Haven't posted in this thread in a while. Been mainly doing maintenance stuff.
Replaced the high pressure steering line since the old one decided the driveway didn't have enough oil on it already. Flushed the system while I was at it. Also greased the steering shaft while the rock guard was out of the way.
Replaced the front cab rubber mounts. That made more of a difference that I thought it would. Still need to paint them. I'd like to thank the brilliant engineer who designed the jack screws into the mount to make this a simple task.
Replaced all the engine and transfer case mounts. That made way more of a difference than I thought it would. No more cab vibrations, transmission shifts are almost not even noticable and along with the new cab mounts, it's a whole different truck now. After seeing how hard these rubber mounts had gotten I took a hammer to one. It shattered into 3 pieces on the first hit. The rubber had also compressed slightly leaving the bolts a little loose. This explains why the shifts are smoother now. Torqued all bolts per the specs in the TM.
I managed to tweak my winch plate while pulling a tree a couple weeks ago. To say that I overbuild things is an understatement. This "tweaking" was unacceptable even though it was only a small deflection in the floor of the plate. I jacked the front of the truck up with the mount under the jack to flatten it back out. I then welded the new reinforcements in place to distribute the load to the runners. Put the winch through a full stall pull with no deflection noted. Now it's built right.
Found these little aluminum data plates for the slave ports. They make me happy...that is all.
Changed the oil in both rear axles and repacked the front driverside bearings to complete the front axle. Got the keyway corks in for the rears so I can reseal and repack them in the next few weeks.
I've also gotten all the parts together to make a temperature gauge for the T-case. It uses a transmission temp gauge and sender. It will have a standard military backlight complete with an LED upgrade kit (shameless plug) to match the rest of the gauges. If the pump on the T-case quits, I should see it before damage occurs.