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Truck looks great. So what are your plans, what does it need for maintenance and what not?

It seems like you have been talking about this truck for months! Lets see some pictures of her. Glad you finally picked it up.

Dam. Oh well, too late I guess. I did get the donaldson name one though. I paid $100 shipped. I still don't have it yet and I paid for it a couple weeks ago. Ill post up when I get in, but it looks just like yours.

Thanks. I have many many hours if not days searching on the forum here, for answers to questions that were previously asked but not necessarily answered. Hopefully by posting what I have done it helps others.

So, some thoughts on the truck as it is seemingly always on my mind... I took it down the highway for the first time with the new wheels and tires, and muffler, this past weekend. On the flats, runs great and keeps up with traffic no problem. The speedo is waaaaay off, so I really have no...

I am essentially the first person to drive it after the government owned it. I drove it back from Pennsylvania, about 250 miles down the highway. I woulda figured that would have cleaned it out or freed things up, but no change. It puked a good amount of oil on that voyage, probably 1/2 quart...

Took it for a drive today. Fuel leaks are fixed. Pinion leak fixed. Got the fiberglass troop seats installed. Much better. I was looking to get a baseline for my egts. Max I could run it up to was about 1100f and about 7 pounds of boost. So I have some room to turn up the fuel. It is quite...

Mine is a 3ft length from Napa. You can see it just poking down in this pic.

I made some additional progress this week toward eliminating leaks, although I haven't road tested it yet due to the cold salty weather conditions. Instead of buying a new hardline for the ip to the cylinder, I cut a 1/4 off the end of the tube and used a new parker 1/4 inch bite ferrule. I...

Mine slobbers and puffs constantly, although I have only had my truck for a couple of months, and it has rarely been above freezing. It puked out a good amount of oil from the tube on my initial drive back from purchasing the truck, 250 miles down the highway at 2400 rpm. I am not sure how I...

Some pictures of the turbocator.... Looks like I need a new hard line from the ip to the most forward cylinder. Leaks worse now. I pulled the seal out on the pinion, just waiting for the replacement to show up. The 3/4 inch impact wrench from harbor freight was the best 75 bucks I have...

I got the correct fuel line and drove it around today. The exhaust is quiet now, but it now just makes all the other noises more noticeable. I didn't take it on the highway, but around town is quieter. I fixed the fuel tank leak, but the ip is still leaking. And the pinion seal is leaking...

I installed the aero xl3535 muffler in a snow storm today. I made a custom bracket to attach it, so that the clamp is moved up about 10 inches. I will cut the top off and put a flapper on it next week. The top is about ten feet high. Not real happy about how the height looks, but I am sure it...

As always, thank you!

I am looking to duplicate your coolant filter setup. Actually, I am duplicating all of your filter setups, but the rest I can see. Can you tell me what size/length hose that is to the coolant filter? Also, do you have ball valves on both in the in and out to the filter, so that you can...

I know right! I complain about working on my truck sitting outside in my driveway. I would really never work on it if it was sitting in a muddy field somewhere.

Had a little bit of time this weekend to wrench on the truck. And it was also above 0 degrees f out side too. I have a growing pile of parts to install. All spin on filters, my muffler, locking door handles. No time for that stuff though. I fixed a couple of leaks. The ip leak was fixed...

Thank you for the clarification. Sounds like more than likely someone hit the brake pedal without the drum on and it overextended the cylinder blowing it out. I have done that before too on error.It slightly diminishes my fear of complete failure of the brakes while driving. I am led to...

Excellent info Peashooter and Outcast, thank you! PM sent to peashooter

When your brake cylinder failed, did you have zero brakes, or did you have a couple of brake pumps with marginal brakes before all of the fluid was pumped out? To upgrade to the a/f split system, are you installing the split master, an additional air pack, and proportioning valve? Where is the...