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The rubber seals on the gladhands are fairly cheap. Maybe a buck each or so. NAPA has them for sure and even a truckstop might be a possibility. Light bulbs might be another thing to get at NAPA. Don't bother with LED's. It is going to drive you crazy making the flashers work - and rather than fixing one or two - then everything that "lights" will need a new bulb. Some antioxidation paste on the sockets might be time well spent too.
Tailgate chains need those twisted pieces of round stock and an eyelet bent in there too. If you have a pal with a torch, that could be easily done for not much bread...
ABS is a little tougher. There is a tool for that. Plugs into the truck and points you in the direction of a fix. Might be that you could carefully inspect around the drums. There are sensors on all six wheels. Even one "out of whack" or a broken wire or the sensor bent away from the drum will throw the ABS light into the on position.
Axle hub bolt may require a little work and a thread repair kit. Helicoil could solve that for you. CLEAN is going to be important so it doesn't back out later or leak gear oil. McMaster-Carr is a possibility and Fastenal is another possibility.
As far as an exhaust leak is concerned... I hate it for you, but that is something I had to do recently. Not much fun at all. Use a business card and slip it in what appears to be the crack that you described near the turbo. With the truck off, you will at least know for sure WHERE the leak is coming from. Cheap way to poke and prod the exhaust without hurting anything.
Tailgate chains need those twisted pieces of round stock and an eyelet bent in there too. If you have a pal with a torch, that could be easily done for not much bread...
ABS is a little tougher. There is a tool for that. Plugs into the truck and points you in the direction of a fix. Might be that you could carefully inspect around the drums. There are sensors on all six wheels. Even one "out of whack" or a broken wire or the sensor bent away from the drum will throw the ABS light into the on position.
Axle hub bolt may require a little work and a thread repair kit. Helicoil could solve that for you. CLEAN is going to be important so it doesn't back out later or leak gear oil. McMaster-Carr is a possibility and Fastenal is another possibility.
As far as an exhaust leak is concerned... I hate it for you, but that is something I had to do recently. Not much fun at all. Use a business card and slip it in what appears to be the crack that you described near the turbo. With the truck off, you will at least know for sure WHERE the leak is coming from. Cheap way to poke and prod the exhaust without hurting anything.