I went over all the bolts with a wrench, some of them were a bit loose. It seemed to help a bit. I plan to drive the truck around today to pick up some lumber. I'll recheck the bolts after I drive around for a bit.

I decided to clean the truck up a bit today. Vacuumed it out and wiped down eerything with some soapy water. I'll need to wipe it all down with plain water here later to wash off all the soap. I like to do that as it makes everything smell nice and fresh plus also with the bed lined interior its harder to clean. So I do this order, vacuum, soapy water, water, once it dries then hit it with stiff brush and re-vacuum. Should look brand new then.

 

Wow thats quite a list for just cleaning it up haha, i haven't cleaned TGM since the last car show.

 

Well since I've had the motor sitting in teh back of the truck I've been letting things build up. I hjad teh time so why not do it right.

 

Yup sounds like me when I did my oil pan.. felpro 1 piece gasket.. melling oil pump and dayco belt tensioner. When I pulled the fan shroud off for the fan
Except I cheaped out on my water pump.. rtv it rather than a 1 piece gasket.. its killing me too just because it has a little coolant leak.. lol now I gotta pull the pump off and put a felpro or victor reinz gasket..
Cheap bastrd.. me lol

 

Yeah i always go felpro. I love their new permadry one piece gaskets that dont use rtv.

 

When i get my 88 ranger back i need to probably redo the waterpump gasket, it has a small leak and is covered in RTV. There is a lot i need to do with that truck when i get it back.. that is, if i decide to keep it.

 

My 68 is the same way. Gaskets aren't too expensive but i see all the time where people just sandwitch the parts together with a giant glob of RTV, I always try to make a part look better then before I messed with it. Thats why i like to paint everything.

 

Yeah we painted the parts and put a regular cheapo gasket on along with a small bead of RTV to help. But i have a feeling it just wasn't enough. Plus my brother drives it really hard so maybe it just couldn't hole up to the pressure or something.

 

I think thats what happened to me.. the gasket started to leak when it got warm 180*.. i think if i still had that 192 t-stat.. that rtv would have been gone lol

 

That Tgm motor is pretty!!

 

i think its time for me to put a pic in my avatar !!

 

Thanks 1 ton, i try to pretty it up a little. the colors clash a little with the valve covers but i will get that delt with eventually. I also need to get new valve covers and seals, then i need to get my rear main fixed.. Lots of work but in the end i will be happy.

Brett, when i worked at the GMC delaership we had a Pontiac come in that the customer tried to fix a rear main on his own. He used the GM version of RTV (i forget the name) and when he pushed the tranny back in it pushed a ton of RTV into the oil. Then when he fired up the engine to drive it, the RTV got stuck on the bottom of the oil pickup tube and the motor was toast.

 

Yeah thats the downside of using rtv. In a pinch it works great vut for a quality fix you should be able to just use a good gasket and call it a day.

 

Yeah. One day i will pull my motor and do the seals..

 

Yup i should have done it right from the first time.. Do it right once and never do it again..