u2slow

Not only did I get the LEDs in, but I swapped in a less-broken heater control. Lubed up the flapper door hinges too.

While I had the bezel off, stuffed in an old Bluetooth deck I had kicking around.

Gunch

Nice to have a good day especially when u get things done headlights look nice

edwinsmith

YOU'VE BLINDED ME! I CAN'T SEE!

u2slow

I gotta drive amongst the new-car f-tards in the city when I go to work... fair is fair

sokoji

What kinda LEDs did you get ?

u2slow

Amazon stuff...

The current draw ended up less than the sealed beams, so I'm saving the relay harness for future, or another truck.

u2slow

Agreed. The main leaf is a big chunk of your front end stability.

KRB

U2slow - Were those LEDs plug and play or did you need to modify some? I think those are the same ones others on here have.

And you have green grass up there right now?!?

u2slow

Plug & play. No different than putting in another sealed beam.

Yes, grass is green. Daffodil season too.

Shelby/Dakota

been getting beat up trying to get the fan off the clutch. I just done have the right tools in my garage. So before I go and remove the fan hub off the block, is there anything I should expect? Any gaskets or coolant passages behind there? Want to get the dowel pin wrapped up and move on.

oliver foster

I have removed the fan hub before when a clutch fan was being stubborn. There is a freeze plug behind there, but you can remove the hub with the fan on it and install it if needed as a whole unit.
You do know that the clutch fan nut you are trying to remove is reverse rotation..Right?

Shelby/Dakota

Yes I am aware it is left hand threads. I just don't have a good way to retain the clutch from rotating and leverage the nut at the same time. I also don't have air tools available where i'm working on it.
Thanks for the info, if I cant break the nut loose i'll just pull the hub assembly.

BC847

I found the limit of my 27 year old, 295,502 mile block . . .


Lower/left gear-case mount (ignore the green) . . . .





Front block main-bearing webbing . . .





Lube-oil pump recess in the block . .





From that in the oil-pump recess, all the way back to the turbo oil return port . . .





I think the crankshaft is broken as well (12mm VE/triple S362sxe).


oops.

edwinsmith

Heck! A little J-B Weld will fix it right up!

thrashingcows

Dooohhh!!!