I work like 50+hrs a week and am still making time for the Pinz!
I never half-arse something on a truck when I work on it. Back when I had this truck before I did only minor work to it, the clutch being the biggest repair I performed. Other work was performed by somebody I won't mention. These days I am much more mechanically inclined, have owned a bunch of trucks since I last had the Warn Pinz. I have also learned to fabricate and weld plus have these tools and much more nowdays. Any ways, the Pinz is a lot of fun to work on, yes I said that! I enjoy working on trucks, to me it is fun. The first two weekends I had the truck I ran it hard, real hard. All I did was check the engine oil before hand! Kind of dumb I know but now that I have drained the fluids I know it was A-Ok and in good order. Also knowing the condition of the truck when I sold it helped my confidence along with knowing how little it had been used and what kind of use it had seen. So my ignorance was at least educated ignorance! Any ways, running the truck hard showed where it needs some love and love it is receiving! When I got this truck back in 2003 it had been neglected for some time. There was even bailing twine wrapped around one axle when I first got the truck and mud/dirt on it from at least 2-3 countries. I simply hate having a truck with a filthy chassis, to me it is unacceptable. I fixed that up a lot last time I owned this truck but am doing it more this time around too, detailing it so to speak. While it runs really well I am still seeing some of that neglect even after all the repairs I did to it last time I owned it. Any ways, case in point, when I work on it or any truck, I take my time and not just fix things but re-furbish them. I also can't stand rust, it bugs me a lot.
So I just finished up my engine/oil pan re-furbish this evening. I de-greased the block, albeit not the LHS as I couldn't access it to well. Years and years of oil was removed from the top of the block and RHS and all around the oil pan. Obviously it had leaked in the past around the fuel pump, the pump had a 1/2" or more of oil on it and a ton of silicone around the base not to mention heavy old thick nasty oil all around it. Plus the normal oil from changing the filter was just thick and nasty on the RHS of the block. It looks really good now and I am happy with it plus I can now tell where any leaks might be coming from. The pan is in and I am real happy with it. Will take a picture tomorrow and post it. Keeping my fingers crossed my oil pan weeping is a thing of the past! So for now, crossing this off my list of to-do's. As I think I mentioned before, the truck is off the road while I perform these repairs. So I have a lot of anticipation building for soon when I put it back on the road.
Next up ~ drop the fuel tanks and re-furbish them. I hate leaking gas when I want to fill it to the rim or when off-road. So time to put a stop to this.
Oh ya and I recently pressure washed all the seats and then let them dry in front of a fan for a week. Some of the back ones were so filthy it was a
moment. Pretty sure at least two rear seats were soaked in gas and at least one other one with stinky old beer. They look fantastic now for 20yr old seats!
Cheers
A narrow gap through some trees I only cleared by say 1" on each side, off-camber a bit too! 
