Installing the new seat was a lot easier with the seat slide working, than taking the old one out was with it not.
I have the truck to the point where I can start it and run it off of a hose connected to the fuel pump on one end, and in a gas can on the other. I worked the diesel purge all afternoon.
The first time, I ran it with a mix of 1 quart oil, 5 diesel. Ran the motor until I started to get a nice anxiety attack going, killed it, and drained the fluids. Then, I put in 5 quarts of oil, and a gallon of diesel for the splash effect. Ran it some more. I don't think the temperature gauge is working.
https://twoheelers.tumblr.com/post/160318864790/test-run-2After draining that fluid, I dropped the pan. Diesel mixed with hot oil is especially delicious. What a mess I made under there. The pan still has fine rust, a bit like beach sand, accumulating around the plug. Maybe a teaspoon worth, there was a table spoon after the first run.
I put 4 pan bolts back in, added a gallon of diesel only, and flushed one more time while running. Dropped the pan. Still getting beach sand, but it is even less than it was an hour before.
At this point, the sun was going down. I put tools away, hosed the diesel off of me, and ran to the local burger place before it closed. I am climbing a mountain this weekend, and probably won't have time to work on the truck before then, so I have a few days to meditate. Do I keep flushing? Fill it with oil and start it every day for a couple weeks? The truck is not goign anywhere soon. At the least I have to figure out the gas tank and the brakes before driving it. Do I yank the motor now and do the re-build? A lot to think about while perched on top of the Mountain this weekend, I'll check back in next week. Thanks all
