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To call this the Bogie Man would be and understatement... Pretty scary, huh?	It began by adjusting the Torsilastics.... loosen the jamb nut, and tighten the nut on the bottom. Hundreds of thousands of miles of road grime and rust and no match for this crew!	That's Clifford on the smart end of an 1 - 7/8" end wrench with a 3' cheater.
Here's the spline on the driver's side. Piece of cake!!! We did this side first and it gave us a false sense of confidence 'cause it came off fairly easily.	Here's the jack rigged to press the bogie off the spline.	With enough PB Blaster and jack pressure overnight, it came off!
Van came down from Las Vegas to lend a hand. He wrenched the front Torsilastics and here he is with Clifford... the proud team that beat this challenge.	Next I was to tackle the wiring. Coming through Huntington, West Virginia last year I had an electrical fire started when a bundle of wires chafed against the frame and shorted out. The smoke and melted wires looked like a major disaster, but didn't seem to affect anything. Clifford noticed that I didn't have any upper marker lights, so I tore into the wiring. I had to remove most of the finished carpentry behind the driver's station and expose the wireing. What a surprise! It was a major disaster.	Fortunately Clifford has all the shop manuals, and with help from Edgreyhound (screen name) who has a Model 5 like mine, I was able to work through the maze of wires. We got all the top marker lights working and scrapped about 40 lbs. of extra wire in the process.
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To call this the Bogie Man would be and understatement... Pretty scary, huh?

It began by adjusting the Torsilastics.... loosen the jamb nut, and tighten the nut on the bottom.

Hundreds of thousands of miles of road grime and rust and no match for this crew!

That's Clifford on the smart end of an 1 - 7/8" end wrench with a 3' cheater.

Here's the spline on the driver's side. Piece of cake!!! We did this side first

and it gave us a false sense of confidence 'cause it came off fairly easily.

Here's the jack rigged to press the bogie off the spline.

With enough PB Blaster and jack pressure overnight, it came off!

Van came down from Las Vegas to lend a hand. He wrenched the front Torsilastics and here he is with Clifford... the proud team that beat this challenge.

Next I was to tackle the wiring. Coming through Huntington, West Virginia last year I had an electrical fire started when a bundle of wires chafed against the frame and shorted out. The smoke and melted wires looked like a major disaster, but didn't seem to affect anything. Clifford noticed that I didn't have any upper marker lights, so I tore into the wiring. I had to remove most of the finished carpentry behind the driver's station and expose the wireing. What a surprise! It was a major disaster.

Fortunately Clifford has all the shop manuals, and with help from Edgreyhound (screen name) who has a Model 5 like mine, I was able to work through the maze of wires. We got all the top marker lights working and scrapped about 40 lbs. of extra wire in the process.

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