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Thanks but it's being disassembled as I type because it got so bad so quickly I couldn't take my eyes off the road. Probably because of the extra weight in back. Plus that's quite an imposition but thanks. Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk

The verdict? Pitman arm, tie rods and ball joints - 1100 bucks. Hey, I'd pay that for just the pitman arm.

And it got it. I was on the way to the ranch and noticed smoke...smelled diesel. I pulled over to check and it was a streamer under the truck. I drove it home and found with the lift pump on the fuel line that connects to the drain petcock had cracked. Really, a fountain that robust should...

So, I put all this work into it and what's the thanks I get? A sticking caliper on the front brakes and a fuel leak. The latter has the top of the manifold wet and the blanket on the hood above wet. The injectors and return lines are dry. I tightened down the plenum bolts. We'll see.

Better photos to follow.

Great. I'll have time on my hands. I don't figure ordering the disc harrow or talking to rural water folks is going to fill the install time. Coffee and Co op works for me. Maybe hanging out there with you will enhance my "farm cred". As it is, I'm still a tourist when I go through...

I'll be in Fairview at 700AM Friday to get the bed installed. Photos to follow.

No kidding. If somehow my ac was irreparable I'd consider it totalled.

Still have a bit of weaping at the thermostat. I think I over-torqued it. I'll get a new gasket, some sealant, pick up a new gasket scraper and surface it if necessary with some fine sandpaper and take another whack at it. I'm not surprised it wants to leak. My last attempt was a rush job.

Great.

Pulling the lines cured leaking in the fitting; pushing up the pressure level and wiggling the stem in the Schrader valve ended that leak. It seems to be holding air.

I think I know why I'm not holding air. I'm used to John Guest fitting and just jamming the lines in...as described in the instructions. With a bit of searching on the net I've determined that you also have to pull on the line and get the collar of the fitting to move with the line to get a...

I received them yesterday and installed them today. Other than having to grind some material off a bracket to clear the truck's brake line bracket the fitment was fine. The Schrader valves leaked spectacularly but I'll let it warm above freezing and run the pressure up to try toget the seal to...

That looks about right. Oh, and I've seen that place before....

Funny, I'd never noticed it on another truck.

Yeah but it's done it since day one...and I weigh 200 pounds....

The best part is that it'll finally allows me to level the bed. It's always sagged a touch on the driver side. Inspected it closely with the bed off; no idea why.

Talking to Tanned got me thinking. Along with exceeding the published towing capacity, the Bramco flatbed - scheduled for installation late next week - will add more burden to the already challenged driveline. So today I ordered a set of Firestone Ride Rite air bags for the back. I'm...

I have to wonder how much wash board dirt roads play into this. My tires are busy. Perhaps OK would be a good suspension testing ground. Just hand the keys to a farmer. Dale Sr. once correct Jr.'s driving telling him he was giving up speed by not holding the wheel firmly in the bumps...

No, the truck spent all it's time in WA or OK and I live in an area that doesn't salt much and most can be avoided thus the spiffy underside. If I lived in the NE I'd goo it up pronto. Besides, it's gone from a daily driver to almost a dedicated tow platform for my tractor with occasion wx...