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I changed the fuel filters... what a mess.. good thing i did, opened up the primary to find no filter... wth.. who knows how long it went like that.
I also pulled the second windshield off to rebuild it... hours of grinding, welding and sanding later and it sits waiting for the sealant to cure...
Got my new tail light brakets all finish up.. made em myself. Having to order one new tailight lense as the old one isnt cleanin up verywell.. ordered a new primary and secondary fuel filter for the old girl as well.
I changed the alternator belts. Not too difficult. But while i was in that area i found what looks like 3/16 or 1/4 copper line with a fitting on the end of it running along the bottom of the access panel that just hangs there.its not hooked upto anything, but it has anchors along that side...
I changed the oil today. I went ahead and used Rotella 15/40 and added some STP zddp additive.
While i was at it I changed out the canister filters for spin on Wix filters. It looks sharp.
yall act like -10 is disastrously cold... lol..
easy day today.. tossed myself out of a CH47 while inflight.. then came home and did some piddly work to the truck. changed out the slave cable receptacle and wiring, then remounted the reflector rings with brand new reflectors in them..
woohoo...
nah... i have a 65 m52a2.
maybe ur correct, i could just be remembering things wrong. it has been a couple years and a few deployments since i messed with the truck at night. my memory isnt what it used to be, a few TBIs will mess a guy up.
trouble shot my headlights.. found i had a bad dimmer switch. yay the headlights work now; however, now the parking/marker lights wont come while the headlights run. they only come on in the parking lights position on the switch. even tried swapping it out with another switch. hmmm..
today i stripped the bed with a wire wheel, then applied roll on bed liner. looks great.
then i finished hooking up the remote brake reservoir. soldered and shrink wrapped a wire harness i accidentally cut while i was doing body work years ago..
took it for a spin just before dusk.. i need to...
i like the air selectable idea. the way i see it, if my truck doesnt have air it wont move; whereas it will drive a decent distance without electric. cable operated would be my second choice.
if i was to run these axles on say a mud truck then the electric option would be viable. too bad u...
it started life as an m52a2. i swapped the rear tandems for the front axle and springs off of an M54a2. i did in fact put rear steer on it but i didn't like it, so i changed the steer axle out for one of the original solid axles.
its not technically bobbed since the frame wasn't shortened. i...
finally got the solid axle mounted. i had a steer axle in the rear and decided to swap it out for the regular rear axle.
then i measured out and marked where i want the mudflaps. ground the brackets off of the the 3ft section of bed i had cut off. welded those brackets onto the bed, then mounted...
i welded up some scrap into some makeshift stands.. before yall go on about them failing... ive had a single set holding up the front on my m54 for the last year and 1/2 after i pulled the front axle and sprins for my bobbed m52... still holding.. and thats through some hellaious pueblo west...
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