So I removed the front drive shaft, and it drives much more smoothly. A bit of a shake at about 35mph (probably the tires), but it smooths out very nicely after that. Got it up to 50mph for the first time last week. Any advice on replacement vs repair? Both in terms of cost and safety.
I found the disconnected buzzer cable and plugged it in, but still haven't ever heard it go off... which leads me to...
I took it for a short drive around town yesterday, and had a bit of a startling problem. I always check over the truck before I leave, tires, leaks, etc. And then I started it up. Waited for all gauges to hit normal, including air pressure. I went for my drive, and while I normally try to keep an eye on all my gauges, I apparently didn't watch the air pressure gauge very closely (it's hard but fun work driving these things through traffic). When I got back, and was idling to cool down, I looked more closely at the gauge and it was at 10psi! No buzzer. Thankfully my brakes worked the whole time.
I waited to see if the air compressor would come on, and it did, but only ran for less than a minute and shut off again, pressure gauge didn't budge.
I've read some other threads about freezing lines and draining the air tanks. I'll have to find the appropriate manual and learn how (though yesterday was well above freezing). I haven't started it up today to see if I can get air pressure again, but even if I do, I certainly don't want it to drop off like that again.
Any advice?
I don't know if it's related, but when I first start it up, I try not to rev the engine (per the manual), but sometimes I have to rev it just a bit (about 1100 rpm) for a few seconds to keep it from dying. I did this yesterday as well, but this time when I revved it, I heard a loud squeak. (belts?) Maybe not related, but just in case I thought I'd mention it.