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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.

20240319_132813_001.mp4 20240319_132813_001.mp4 A 1 second video of the truck running...or just audio I should say.

Well, you know Rob used to haul an R model behind his Dodge pickup.

Yes it is.

Oh yeah, and the IH guy called and asked when it would suit us to bring the International, he said it was loaded up and ready to go. I told him "whatever suits you suits me better". So he's supposed to drop it off Friday .

All I've planted so far is some potatoes and onions. The onions came up good and are looking pretty good too. The potatoes don't seem to be doing much.

Welp, the folks at Lynchburg Nissan called back. They said it looked like a mouse had made a nest in the air box, and damaged a "something or other" sensor, so they're going to clean it, fix it, and put a new air filter in it. None of which is covered by the famous "Mabry Million Mile Warranty". "No ma'am, it doesn't cover rodent damage". I don't think it was mice, I'd be more inclined to believe it was these squirrels and chipmunks that are always running around out here.

It's not a secret at all. I came up with this through years of trial and error. I had no idea how to make hot sauce. When I first started making hot sauce I pretty much just ground the peppers up in the blender with enough vinegar to liquify it, then I added some salt, boiled it in a pot, then poured it into bottles. Usually I used recycled hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, the little wine bottles, etc. to put it in. When I read the ingredients on hot sauce bottles they all said "vinegar, peppers, salt", so that's what I used. I still use the same 'gredients but I do it a little different now. I cook the peppers in a crock pot with vinegar, salt, and minced garlic until it's pretty much mush. THEN I liquify them with a blender, adding more vinegar if needed to get it to the right consistency. Zina has a hand held blender that's like a small outboard motor and I liquify it right in the crock pot. I think it's a 12 horsepower. Then I strain it before I bottle it, so there's no "pulp" in it. And I use new bottles instead of recycling old ones. It's different every year because I never have the same amount of the same peppers. Last year I used cayennes, tabascos, jalapenos, the little red super hot ones, and Serrano's. But that's how I make it, I pick the peppers and put them in the freezer until they're all picked, then I make the sauce, and cowboy candy with some of the jalapenos.

Yep, last year's. I'm going to plant a row this year too, a lot of people love that hot sauce I make.

🤣"Big mike"😂