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11/12/23: Today I looked at my compressor and it looks like it blew the head gasket. I disassembled the head and confirmed the gasket looks like it was leaking. That would account for the smoke filled room. It’s amazing but I was able to order the head gasket for a forty five year old compressor on line. Hopefully that will fix the issue.

I continued on the passenger side mount using a wire wheel to finish the cleaning and painted the assembly. Once dried, I finished assembling and installed the mount. One issue I ran into was because the gas tank is still installed. This rendered access to the plate nut (two taped holes in a single plate) near impossible, so prior to removing the second bolt, I threaded a 3/8 stud into the nut plate so I could move keep the plate in alignment. I didn’t discovered this until I lost the plate on the first one. Using a flexible magnetic pick up tool, I was able to get it back in place and luckily able to thread in a stud.

Once the passengers side was installed I moved over to the drivers side. Disassembly followed the passengers almost exactly with no issues. I cleaned up the assembly and painted it so It’s ready for assembly.

11/21/23 I assembled and installed the drivers side rear cab support today so the cab mounts are all installed and shimmed within tolerance. I’m ready to start the floor replacement.