Anthony,
Just a note here to say "Welcome" to the Stovebolt!

Your entire thread has been moved to the
General Truck Talk forum as a
starting point for further discussion.
On that note, please make sure you post questions in the specific
Shop Area forum that covers the topic you want to discuss.
Mixed questions in a single post will get garbled up with answers that probably won't make sense, so the best option is to ask questions one at a time in the specific topic category.
On to more questions and some helpful replies from fellow members.

Dan