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I was gifted some 80W90 from a buddy that works on a ship.. couple 5 gallon pails of the good stuff... so I'm good to go on draining and refilling axles, trans, etc. Ordered some full synthetic 15w40. It has a really robust additive package, but I'm gonna mix it 50/50 with conventional, so...

Tenative plan, is to ditch the primary fuel filter, and replace with an inline 100 micron reusable filter, then switch the factory secondary fuel setup into 2 spin ons using the 4770 base. I haven't decided if I'm gonna do a parallel setup with 2 micron filters, or a series setup with 10 micron...

Was thinking about cutting down a 20' connex and removing the bed, mounting to the frame, but the prices of those have skyrocketed. I'm leaning more towards making my own, because I really want a cabover. I may use an M109 box, but I'm not a fan of the space limitations, and modifying sounds...

Spent about 4 hours doing a pre-trip inspection.... Probably should have taken 45 mins but... I'm a little slower these days. Ironically enough, laying under the truck checking the diffs was the easy part. heh. Used about a gallon of DOT5 flushing the brakes. They're pretty good, but not...

Already have an A2 I have an eye on. I'm houseless right now, so it would be a camper/rv of sorts but more tailored to long term use.

Do brake shoe linings fail due to age vs use? Brake hardware, like springs, I can see.. Shoe linings/pads/drums? Not sure if that's needed? Parking brake, I can see as well...

I think it was Doghead that said 'If it's rubber, replace it, if it's electrical clean it' or something to that effect... I agree that there will be stuff that pops up. The idea being to make everything as bulletproof as possible, to minimize frustrations/failures down the road... pardon the...

So, I've been thinking about the best way to make sure that a deuce is a reliable daily driver. I'm trying to make a 'To Do List'. Because I don't know the history of a vehicle that I buy, I usually replace all the fluids as a start, but this heavy equipment being 50+ years old, and not knowing...