Old school Yakima gutter pads that were already mounted to the rig.
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"Backcountry Limo"
- Thread starter natemc
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Old school Yakima gutter pads that were already mounted to the rig.
Found these today. New they were blown. Didn't know how bad. Did the spark plugs while I was there.
Repurposed a washer fluid bottle for an overflow coolant bottle for now. This engine compartment needs some serious rethinking. With everything I want under the hood.
Tried to put the webasto heater in but, under the hood causes a problem right now and the fuel tank fill neck is going to take a little body work.
Cut the cold air flap out of the intake. It was closing and rattling all the time. It's not hooked up to the manifold anyways since it has headers.
Drive home from the shop tonight was aggravating. The exhaust gaskets were supposed to fix my knocking noise. It didn't. The exhaust is now quiet, 
well, throaty.
Before I could get the gate locked. It warmed up and started missing at idle. By the time I got on the freeway to go home, it was missing under load and has a knocking sound. Unfortunately, I need to drive it back to coburg in the morning. I'll start inspecting tomorrow after work.
well, throaty. Before I could get the gate locked. It warmed up and started missing at idle. By the time I got on the freeway to go home, it was missing under load and has a knocking sound. Unfortunately, I need to drive it back to coburg in the morning. I'll start inspecting tomorrow after work.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Good work in everything. And good luck with the noise!
12* BTDC
Shoooot! Gonna clean up the cap and rotor. Get a new set tomorrow. Taking it home tonight and see how it runs. 5-7-2 all week and the cap is corroded.
Huh. Wonder why tapatalk is putting two of each pic on the post. 
Anyways. No dice on timing fixing the pinging. Guess it's time to data log.
Anyways. No dice on timing fixing the pinging. Guess it's time to data log.
goathearder
1/2 ton status
Nice truck and great thread! Do you have any more pics of that awesome truck bed trailer you made? I am curious what the metal work looks like on the frame, I have been wanting to do something similar for a very long time. Did you just buy a junker and cut the frame yourself?
The trailer is from the green 83 that I had bought to fix as my towing/camper hauling rig. It was a diesel converted to gas. Not to bad of a rig but just much project for me at this point. I sold some parts and stole some parts. Scrapped the cab and front axle. Kept all the body pieces that will fit the suburban.
As far as the trailer goes. Search "Wiggle Wagon", I'll be doing a complete build thread for it once I start putting it together completely. Right now it is just a trailer. The plan is for it to be a complete camping setup
As far as the trailer goes. Search "Wiggle Wagon", I'll be doing a complete build thread for it once I start putting it together completely. Right now it is just a trailer. The plan is for it to be a complete camping setup
goathearder
1/2 ton status
Awesome, thanks!
So the cap, rotor and wires were replaced. Changed the pinging a little, and smoothed out the idle a little. Didn't fix it completely. Replaced the temp sensor that was broke and repaired a ground wire. Test drove it Tuesday night. It seemed low on power. I also changed the fuel filter. I'm headed into the shop today with the only intent to get this thing running right
Yesterday, when I was working through everything when I noticed that the throttle body was leaking. It was wet on the back of the unit and regulator. It was a bit oily also but I didn't think much about it. Pulled the TBI apart to find a couple of failed gaskets.
I got the reseal kit today and headed back out. Put it all together and fired it up.
it ran awesome. Timed it again and locked it down. Put the air cleaner back on and pulled out of the shop. 
As soon as I put it in gear it started to miss. Pinging came back with my foot in it. Pulled back in the shop and was 
scratching my head. Checked more vacuum stuff and realized how smoky the shop was.
Now I'm not talking about my 24x24 home shop. It's a gym now. I'm talking about works shop, a 5000+ square foot with 20' ceilings. We were smoking it up good. Pulled the breather tube and checked for excessive blowby. As soon as it was put in gear with a little load, the tube looked like a 8v92 Detroit stack.
I got the reseal kit today and headed back out. Put it all together and fired it up.
it ran awesome. Timed it again and locked it down. Put the air cleaner back on and pulled out of the shop. As soon as I put it in gear it started to miss. Pinging came back with my foot in it. Pulled back in the shop and was scratching my head. Checked more vacuum stuff and realized how smoky the shop was. Now I'm not talking about my 24x24 home shop. It's a gym now. I'm talking about works shop, a 5000+ square foot with 20' ceilings. We were smoking it up good. Pulled the breather tube and checked for excessive blowby. As soon as it was put in gear with a little load, the tube looked like a 8v92 Detroit stack.
find anything out on the engine Nate?
Checked it out with a bore scope. Cylinder 5 had a wet/oil plug. The camera shows what looks like a broke piston.
Pulled the left bank off tonight to verify damage or no damage to the block. Looks fine but the piston is toast.
Found a blown head gasket also. Leaned out and cracked the piston. Could've been the overheat last winter when I buried it in the sloppy snow.
Now to pull the block in the next couple days to get the oil pan off. Than to put my parts list together. I decide, after a very intense brainstorm session with a couple buddies, that I'm going to stay with the 5.7 TBI. 6.0 liter would be sweet, but right now is not that beneficial in my opinion. Upgrades to come, just not sure how many.
How much reliable HP do you think is possible?
Found a blown head gasket also. Leaned out and cracked the piston. Could've been the overheat last winter when I buried it in the sloppy snow.
Now to pull the block in the next couple days to get the oil pan off. Than to put my parts list together. I decide, after a very intense brainstorm session with a couple buddies, that I'm going to stay with the 5.7 TBI. 6.0 liter would be sweet, but right now is not that beneficial in my opinion. Upgrades to come, just not sure how many.
How much reliable HP do you think is possible?
Dang that sucks and the snow just came too.
Your telling me!
Throw an LT1 cam in it while you're at it. Don't bother messing with another flat tappet cam.
Martin
Martin
As I pull the engine tonight. Every damn bolt that the PO installed is loose. I can tell which ones are mine cause it takes more than a limp wrist to remove
Toast. Egr port leaking at the intake manifold. Everything got varnished up and it isn't a crate motor. Head bolts were not torqued properly and both head gaskets blown. I pulled the one bad piston and found bad rod bearings
