Quote Originally Posted by ragragtimetime View Post
"When the truck is warm - not hot and not dead cold, but only say about 2-4 hours after being parked - it makes that noise like the battery has just enough power to start it" just a guess - sounds like a connection issue (positive or ground) due to condensation. & you had mentioned a starter vibrating loose issue, so I recommend removing all the connections at the starter, cleaning & applying di-electric grease prior to re-connecting. (cuz when it doesn't start it will occur @ the work possible scenario....like an on-ramp)
Hot diggity dog that's a dang good guess about the condensation - will do as you suggested for that. Those intermittent issues are the worst it seems so love good clues about them, thanks bunches!

Quote Originally Posted by geezer101 View Post
Holy crap that carrier bearing is fragged. Yet another member who has managed to find damage worse than mine When the carriers fail they do all sorts of horrible things to the drivetrain. New bearing and u-joints will make the truck livable again. RRTT's advice on cleaning up all the ground leads will go a long way to debugging the electrics - everything will have a layer of corrosion and gunk on it.
Yeah I was amazed when I saw it, too - she's a mighty little truck that's for sure... I've never seen any vehicle have so many things neglected & just plain wrong and yet still run. Dear god the entire rusted out cooling system alone was enough to kill most any other car. You're dead on with the corrosion & gunk, I'm still finding it here & there.

After all the replaced parts and now this, it's still squeaking in the back somewhere, I'll update once that's sorted out. Thanks guys ever so much I'm really liking the truck more & more