No I haven't. Right now it has to wait. Only have funding for top priority issues

 

Nateairman. I sent you a pm. Did you get it

 

No I did not. Is it legal to post my email ?

 

yes you can, but once you get the message from the intended party you should delete it.

 

Alright. I go the motor out. That's a tight fit. Not looking forward to putting it back in but I don't think my kids are gonna like me putting them under the hood and making engine sounds so I can feel like I still got my truck. Plus the scenery would get boring lol. I am glad I pulled it though because there is a heck of a lot of crud all over the place on this thing. Plus I can see my pan is leaking a bit and the dip stick tube was loose. I'm gonna hold off on tearing into it until I finally remember to call riffraff while there open. I have made 2 calls after hours so far( I never said I was
Smart). At any rate it's definatly gonna be nice to get it all sorted in one shot.

 

Good deal! It's definitely a good time to address all the issues you can, and when it's back in I don't think you'll regret your decision to pull the engine.

 

Neither do I. The more I think about it the more it seems like the right choice

 

Keep up the good work Nick, you're doing the right thing. I don't think you'll regret the decision to do it all while you have it out. If nothing else you'll know a lot more about the truck!

 

Thanks. I know it's the right choice. I love the truck and always liked this body style. May as well make it last. It's not exactly the best timing for me cause I am also getting geared up to start plowing and seeding grass as soon as the weather turns. Shortly after it will be cutting and planting corn. Oh well. I took a lot of pics and with guidance on here we'll get it back together.

 

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I talked to clay today and he brought a few things to my attention. By the time I get all the oem gaskets to address the leaks I won't be all that far from the cost of a full rebuild kit. The only difference will be the machining really which I just got a price for. At this point I'm gonna take the head off and look inside. That will be the determining factor on the decision. My neighbour has a core motor in his collection that I can get for nothing so worst case scenario I will slap this motor back together and do a build on the other. My simple little scratch is ending up as full blown surgery lol.

 

Funny how that happens isn't it Nick? LOL!! My broken clutch disk turned into a T500, IC, S366 and T4 mount, IH water pump, TW tunes, new gauges, custom trans........ugh.......I'm broke

 

You guys are making me nervous! The list of things that could be done is endless. Now that the turbo is out the valley is ready for a clean and efuel, t500, water pump ah what the heck put a d66 in there! It ads up quick!

 

Hahaha. OBS. Our Budget Stretched. Lol

 

I love it!

These projects always seem to suffer that kind of "scope creep" don't they?