The BluJay

[AugustDiesel]

All that’s left to do on the exhaust is the driver side intermediate pipe and then a hanger in front of the muffler.

Passenger side dump gets mighty close to the shackle. We will see if it’s a problem.

Muffler is tight to the frame and body, but it fits with at least a 1/2- 1 inch of clearance all around. I promise.

Feels kind of janky to reuse the Walker tail pipe after all this other custom pipe, but we’re going for “finish the dang truck”, so it’ll do.

V Band clamps are the bomb dot com.

Photo dump.



Andy

 

[Truckman4life]

I'm assuming those collector bolts will get pinch nuts. Trick I've been taught years ago, instead of prying on v-band clamps to remove them after they have been on for a while just spray them down with WD40 or any penetrating oil on both sides and they will usually pop right off. Sometimes just a light tap. Nice work!

 

[AugustDiesel]

I'm assuming those collector bolts will get pinch nuts. Trick I've been taught years ago, instead of prying on v-band clamps to remove them after they have been on for a while just spray them down with WD40 or any penetrating oil on both sides and they will usually pop right off. Sometimes just a light tap. Nice work!

Yeah, I’m probably going to spot weld the bolts to the flange and replace the lock washer and nut with a pinch nut. And look for better gaskets than these papery ones.

And that’s a good tip on the v bands.

 

[warrpath4x4]

I remember when I was young and dumb and thought i was going to be smart and use locking nuts on my header flanges... ya I used nylon lock nuts LOL

 

[AugustDiesel]

I remember when I was young and dumb and thought i was going to be smart and use locking nuts on my header flanges... ya I used nylon lock nuts LOL

Bet the nylon got crispy

 

[warrpath4x4]

Bet the nylon got crispy

worked for about 2 weeks before it melted the nylon out and they fell off lol

 

[Fastereddie]

I have found the aluminum collector gaskets worked best for me before i went to vbands

 

[AugustDiesel]

I have found the aluminum collector gaskets worked best for me before i went to vbands

I’ll give those a shot. The driver side gasket split in two in the first installation.

 

[AgDieseler]

Exhaust work can be a fun puzzle. Your solution really nice. V-bands are a fine add.

David

 

[AugustDiesel]

Exhaust work can be a fun puzzle. Your solution really nice. V-bands are a fine add.

David

Thanks. What’s nice is that by reusing the muffler and tailpipe I already had, I saved quite a bit on cost. I could have reused the manifolds and skipped the headers, but that’s no fun.

 

[AugustDiesel]

Took my first stab at using pie cuts. Really happy w how this turned out.




Just gotta make this little dog leg jump and then I’m done with the exhaust.



Andy

 

[AugustDiesel]

Not sure if these videos will work. But the exhaust is done. I’ll post up pictures of the finished driver intermediate pipe tomorrow.

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Andy

 

[AugustDiesel]

Swapped in new park lenses, put the grill back in, and picked up another project … bc two isn’t enough.



Andy

 

[imiceman44]

Swapped in new park lenses, put the grill back in, and picked up another project … bc two isn’t enough.

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Andy

Is it at least a 5 speed manual?

 

[imiceman44]

Swapped in new park lenses, put the grill back in, and picked up another project … bc two isn’t enough.

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Andy

And since when is any number of vehicles enough?

 

[AugustDiesel]

And since when is any number of vehicles enough?

lol. True enough. It’s an automatic and it’s not mine. It belongs to one of the high schoolers in the student ministry I lead. I’m helping him replace his radiator plus a few other things. Gonna finish the blue truck first though.

 

[imiceman44]

lol. True enough. It’s an automatic and it’s not mine. It belongs to one of the high schoolers in the student ministry I lead. I’m helping him replace his radiator plus a few other things. Gonna finish the blue truck first though.

Too bad you're too far, I have a new radiator for it, and a condenser.
I pu them on after an accident and a week later the oil filter got loose and engine seized.
I also have a one year old starter

I am pretty sure I already threw them away but I also had the wheel covers

 

[AugustDiesel]

Slammed an easy inch in the front springs today to level it out and correct the steering geometry. Think I finally have it level. I’ll know more when I start driving it.



Andy

 

[AgDieseler]

Damn that looks good.

David

 

[AugustDiesel]

Damn that looks good.

David

Plenty of room for 35s … because naturally I am thinking about the next phase before this phase is even finished lol