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Yes, it only pulled from that passenger side tank to begin with. 60 gallons will get me up the road a little ways anyway. And I guess I could put the tank I just cleaned on the driver side if I really wanted to fool with it.

You talked me into it- new tank, done with it! I went out and measured the tank and this is pretty much the exact same size. The tank on the driver side is steel, so we can just paint it. I ordered this and cancelled the sealer. Looks like the same tank you got.

Oh, here's the latest latest update, what I came here to post-

Wow! Yeah, I didn't even know where to look, I just googled "replacement fuel tanks" or something. I don't know where he got this tank from that's on it now.

Yes, he put a tank on it that had only had diesel in it, because he was having trouble with rust in the original gas tank. Said it was all fixed now. Imagine that! I guess I don't have rust problems anymore, I have sludge problems! 🤣

I thought about that, I looked online this morning, didn't really see anything close to what I've got.

That's true about the aluminum pan, I didn't even think it looked that bad last night, and I couldn't believe it this morning. It didn't even look like gas anymore. It has water or something in it. And that sample didn't even come from the very bottom of the tank, when I got it off and tilted it up all kinds of nasty looking, filthy, dirty, horrible, disgusting stuff was coming out of the hole 🤣

I used the aluminum brightener, and it seemed to work pretty good, but i'm going to do it again. I ordered the sealer and it won't be here for a week, so I have time. I can still see black gunk stuck in the bottom of the tank. I didn't leave the acid in it for any length of time, I just poured it in, sloshed it around as best I could, took all the plugs out and started spraying.

Here's the latest update Had a bit more gas in it than I thought.

Here's the latest update- I drained some gas out of it last night. Put it in this new clean aluminum pan. After sitting on the porch overnight, covered and untouched, it looked like this this morning. So yeah, I have issues. I'm going to go drain it now and try to get it off. Here's the filter I took off the other day, looks like more gunk has settled in it. I talked to Brayden Tucker, who buys, sells, deals, and restores old trucks about cleaning and sealing the tank. He said the best thing he had found was the acid like you spray on aluminum, the brightener, I forgot what you call it. He said to pour some of that in it then pressure wash the crap out of it, let it dry good, then put the sealer in.

This is about where I'm at now. I'm going to end up taking the tank off, if I can. I started it today to turn it around and same as yesterday before I changed the filters- it would not run at all unless I sat in it with my foot on the gas. I looked in the tank with a flashlight and some some sketchy looking stuff swimming around in the bottom. I only let it run for a few minutes yesterday, I wouldn't think the filters would clog that fast, but I don't know. I'm going to take Fuzzy Buzzard's advice and start with the tank and go to the carburetor. I don't know if I can wrassle that tank off by myself or not, but I'm gonna give it a try. Danged old trucks!

Thank you very much.

Looks fantastic! I smoked a couple of Boston butts Friday for a cookout we had Saturday.

Yessir, that's all I use in my small engines and I had a full can here I just got a couple of weeks ago. I filled the mower up and poured the rest in the truck. They have it just up the road at Sheetz in Concord, and it's 90 octane too. As soon as I get tags on it I'm going up there and full it up. Stevie also recommended that I put a lead additive in it too, so I'll get some of that somewhere.

I like the way he had the fuel pump and filter setup. The original fuel pump is disconnected and he mounted an electric fuel pump near the tank, with 2 filters before it gets to the pump. It has a pressure regulator on the carburetor that the fuel line from the pump connects to. And the filters are clear, the ones I ordered are clear, and where they go in the line they're super easy to get to, so you can change one in about a minute.

Here's one of her sitting in it and me standing beside it, that's the best I can do.

Thanks Vlad, that's kind of how it was. He told me at first that you had to pull the choke out a little for it to run right, even after it had warmed up. And he said when he delivered it that he still had "rust in the gas tank" issues, and he had about 3 or 4 extra in-line filters in the side box. I thought he had told me on the phone that those issues were fixed after he put a tank that had only held diesel fuel on it. So I went out and started it the night we got it just to look at the lights and I couldn't keep it running long enough to get out of the truck. Started it again yesterday and same thing, I could keep it running as long as I sat in it patting the gas but that was the only way. Zina was a bit pissed, she was about ready to call the guy and tell him to come get it. But I changed the gas filter and it started right up and sat there and idled fine. It has a plug in the bottom of the tank, if I don't get it straightened out I might just pull that plug out and drain the tank. Might put a bottle of Heet in it before I do that though. I don't want to mess with that plug unless I have to. And I just poured a 5 gallon can of non ethanol gas that I had for the lawnmower in it after I changed the filter. Gas looks more like coffee than gasoline.

Yes, it has air brakes.

Oh. Thanks for the info, I just need more seat time to get used to the truck now.

So that's another thing I was wondering about. When you shift the transmission to a higher gear they recommend that you shift the transmission first, then shift the axle to low just before you let the clutch out. I have also seen people move the button first every time and it worked just fine, real smooth. So it doesn't hurt anything to pre-select every time?

It has the air shift, that's a first for me too. I've driven the vacuum and electric shift 2 speeds before and the vacuum shift seemed to work better. But I never really drove any truck with a 2 speed rear enough to master it.

Well, here's Zina's new truck sitting on the trailer in the driveway. Here's a couple of old fellows talking about the truck on the trailer in the driveway. Here's the truck parked in the driveway after it was unloaded. Here's the empty trailer the truck was parked on before it was unloaded. So now I need to learn how to drive a truck again. It has no power steering, non-synchronized transmission, cab so small the steering wheel touches my stomach, gas engine, 2 speed rear, I ain't used to any of that 🤣

I think a good many of these squatters are the same people that stroll across the border freely.

Cost about $300 to pay for the rodent damage.

I'll try to get a long video of it running, like maybe 3 or even 4 seconds.