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I've put about 100 miles on this now without issues. Keeping my fingers crossed.

So Mac and I have been working on a replacement location and we have a couple potential candidates. I'm sending Dave (u/rustyjunk) to recon it next week. We've spoken to the facility management and they're excited to have us but there is a substantial fee that the rally would have a hard time...

No apology is necessary, I just want to make sure that a narrative doesn't begin to take hold that I chose to end to our relationship with D-town.

Yes, Mac and I are working on this. We've been to multiple sites, in person, trying to find something that would make everyone happy. The amount of time it takes to put this on is mind boggling. There's so much time in it behind the scenes that no one sees. Just getting our lawyer and D-town's...

The vast, vast majority of that kit is not going to be used for the head gasket job. You'll only use: Head gaskets (x2) Road draft tube to valve cover gasket (x1) Valve cover gaskets (x2) Water manifold gaskets (x6) Intake and exhaust manifold gasket (x1 I think) Turbo to exhaust manifold...

At the end of the day, they could tell you to leave. It's their facility and I think the argument "oh hey, we just all happened to show up on the same weekend" probably wouldn't fly.

To be honest; no, I had not considered that aspect. When I stopped judging at Mopar Nationals a long time ago, I asked the uppity-ups why they insisted on doing it in August when it was always 105° and the answer was simple: "It's been the 2nd week of August for 20 years. If we changed the...

So, I'll let the cat out of the bag. Right after the rally, I emailed D-town and asked for a date. There was some back and forth with D-town about the hunters complaining about the noise but honestly, I've heard that from them for 10-12 years. Then out of the blue they send me an email. I'll...

A lot. I'll have to dig to find the pictures but it's more than you'd expect for a truck of this size

I had to get someone to help me get started, 40 year USA/GAARNG A&P for Huey, Blackhawk and Chinook models. He explained the twists per inch and everything. Showed me a lot of tricks.

Thanks for all the kind comments. I am finishing up the engine now. Hopefully soon it'll run soon. Man, burn. That's some of my first safety wire work. I am getting better The factory safety wire work wasn't much better

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So, I took my time strippping the gearboxes myself and found green in enough spots that I think it's correct. This has been a really challenging project, as there's nowhere near as much info on correctness issues as there is for Jeeps. Only colors I found were green on the cases and red on one...

We did that in 2006. Only did it once as I ran out of room after the first one. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/ss-cookout-trailride-pics.7123/

So am I. At first D-town gave me the same dates as we had this year, then a few days later I get an email saying "we're looking for a date, the hunters complained about the noise" :rolleyes:

I just want to remind everyone about our sponsor, Memphis Equipment. Memphis' generosity has really allowed the rally to be what it is. The only place the rally makes money is t-shirt sales. All those other fees are Durhamtown. And when the rally was a cookout in our backyard, there weren't...