The progress has been slow on the old Ford. I got a storage box and have been messing with that, a long with shop/yard clean up, and helping my parents get odds and ends done on their house/yard. We did get the front axle all back together and back under the truck. I replaced all the tie rod and drag link boots with energy suspension ones. The napa replacement ones are obviously junk as they were cracked and all the stuff isn't 1.5yrs old. The joints are all still tight, just the boots are crap. While I was under there taking off the drag link I noticed my steering out put shaft nut looked loose. Holly cow, it was real loose. I'm glad I caught that. I put a drop pitman arm on it 4yrs ago and that son of a gun didn't really look like it went on all the way. Must have been some interference and it loosened up. I never noticed any loose steering, so maybe the nut just backed off. Either way, it's fixed now.

The poor truck has been leaking oil like crazy for a while, so I resealed the vacuum pump. Then I removed the bed so I can install a new 38gal tank in the rear tank location. I've had a 40gal side step in the bed ever since I started driving this truck. I got tired of having a 6' bed so now this baby is going in. Maybe I can get the fuel gauge to work too? That'll be nice. Here's the old tank on it's way out. Man this poor truck is getting rusty from these nice winters...............



I may buy another frame and start another truck build with my other cab next summer. Or keep this truck as a beater and build a nice 67-72 crew cab rig. Decisions, decisions.