I'll have to give the lightweight oil trick a shot. With the condition of the rest of the rubber on the truck, I'll be astounded if the motor holds up. I thought about converting the wiper system to 6 volt electric so I've got more speeds than incredibly slow and off, but I'm not sure. Hopefully what I've got will get me by for the remainder of the summer/fall. Guess we'll see. I'll have to post some pictures of it in the gallery, the truck's a fine piece.