Treasure hunt

[scott johnson]

It’s amazing what you find underneath a 50 year old truck when it’s up on the lift. Lol

Getting the 40 ready for wheeling season. Figured out why the clutch was slipping. Not to mention some shredded bushings and a lot of loose stuff.

 

[Bryanseye]

Speaking of treasure hunt, on the 200, adjust the front seats as far forward/up as possible and fold back the cutout in the carpet. I found the PO's 1/4" socket wrench and a bunch of other junk. Posted it in the 200 section and someone else found a Leatherman. There is a lot of space in that cavity.

 

[scott johnson]

Soooooo:

As you all know it’s real easy to find something to fix on a 50 year old truck. Especially one that gets “Sunday driven” like mine does. Lol after we put it up on the lift to do the clutch we found that it needed a little spa treatment to get it ready for wheeling season.

The damage so far:

Clutch and wear items, seals and bearings.
Transfer case output seals
Parking Brake rebuild , shoes
Correct drive shaft bolts, all were loose
Replaced spring bushings
Fix transfer case shifter linkage
Welded a crack on the Hyper Shackle
Oil change
Drain and fill front and rear diffs
Pinion seals
Replaced diff drain plugs with trail gear plugs
Drain and fill tranny and transfer case.
Full knuckle rebuild including knuckle and wheel bearings
New front brakes and Calipers
Flush /fill brake fluid ( probably 20 years old)
New brake master
New intake/ exhaust gasket
Install an actual muffler

If it looks like something’s missing…. We did the backing plate eliminator kit and the heavy duty wiper retainers when the gears went in and front end was rebuilt last time.

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[scott johnson]

Hadto buy David a new hat and take him to dinner. Not sure how but he got gear oil on his Toyota hat and he blamed me.

 

[greenseaman]

Y’all have been busy!!!

 

[dbenke]

Ya' think?