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Doing some practice runs with my new welder I think the materials I have will work Edit: I beat on this weldment pretty hard with a 3lb sledge and it didnt fail. I think what I will do with the actual mc bracket will be more than adequate.

A while back I rebuilt the air pack that came with the truck. The gasket that came with it for the rear plate was too small and broke when I tried to install it so I reused the old one. Then I removed the air pack and installed a rebuilt unit thinking there was something wrong with it. Removed...

Purchased a shouldered 1/2-20 grade 5 bolt, locknut and washers, cut it down to clear the bracket and realized there is no way to connect it to the return spring. Utilizing my hot rod experience I found a chrome bracket for chevy kick down cable with spring holes. Fit right on and have 2...

I had the same problem in Ohio. If your title only lists the year and make but your inspection lists it as M35A3 that might be the problem. I had them redo my inspection to exactly match the title and after that no problem. Hope this helps

Another piece of the puzzle solved. 1/2" heim joint to actuate the master cylinder and I'll cut the "pushrod" to the length I need, after the setup is mounted, then thread the end to go into the heim joint. How did I miss that the air force and A3 trucks had offset the mc towards the frame...

So I was having a problem locating a 9/16-18 fitting for a 5/16" bubble flare tube. Then I remembered back when I bought Edelmann # 258307 and it fit the thread size but not correct flare end. So it dawned on me as I was looking for the fitting: why not just drill it out?? I think I solved...

Hard to believe its been over a year since I started this endeavor but, life has a way of grabbing you up and not letting go. Well today I found myself looking at this again and decided to start cutting. Took lots of measurements and I believe I will notch the bracket to allow the new plate to...

Happy New Year to all! Been too busy to do much on the truck but I squeaked in a couple hours over last week to get 3 of my newly mounted wheels in the bed using my engine hoist, got the 4th mounted in the spare location, replaced 2 battery terminals and got a battery equalizer to install. Fired...

Be sure to check on the passenger side of the engine for the engine tag. Gubmint snuck an LDS engine into my truck 💪

Back at it again after a break for family/homestead priorities. Hoping to change out the transfer case and transmission fluids this weekend. Would like opinions on what you guys like to use.

Fantastic job! I've restored a few cars in my time so I can certainly appreciate the immense amount of sanding that would be involved with a truck of this size. And the attention to detail....top notch!

Good idea I may do that. Thanks for the tip!

Got some time today to change the axle oil in all 3 axles. Front axle oil came out nice and clean, the rears both started out black then clean again. Weird. Both rears dumped oil out of the full plug and seemed to have some pressure build up. Tomorrow I will pull all the axle vents to make sure...

I appreciate the offer! I'll let you know

That's exactly what I did, got another bracket and started marking it up for trimming. Let us know how yours goes! And yes the push rod needs to be shortened, I noticed that as well.

The duck bill hammer made all the difference. Got the other 2 extra tires removed today, took about an hour total including getting some tools out, getting more tools out, getting the rings off, putting tools away, washing my hands and coming inside. Now that those are off and I have 2 new...

Unfortunately, I haven't. That bracket is extremely rare and expensive if you can find it. There are some posts I linked in here where you can download a 3D file of the bracket that someone put together to help fabricate your bracket. Once I finish getting the last fluid changes done I'll get...

Same here, wasn't gunked up but there was a sliver or two of metal that I think was binding mine up. Still working fine.

Old Goodyear that I removed New tires mounted, going to sandblast the wheels and paint them, probably flat black

The first wheel I wrapped a chain around 3 of the wheel openings 3 times and bolted the ends, mostly because the first wheel I assembled didn't already have a tire on it and I wasn't sure if the ring would seat correctly. The second one I did not wrap up but the family were inside, the wheels...