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Yes, need more! Such a cool rig with plenty of potential.

Never underestimate the power of JB Weld! ;)

Finally got around to attempting the fix on this cylinder head repair. While the coolant is all drained, I'm also re-plumbing the crazy coolant/aux heat/block heat/Espar system. So it will be a few more days before we fire the engine up. I think I did it as best as one could. We'll see what...

Unknown. I fixed it up as best I can. Nervous to find out if it worked or not. Decided to revamp the complicated coolant/engine/Espar/aux heat system while the coolant is all drained out. Been working lots, will post some photos once I get some time to sit down with my computer.

I took the sending unit out and drilled a hole into that for a pickup tube. The pickup tube for the heater sits an inch or so above the pickup for the engine so I don't suck the tank dry during a cold night and get stranded. But of course I also carry fuel in a jerry can. If you're running an...

Keep the original dually axle and upgrade to a locker of some sort since you need to go in there anyway to fix the lsd.

While I stall on fixing the cracked engine, decided to get the air compressor up and running. Got this thing ages ago, just never had time to install it. First step was to mount air tank. Found this 5 gallon tank floating around in a dumpster. Welded up brackets from the scrap bin and we got a...

JB Weld is some serious stuff! But we're gonna keep it in the drawer on this one. I have confidence this might maybe work. If I run the engine, all the coolant will enter out the crack and contaminate everything. It was a mess trying to blow out all the coolant from the cylinder head. I might...

Oh boy, it's been a stressful week. Did many hours of research. We're going to attempt to fix the cylinder head right on the engine. It's already screwed, so I don't think we can do much worse. Picked up some silicon bronze TIG brazing rods and went to town practicing a new skill. My first few...

Only seal there is the head gasket. I'd obviously take the fuel injectors out first. Learning how to TIG silicon bronze. It's not going as easy as I would have hoped.

I'm afraid of the crack getting bigger. I want to drill out each end of the crack, grind a groove into surface of crack, and braze it with the TIG welder. Hopefully this can be done without removing the cylinder head.

Thanks. I'm going to try and fix it. New Cummins heads are like $1600! I'm doing research on silicon bronze TIG brazing.

Haha, nah. I used it all up on the crankshaft. I might need to go buy another tube!

I don't think I'll ever win. Noticed my coolant levels in radiator have been dropping and eventually a small puddle of coolant under the rig. Other than that, everything is running great. Tracked it down from dripping from the bell housing, behind the starter, up the side of the block, under the...

Now that I'm not battling crippling repairs, I can finally make things more better! There aren't many good things to say about stock headlights from 30 years ago, except that they would last forever and not fog up like modern plastic ones do. But the light output was really terrible, and I...

Nothing is breaking! This is great! I guess I can do some preventative maintenance instead. Got the time to do it, so it's getting done. Drivers side balljoints and tie rods. Greased all the joints, packed the wheel bearings, and torqued everything down to the proper specs. But, some things...

The cooker doesn't use full power all the time. It's hard to say because it's always changing while it cooks. Like when you pressure cook or sous vide, it takes a lot of power up front to heat everything up, but tapers off and uses very little power the rest of the time. Pressure cooking is...

The frequency of the rig breaking down is what keeps me in shape. I enjoy hiking! Haha, I hope so! Interesting. Regardless, I'd rather not depend on any place to get air in the tires. Good eyes! Great place to rock climb!

Driving down the road, started hearing a funny noise. Thought it was a little exhaust leak. Oh well, not a big deal, sounded like a later problem. Later that day, smoke started pouring into the cab. Pulled over and took a look... Oil everywhere! Started the engine and observed. It was actually...

Hmmm, most places I've come across charge you. I can dig a schematic up. No way would I have been able to do it without figuring it on paper first. Yep, I'd much rather have my own air!