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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...

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.

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

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...

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...

This afternoon I was able to get the other wheel assembled and both wheels pressurized to 35psi with no explosions! I'll call it another victory and maybe tomorrow I'll get them installed on the front. In unrelated news, the 1970 1/2 Firebird got a new set of shoes today as well. It was a good...

Today after a brief visit with the inlaws I was able to get a new tire, tube and flap mounted on the spare wheel that didn't have a tire mounted before. Then I finally was able to get the goodyear removed from another spare. Turns out when the tire was mounted, the ring must have caught some of...

This evening I installed the diverter box, defrost hoses and connected the controls. Need to find a 4" piece of duct to connect the diverter to the elbow. I have a piece that came with the truck but it is a little tired and rusty. Hope to snag a piece of angle from work and mount the switch...

It's been a while so I figured I'd post an update. Replaced my rebuilt mc with a new unit a few weeks ago, today I adjusted the last 2 passenger rear brakes and was able to grease everything. Got the heater box installed earlier this week and received a switch and resistor. Need to get air hoses...

Figured I'd link my dual circuit brake conversion here: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/single-circuit-to-dual-circuit-brake-conversion.211594/

Finally tore apart and repacked the left side knuckle and hub. Hope to get the truck greased up this week.

Finally started the front axle hub teardown/boot replacement/repack on Sunday. Got the passenger side broke down, most of it cleaned and installed the boot and knuckle. Should've gone with regular boots but I used zipper style. It went on ok but the manufacturer put a rivet on the zipper almost...

Replaced my rubber fuel lines last night. The return line had visible cracks in the rubber and practically broke in half when I folded it. Also have a pair of IP oil lines in the queue. Hope to get those on sometime next week and also service the front bearings and boots. I'd like to get a...

Ordered a new 60psi sending unit earlier this week and received it today. Pulled out the old one and lo & behold: Sorry for the blurry picture but that is a 120psi sending unit! Had to remove it with a pair of channel locks, destroying it unfortunately. But now my oil pressure looks much...

Got the new temp and oil pressure gauges installed with mixed results lol The temp gauge got up to 140 degrees after about 20 minutes of running, which is good but probably means I need a new thermostat. I would expect it to get hotter than that. Oil pressure went up to about 30 psi but after...

Well I saw some writing on a label on the oil sender and tried to wipe off the dirt but ended up wiping off the writing lol. I decided to order new gauges after checking and verifying a good ground. Also got the pyro installed, just need to fabricate a gauge mount. Unfortunately the old lady got...

Continuity in the wiring is perfect, no resistance. I took the oil pressure gauge out, cleaned the metal contacts, no change. I checked to make sure the temp sending unit was changing its resistance as it warmed up, and it was. So while it was running I tapped on the temp gauge and it went to...