn't like abuse much at all. One of the bolt bosses cracked while trying to get the...

The shop called yesterday to say my radiator was ready to go. After boiling it out, making the repairs and re-testing it, it checks out just fine. $275. Unfortunately, I'm in Kentucky on business so I can't go pick it up until Monday.

Yep, I'm using TTalk also. I haven't tried to access with a PC yet. Very glad to have the site back though. Kudos to those who got it fixed!

The radiator shop called today to report that once they boiled out my radiator, they discovered several leaks including the seam in the bottom tank was actually coming apart. It's all repairable and I should still have it back before the weekend. The bad news is that the new water pump won't...

......and what the heck happened? I'm sure the forum masters have been hard at work to recover, but we're curious about what took the site down. Thanks for getting the site back up and running. I was having withdrawal symptoms!!

Now all I need is for the new parts to arrive. I'm glad I did this. It's one of those things that I've wanted to do since I bought the truck. I kind of avoided it because of the magnitude of the task, but it really hasn't been that bad with a couple of uninterrupted days. The bad news is that...

Making good progress. I got her cleaned up with Krud Cutter and a pressure washer. After using a small brush and a pick to get into the nooks and crannies, I washed it down with mineral spirits. I used Naval Jelly on the rusty spots and then primed it with Rustoleum engine primer. The top...

I'm working on the coolant leak that showed up last week. Of course, that task has expanded into a major project. New water pump, new belts and hoses, new thermostat and gasket, reconditioning the radiator, and a good cleaning and paint. Oh, and since I spilled coolant into the oil filter bases...

Here's a couple of photos of the drivers side windshield frame in progress: I used a paint stripper called Aircraft Remover. It worked extremely well on the old CARC. Twice through with that, a few minutes with a pneumatic sander loaded with a Scotchbrite pad and then Naval Jelly before...

I finally finished stripping, cleaning, and repairing the inner windshield frames on Betty. They weren't in horrible shape, but each frame had rust in the lower corners so I thought I would get that taken care of before it got worse. In the process, I replaced the rubber seals and I'm please...

Yep, we like that Brickmania M35 Gun Truck. My son got that one for his birthday just a few weeks ago. He's already modding it with a new suspension!