But she's finally done. Seized wrist pin bearing, scored piston, cracked return line, busted oil ring on a new set of pistons, snapped timing pin in the p-pump, cracked fan shroud, runaway condition on the initial startup... yeah, that pretty much covers the highlights. But look at her now, she starts up and runs and best of all NO KNOCKING!!! This thing fought me the ENTIRE time going back together, but she's done and sounds really good at an idle, nice and throaty.

 

Bloody knuckles and Tylenol.....
For a minute I thought you were talking about changing the headlight bulbs in one of these trucks!!!

"This thing fought me the ENTIRE time going back together...."
That too sounds like my truck!! NOTHING I've done has come easy on this one.

NICE ride!!!

 

Glad I'm not alone then. Isn't it funny how how what should be an easy, simple thing takes about 8 times longer than say building a nuclear fision plant? I have had the joy of replacing that drivers lamp and I know your pain.

 

Looks really nice.

 

Looks real purrty.

 

Some times it seems like every once in awhile , a car/truck comes in and its as if I'm an excorsist , working 3 times harder to get the demons out .
DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON HEAD LITES .

 

That's a really good lookingride you have there, keep her clean!

 

Thanks guys, I hope I got all the demons out. We'll find out at its first hook to the sled. I'm thinking of taking it down to a dyno in a couple of weeks and see where she sits now. Keeping it clean with stacks should be interesting but I'll do my best.

 

I've found that replacing headlight bulbs is easier if you first remove the engine and bumper, then drop the frame out from underneath...

 

that's friggin hilarious!!!!!!!!!

 

What about the buckets that the house the head lites , its one of those jobs I was going to do several times , thinking it was just going to be a 15min. job , I've been wrenching [ as a employee & my own shop ] for about 25 yrs. , this is one of those , it looks like removing the inner fender [ if not the outer ] ,
It must have been the 1st part on the assembly line , then built the rest of the truck around it .

 

Nice looking truck!

... only way it could get better is if you'd lower the stacks about 6"

 

6 inches? I debated on cutting them off a "little" shorter, but 6 inches... I think that would be a little too low.

 

I don't think it's hard changing the headlight bulbs, I just take the whole housing out from the front, swap the new stuff in and put it back together... Having a aftermarket bumper helps though Looks good dude, how much power are you hoping to lay on the dyno?

 

Honestly, I haven't a clue and I've done so much to it since the last run that at this point I'm just hoping its more. I did a 434/970 a long time ago at Floor-It Diesel's dyno event. My personal goal is 800 horse, greedy ain't I? We'll see soon enough how much farther I have to go yet, but 800 would make me happy, for a while...