Kain
3/4 ton status
I started the tear down today. I got exhaust manifolds off the carb, and the dizzy. by the time I get my summit order with my valve train tray I should be ready to pull heads. not looking forward to this....
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Head gasket
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Kain
3/4 ton status
put driver side head on and torqued it to spec. Will do passanger side tomorrow if weather is cool
keep on plugging, sometime i tell myself just go out to shop for 5 mins, ends up being 2 hours and i got stuff done.
Kain
3/4 ton status
yep was 2 and a half today got hot had to stop i will start in the morning and see how far i can get
Kain
3/4 ton status
well i got the passanger side head on and the acc brackets in place
wasted wages
1 ton status
I feel ya man,,,it's hard to get motivated sometimes, especially when it's so frickin hot outside... and it ain't even mid June...Texas heat brings the suck... oppressively hot.
I gotta get back out and finish up the engine in my LUV truck...been dragging it out way too long..
I gotta get back out and finish up the engine in my LUV truck...been dragging it out way too long..
I got some wiring work done. Not as much as I'd like. Spent 2 plus hours after work out there. No heat here thou
Kain
3/4 ton status
Well I think the valves are adjusted I will check tomorrow when im not so bloody hot
Nothing done to truck. Ot and neighbor's 50th b-day celebration
wasted wages
1 ton status
Yeah, today was a bust for me too...
Wifey decided that my time was better spent clearing out flowerbeds and planting some new bushes and flowers...
oh well, maybe tomorrow!!
Wifey decided that my time was better spent clearing out flowerbeds and planting some new bushes and flowers...
oh well, maybe tomorrow!!
Kain
3/4 ton status
basically followed what these two vids did
long winded but around 9:13 is where he starts
long winded but around 9:13 is where he starts
Kain
3/4 ton status
well i put the driver side exhaust manifold on then looked up at the mile high wall of dirt coming towards Lubbock
and thats it for me today. Covered the exposed valley with trash bags and magnets and went inside
and thats it for me today. Covered the exposed valley with trash bags and magnets and went inside
wasted wages
1 ton status
I went out to Odessa TX to work for a few months once,,,first day I was there I kept wondering " why does everything look so dusty...." Next morning I stepped out of the motel and saw this huge wall of brown heading in from the West...
I have never eaten so much dirt in all my life... holy sh*t,,,, I came to hate that city... was never so glad to get off of a job site...
oh...and the wind never stopped fawking blowing..
I have never eaten so much dirt in all my life... holy sh*t,,,, I came to hate that city... was never so glad to get off of a job site...
oh...and the wind never stopped fawking blowing..
Kain
3/4 ton status
Ya it's flat, and I laughed so hard
That's why I went inside don't want dirt sandwich...... Lol
That's why I went inside don't want dirt sandwich...... Lol
wasted wages
1 ton status
yeah, prior to that day I had never been West of Houston, so being a city slicker, I had never seen that before... and of course all of the guys on the crew thought that little tidbit of info would be funny to let me find out on my own... real funny guys... yeah.. laugh it up...
well I got a few hours in this morn, break time then back at it.
Kain
3/4 ton status
Did all I could today, it's starting to look like a motor again
Looking good, going back out to work on mine
Kain
3/4 ton status
Will try to get most of the way tomorrow after the dmv, they didnt put in th 6 on address of 106th st
so they sent my title to 10th s t and i have to pay another 5 bucks to get another one
so they sent my title to 10th s t and i have to pay another 5 bucks to get another one
well I put in another 4 hours, today I changed my crank circuit, R&R pass side exhaust manifold, removed AIR injection manifold, pass side valve cover gasket, 8 new spark plugs, almost finished the relay circuit for the electric fuel when my rechargeable work light went dead. oh well off tomorrow will be back at it and road test.
