Ordered a 4" lift and 35" boggers!!

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Picked up remflex header gaskets. Now have everything on the shelf to put my new power master starter in

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Cant beat those Remflex header gaskets..... I did have to re-torque, but just once and no leaks....

What's the difference between those and something that Felpro makes?

I'm running under the assumption that Felpro makes the highest quality ________ (insert gasket here).

Remflex is at least twice as thick as Felpro gaskets, they are designed to be a crushable gasket which helps with any uneven wear. I just used some on a buddies 352 and they are awesome I won't use anything else especially on the FE motors

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I took my brand new set of BBK headers cut one of the tubes on the driver side and I welded it back together to clear the steering box. No more exhaust leaks for me.

Installed a new to me dash pad amd guage cluster. I had to drive an hour for them but only paid 35 dollars for the whole dash complete! I gave it a bath too. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...ed32859b11.jpgNew to me dash
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https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...593ddacdef.jpgAll original minus the hood scoop, rims, work lights. I bought it from the original owner with 83k on it.

good score on the dash - I need a couple for mine...

Great score on the dash.looks great. Papa bear have you looked at the dash pad caps that glue onto the original dash? I know they are a half a$$ fix but I bought one and it looks great can't really tell it's on except where us messed up. They are inexpensive also. Just a thought

thanks for the suggestion, Justin. I've seen them, but they're about $100, in black, as I recall. I've got the dashmat covers on all three trucks, and the cracked two don't bother me as much now :)

however, if I spot a deal on a tan or brown pad, I'll be on that like a bear on his honey!

Continued working on the engine bay, frame rails and firewall. Also started cleaning up the junkyard headers I bought.

Hopefully finished up with brake work for a while!

A couple or few weeks ago, I put in new wheel cylinders, which of course ended up including the two metal lines to the axle-vent junction block, and motored on. Well, the other night, I had the pedal go to the floor but lock up the rears, so I picked up a reman master cylinder from O'Reilly's. I put that on yesterday along with new lines to the proportioning/metering valve, but realized that I needed new front pads, so I grabbed some, and put them on today.
Turns out the pads were all at about 45%-50% worn, but the driver side inner had the friction material come apart.
I took it for a test drive, and the brakes feel great! A basic F150 Custom Dent, with the six cylinder engine and probably zero options, has some pretty darn decent brakes - at least unloaded...

And then last week, I had my buddy's '96 E150 here for a couple of days, while I replaced every brake line from the wheel cylinders all the way up to the short metal line coming out of the antilock module.

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Maxed out the limits of my hoist putting the motor in. Getting close.

Been cussing my truck since I'm having issues with the core support but I "decorated" the garage with a flag. It's covering some of my extra dentside parts