[Racer2172]

Been a little bit since an update. Daughter went to visit her mom for a bit and the Arizona heat showed up so slowed down progress a little. But did get the transmission serviced up and some fresh fluids in it. Also got the stock gas tank cleaned up and coated and cleaned out the factory fuel lines. Now that the daughter is back home she keeps asking to work on the truck, so every few days in the evening when it cools down from the over 100 degrees heat we have been getting small things done. The truck would turn over and start when we would put a battery in, then would act like the starter was bad. So the daughter and I dropped the starter out and started cleaning it up and in the process found part of the armature from the solenoid was broken. So we dug through the parts stash around the garage found another starter but it had a different bolt pattern and nose cone so made one good starter out of the two. We reinstalled it last night and re did the battery cables. Truck turns over and starts consistently now. Now to fix a tire that gave up the ghost might take it for a little drive before we take on the worn out carrier bearing. Sorry no pics of the recent progress will try to get some more as we progress again.