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I had a couple of hours to work on the truck after work today. The first thing I did was to try and get it started on 2 batteries. I got rid of the 2 bad batteries and wired up the 2 good ones. I had juice at the top of the yellow mark. I flipped the starter switch and she was crankin! I cranked for about 20-30 secs and then let the starter cool. I cracked all of the fuel lines open at the pump after a few cranking sessions and got no fuel. I cranked about 5 more times and had fuel coming from the back two lines. I was starting to lose juice at that point, but still cranked it some more to see if it would fire. It was hitting just a bit on one cylinder, but the others must have been full of air still. I have the batteries on charge now and will try again on Friday evening or Saturday. I think I'll go ahead and replace the fuel filter just in case there is any crud in it. It sure was nice to have it spinning freely with the starter and hitting a little bit. Hopefully I'll have the rad mount and shroud for saturday too so I can get it started and let it run for a while.
After I killed the batts I worked on the hub until dark. I used strips or emory cloth to polish the surfaces of the spindle. I got the inside bearing to slide on without effort now. I also discovered that the used outer bearing I got from Winslow's is too small. It was off of a non-CTIS truck so I wasn't positive it would work when I got it. So, I need to order that and then I should be ready to grease and set the hub for good. Maybe it will all come together on Saturday and I'll actually get it rolling!!
After I killed the batts I worked on the hub until dark. I used strips or emory cloth to polish the surfaces of the spindle. I got the inside bearing to slide on without effort now. I also discovered that the used outer bearing I got from Winslow's is too small. It was off of a non-CTIS truck so I wasn't positive it would work when I got it. So, I need to order that and then I should be ready to grease and set the hub for good. Maybe it will all come together on Saturday and I'll actually get it rolling!!