Truck Progress

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Isn't it amazing how with these old trucks that getting ready to do the breaks can lead to a new radiator install?

Brakes pulling to the right pretty bad so I buy all new shoes and springs.
Open up brakes, brakes good, just bad slack adjuster (stuck). Bearings good too, fresh grease.

Find a broken spring on the front drivers side. Call parts yards and finally find one. 25 bucks.

We mess with the carb a little and thermostat housing is leaking. Great, good time to change thermostat since I have not done that to this truck.

Go to drain radiator a little to help with the mess of the thermostat change and the petcock was plugged and sodered into the radiator. End up pulling the radiator and it's so bad that I'm stupid not to change it out.

Finally find the one radiator in town and get it back, get it installed, and now were on to some more wiring issues.

Started out thinking I was going to spend under 50 bucks,,,,

Now I'm over 300 spent on this project....

Amazing how one thing can lead to another, and then another, and then another.