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Went and looked again today and now have even more questions. I took the seat out and looked at the gas tank. What does it take to remove the gas tank? Are the straps bolted all the way through the floor? What's the easiest way to take it out, whole seat frame or just undo the straps and remove the upper crossmembers? How much pressure should the clutch have on it, I compared it to my 52 4-speed and it has about 1/4 of the pressure on it. How much slop is allowed on the king pins, I jacked it up and felt for movement, I can see movement in the king pins and the tire moves about 1/2 inch at the top. Is there a good and easy way to test the condition of the spring shackles?

The more I look at this truck the better it looks, it has some issues but nothing major, I looked at the speedo today 37557 and I'm believing it could be right.

For right now I'm thinking of redoing the brakes, maybe discs on the front, dual master. I think I may leave the front end as is. I now feel this truck is way to nice to do anything to but leave mostly original. Dave