Man!, that looks great and sounds even better, but I didn't expect anything less.
More, much more than a "nice job". Well done .
Congratulations.

 

That thing is awesome! All the hard work, attention to detail and craftsmanship screams at you. I do believe old Henry himself, would say, "Nice job there Mr."

Can't wait to see the "Dropping it in gear and pull'n out of the garage" video.

 

You must be stoked! That sounds awesome, and for it to fire so quick. You should be very proud of your work. Will be watching for the maiden voyage.

 

Been away for a bit....congrats on getting it fired up...nice work!!!!

 

congrats...nice work is an understatement.

 

I've watched those videos 3 times. I can't get over how good it sounds and how quick it fired up.
That Cummins sounds soooooo nice.
Here's to you, a "virtual toast"

 

Completely amazing! Congrats! Once your ready to do my crew cab, let me know! Lol

 

CONGRATS!!! That must have been a great feeling...

 

Thank you gentlemen!!! I'm super thrilled everything went so good. I still have things to button up for sure before I driver her. I still need to:

Check her over real good for leaks.
Change the tail shaft bushing and seal
Install the intermediate shaft
Instal seats
Wrap up the battery cables.
Mount a puke tank
Get some 7/8" oil line for a road draft tube
Running bleed the power steering
Build my exhaust
Tie up some lines in the frame
Get and install a speedo sender
And the most hard to swallow, change the oil. Damn I hate that part of cam break in. 3 gallons of 15/40 diesel oil and a wix filter in the trash. There goes $70.00.

I also need to mount my horn and the air tank. I'm thinking the horn is going on the passenger frame rail real close to the bed side tool box. The air tank opposite. I was going to mount it under the hood but there is just too much under there already. And I think the last item will be to hook up the grid heaters.

I think that's it. I hopefully can get this all taken care of by the end of the month. Whew!!!

 

I have never used a smiley before but I think it is time for some celebration.

 

 

"Good evening, I'm Brian Williams. The first item we want to report tonight is that Brandon got his truck running, to the cheers of Ford truck fans worldwide."

 

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Congrats on getting it running! I've read through your build but never really got a chance to comment on it, but you do awesome work and I definitely have some inspiration for future plans for my truck. That first start is awesome, and you didn't even need any ether like I did! I feel your pain with the expensive oil change pretty soon, it sucks but it's just part of owning a diesel.

Great work man, there's a lot to be proud of there and I'm excited to see when you get her on the road.

 

Congratulations, Brandon! You must be so proud and happy!

Awesome photo video! Great work all the way around!

David