Up and running again!! FINALLY!!

About 5 months ago I was driving along thinking to myself how fun it was to drive this old truck and how well it was running......famous last words. Within a day or two it lost power and was running terribly. I limped it back to the shop and parked it worried I had lost a couple of valves. I was disgusted and couldn't get up the guts to rip it apart and figure it out. Well I finally got around to it and found out it was only a head gasket that blew. Last night I finally got it all back together, new oil, topped off the coolant and the old beast started right up with very little difficulty. (Insert very large smile here)

I hopped in, let my dog in the seat with me (she was whining and carrying on to go with me) and we went for a ride around the neighborhood. Came back and checked for leaks. None that I could see. I have to check my newly installed heater to see if it works and if it does I may be back in business as long as I can get a windshield wiper installed on the driver side. (Is this truck sounding as redneck as I think it does).

I am just kicking myself for not doing the work earlier. I think I had just gotten burned out with work and a bunch of ther projects so I was disgusted and worried that it would be a major overhaul so I let the old truck sit.