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So more grease is not going to fix this. 


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It cooled down to 90* so I came back down to the shop. Thehas been in here six hours and it’s already making a mess!
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I was thinking if your cutting the frame to extend the wheel base, that would most likely be in the middle somewhere. Once that cut is made it well be easier to get at some of that mud working from the center.You might be right, it’s definitely been swamped more than once for a long time. Add a little euro road salt and it’s going to be a potent mixture.
I am fairly committed now. At this point I think I would rather fix the chassis vs a replacement. I have stash,plus I am going to cut a foot or more off the back once I extend the wheelbase. Along with other frame mods. So far I am at about 50/50 on busted chassis bolts.
It’s going to take aload of effort to get this frame and chassis nice, the frame is still packed with mud and until it is stripped bare there is not a lot more I can do about that. Well, I could get out the winch cable, start stuffing it in the frame rails and get my shop vac stuffed in there too. Nah, I need to put it up on end once stripped and get all the mud-dirt out if it that way. Then it will get blasted.
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So more grease is not going to fix this.
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Looks like a possible flood victim
The frame beaning full of mud is what makes me thing it was flooded, Just a guess. We well never knowI once had a 20 year old GM 1Tonne trayback Ute that spent a lot of its life on country roads in dry desert areas.
This means 1000s of miles of dry dusty gravel roads, so everything underneath was sandblasted free of paint except the trailing edges of cross members etc.
It also means 100s of miles of wet muddy roads at times that vary from wet slurry, to wet sticky clay.
The top surfaces of lots of it was caked in thick hardened silt. Not as much as pig pen, but still a lot.
Every nut and bolt fought all the way every time!
I was thinking if your cutting the frame to extend the wheel base, that would most likely be in the middle somewhere. Once that cut is made it well be easier to get at some of that mud working from the center.
Also nice progress for one day work !!![]()
So more grease is not going to fix this.
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LOL; I first read cloud and immediately went here.A huge dirt clod was probably holding it tight until recently.![]()
Man you are hard core!. I'm not sure I would have had the patience or interest
How deep are you going into rebuilding the engine?