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I noticed that my front fender had a 3 inch crack in it. I welded it in the course of some other repairs but it bugged me. I also noticed that the headlight panel on that side always shook a lot more than the other side. Well, here is the reason. Lazy a** soldier B mounted the fender onto the...

Was looking for the good old caster mod and had to manually fix the URL in old threads to get to this - so hopefully re-posting it here makes it accessible for others.

I am counting 12 leafs in your old a new springs. Common wisdom is that w/w trucks had 2 (or sometimes 3) leafs added to the 10 standard leafs. My w/w truck's front springs look "almost" flat. They have a very small arch. I'll tale a pic tomorrow and measurements.

Before you do the expensive stuff, do two things: 1) Check the bottom of the master cylinder reservoir for rust or crud in the small bleed hole to the rear of the larger front hole in the bottom of the reservoir. You might have to draw out some of the brake fluid with a turkey baster to see the...

Good point, Floridianson. I think the stroke is diminished without the button but it may still move up and down. Hard to measure the difference. I guess if the plunger is stuck - bingo. If it turns out to be moving, the next step is to remove the HH and check the button/bowtie.

Take the center bolt out of the HH, put a pencil or wooden dowel in and see if the plunger inside the head moves up and down when cranking. If it does not, then your center clip has fallen off.

My truck is otherwise totally rust-free. The front cab corner was rusted through due to the area below the vent being packed with dirt and leaves when I got the truck 10 years ago; about time I fixed it! The fenders are badly designed with two sheets of steel on top of each other and the seams...

Removed passemger side fender, cut out the rusted through front cab corner and welded in a patch: Then I tackled the fender. The front lip where it mounts to the fender support had rust jacking. Cut the whole lip out and made a new one. Fender was cracked in the front as well...

Can't think of anything inside the confinements of the block that uses an O-ring like this. Perhaps from the canister oil filters? Honestly, I would not worry too much about it. I lean towards something that soldier B dropped and it ended up in the oil pan.

Winch on either truck? How bad is the rust on the LMTV (surface rust, significant rust on structural elements - is it a rust belt truck)? What do you plan to do with the truck? Work horse or hobby vehicle? Asking because the A3 is the "less electronic" truck. The LMTV is more modern and with...

Everyone sees it. Good to know you are back up and running. Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

Yes, it did.

My kit had one o-ring missing, the one from the groove between air chamber and body. I took one from my O-ring supply kit and did not think much of it. Seems to be sloppy QC.

You have been busy! Looks great!

I am a sucker for history like this, so thank you for posting ! According to the inflation calculator, Mr Wolff's salary of $1500/month in 1965 equals 12k/month or 150k/year today. And we know that there really never surfaced any alternative to the AMBAC pump on the 465. The capitalist system...

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Your air pressure readings are definitely suspect. When the truck builds pressure, is there a point where the compressor unloads (stops producing pressure)? Or is it pumping constantly? You may have to listen very closely on idle. The governor is a cheap and easy NAPA replacement. Or it could be...

Beyond, there are 4 ways fuel can make its way into the crankcase. The HH is one of them. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/making-oil.177206/ If you replaced the IP completely, you also replaced the booster pump, so you can likely eliminate that as the source. Flame heater, FDC?

My beef with anti seize is that they make the bottle it comes in so that the supplied cap-mounted brush can only reach 60% of the contents. So I need to use a separate brush to get to the rest. AARGH. And thank you for that video. I focused on the edge of the pulley and it really appears to be...

FWIW, I used the ferrules that are used with DOT air lines. They are too wide for the brass nut to be able to grab the first threads of the fitting. I just held both sides of the ferrule to the bench grinder to make the ferrule a bit smaller and it worked fine. No leaks.