Thanks everyone.
brjr51 - ah. I'm glad you posted... I'll be sure not to do any of that stuff then.
4ontheFloor - yeah dad and I were thinking we'd hit the hardware store and see what they had in the rubber o ring department. We have a really good hardware store in town with a huge plumbing section... we figure some vendor has the right gasket thing, but as pop has said many times: 'this is no show truck'.
235 Fat Fenders - yeah I was noticing it is kinda rusty there... but that is Papa's truck so... it is whatever he wants to do.
littlebuddie - I knew about filling station, but I didn't know about the gauge decals. Thanks for the part source tip.
-W
