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The rear wheels are held on with Budd style lugs, so you will need the correct style of sockets to remove them (or at least the inner 'thimble' nut. They can be a bit of a pain, and dont forget that if all is correct, the passenger side is reverse thread.

While I know the military didnt make any effort to keep parts together on these trucks, I'm interested to have recently discovered that my bed is definitely not a match to my '70 truck. While sanding the long removed body for a preservation/ re-installation paint job, I found plenty of old...

I'm interested to hear your results, especially since you mentioned "after bouncing down the street for awhile". It should respond very quickly, within a second or two of the revs coming up for the first time.

Ive got a one wire in mine, and about 50% of the time, it doesn't start charging right on startup. As with some of my other 1 wire converted machines, it only takes a little blip of the throttle to get it going, maybe 1k engine rpm for a second or two, well within the capability of even a cold...

Ive had some trouble with Optima, ever since they got bought out a number of years ago. We had put them in a couple of backup generators with long storage times and tight enclosures but they failed in less that 2 years, so we junked them and went back to off the shelf Napa's. The old optimas...

Good to hear! [thumbzup]

You've closing in on my personal record of most truck used for the least weight hauled... I once took my Reo C101 to the deli for a half pound of pastrami! I have taken the deuce on a few take out runs to the local diner... Why do we do it? Because we can!

I used bulk (non aerosol) WD-40[thumbzup]

Your welcome! Ive used that tool on some clog prone Bobcat bucket fittings and it has worked well. Im pretty sure I filled mine with non aerosol wd-40. I just checked, Amazon has them, called Grease Joint Rejuvenators. ( I was close lol!) As one of the other guys mentioned, shifting or removing...

There is a tool, called a 'grease fitting revitalizer' IIRC that might help you with the hardened grease. Its a plunger and barrel that you fill with light oil that clips on to a grease fitting. A couple whacks with a hammer and the plunger pushes the oil in through the hardened grease and opens...

Mine has those holes, plugging them is definitely on my list. I can't imagine what purpose they had?

I've seen those multiplier sets before and they look really cool. I am a little leery of them in situations like I'm plowing through, though. I have this feeling that pure torque would have started snapping stuff, considering how over tight they were. Heat and beat lessens the chances of that...

Thanks for the thread link, Ill check it out. One of my crew is a big Milwaukee guy and swears by their impacts. We have DeWalt tools on site, and they do the job, but not always as well as they should. I'd kinda like to go air so I can keep it with the truck and run it off the onboard if need...

Started in re-sealing my rear hubs today, one stated to weep the last time I drove it. With absolutely nothing sealing the keyway, I'm not sure how it hasn't been leaking for the last 10 years or more but its been dry and running cool. I say 10, since I know the previous owner never had them...

The word 'done' is profane olde magick that causes instant and random failure in the object described as such.

I switched to Napa 90wt mineral gear oil. I've had it out on one decent ride and it feels good so far, but I'm withholding judgement until I put a few more good trips on it.

Non Detergent SAE 30 motor oil.

Drained the ND 30 out of my trans, since that experiment failed and refilled with 90wt gear oil. The ND30 made a minor improvement in the cold weather and the first few shifts of the day, but then it would get markedly worse. Interestingly, as things, and the weather, got warmer it would begin...

Yeah, im going to spend a very few minutes looking for some 'yellow metal safe" gear oil at napa, but if I cant find any on the shelf, Im going back to regular ol' 80-90. Oh well, live and learn.

I put some flags on, drove around for the 4th... and became increasingly convinced that switching to ND30 in the trans was a mistake. Its getting very "sticky" feeling as soon as it gets warm. Time to pull that oil out and back to gear oil. A well intentioned attempt, but a failure, at least for...