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Here are a couple links to get you started.

I had a 1970 International pickup truck back in about 1979. It was a short bed, 4x4, 304 V8, with three in the tree manual transmission. That truck had over 200K miles on it. It had been a shop truck/parts runner for a local strip mine company. It burned some oil but always ran good. It would bind up shift linkage now and then and I carried a 32 ounce ball peen hammer I could smack the linkage with when it did it. Worst part of the truck was putting fuel in it. It fueled from the front fender just ahead of the door and you had to fuel it s-l-o-w-l-y! Impressively it wasn't a rust bucket, which most Cornbinders of the era were. I attributed that to the inches of dried mud caked under under it from its strip mine days. Traded it in on a Plymouth Trail Duster because I needed more interior space.

I love following builds. Please keep us posted.

I spent some time in old Scouts in my teen years. Not fast machines, but they would climb about anything. My cousin had both a wagon type and the pickup style. We called the pickup "Bucket a day", because you could haul about a bucket full of coal or ashes a day in that tiny bed. I'll be watching your progress intently.

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The first link works good for me in Chrome. The second link works in Chrome also, but I only get audio.

I use Shell Rotella-T 15-40. Reasonably priced locally. I agree any oil you choose will suffice. Before my internal inspection I ran non-detergant 30w. Engine wasn't sludged up so switched to detergent.

In my experience that is fairly common, although not often obvious. Glad you found it and made it right.

Looks very nice

UNEF thread, 7/8-20 is my guess. A Google search of 7/8-20 plug will show some possible options.

Last winter I was working on carburetor linkage, on the car, and lost a little E-Clip. Swore I saw it hit the floor. I hunted for it all day, finally got another and moved on. Yesterday I was removing the right front bumper bracket and noticed something on the floor. Sure enough it was the E-Clip I lost last winter. It couldn't have been on the floor, in that spot, all year long. I have swept and even vacuumed in that area multiple times since I lost it. Must have been somewhere on the car and it fell off. Hard to believe it hung on until now. I guess that is how they got the name "Jesus Clip".

Happy New Year!

A picture is worth a thousand words!

I don't have an exact answer. Just a thought. Instead of hooking the spring from the outside of the bracket in to the hole, what if the spring hook went in the hole with the hook catching on the outside of the bracket? Not sure if that makes sense. Not sure how else to explain.

No resolutions for me. Like Popeye, "I am what I am"! I would like to change some things, and commit to some things, but deep down I know better. So to spare the burden of personal disappointment I will just keep being me. Happy New Year everyone!

Knuckleharley you are an inspiration. No prognosis is going to shut you down. I too enjoy your posts. Keep on keeping on as much as you can.

I use Merle's method too.

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

Around here someone would be using that as deer hunting stand.

You are a patient man. I have replaced many vehicles with much less aggravating issues very quickly. I can and do respect your perseverance. Hopefully you are good for a long time this time.

I would probably pull the battery cables off until you get a chance to check it out. Hate to see it catch fire. If it is wired wrong (actually discharge vs charge) and something is creating that much current draw, it will make a lot of heat very quickly.

If it is a one way or check valve it is to prevent fuel taking the path of least resistance back to the fuel tank. Not a substitute for a fuel return line.

Been unseasonably warm. We had snow one day. About an inch and it didn't last. Enough rain since to clean the few roads that were salted. Not a big fan of winter either, but if it would stay like this run of weather I could get used to it.

I was wondering the same thing. Prayers for all involved. GM, Ford or Mopar, these old cars bring us together and make me feel connected to the folks who are connected to the cars.

Could you pull that broken front motor mount isolator out of there and run a couple bolts thru the mounts with nuts to hold it in place to stop the engine from twisting when you apply torque to your breaker bar?