Well, I didn't get a call; does that mean you got it running? I ususally knock off around 10 or so because I get up early. Any time before that and you're golden.

 

just quick update here - i put the whole front end of the truck back together (minus the grill and such), finished up the modified coolant system for the IH pump, and started her up again. took a few seconds of cranking, but she fired up first time and i let her run for about 20 minutes, looking for puddles forming on the ground and in the valley. didnt spot anything much, so shut her down at that point. Oil temp was up to ~ 120 degrees, so not up to full temp, but getting there.

once she was shut down, i did notice that my turbo oil supply line was leaking at the brass double-flair fitting on top of the turbo. its much harder to see leaks of perfectly clean oil!

and of course with the body bolted down now, its damn near impossible to get any normal-looking wrench back there. luckily my wife was at the movies with my daugther, which is right next to the local harbor freight. i'm not a big fan of "pittsburgh" tools, but they were the only ones around, besides sears (which was in the opposite direction) to stock crows foot tubing wrenches.

haven't started it again since, but did get that fitting snugged up better.

oh, and it sounded great! idle was high and erratic to begin with but settled to ~625 and pretty steady after about 10 minutes. i even revved it a few times and it sounded even better!

there may be a few more things for this thread, but my main focus now is on the rest of the truck, so that thread will dominate now.

thanks for all the help, guys!

 

I'm glad to hear you got it running JP. It kinda puts a whole new drive into getting it done huh

 

sure does!

now i want to drive it!

we got the brakes bled and e-brake hooked up. once i get the air filter mounted for real, i'll be able to drive it up and down the driveway at least :-)

 

Congrats! Good thing you noticed the leak though!

 

Its good you were able to get at that fitting and tighten it. About a month ago I put my turbo back on and the oil return line fitting at the turbo was leaking. I had to take the turbo off to put a new gasket in there. What a PITA. Its great it sounds good!!

 

Glenn, did you just get that Honey Badger Jr in? Hows it compare?

 

Yes, its in but trying to get my tunes set up right. Seems to be fine so far but I also haven't pulled my 5er yet, that's the real test!

 

I hear ya, well i hope all goes well and your happy with it.. Ill have my ear to the tracks for a review...

 

haha, I don't run trains anymore but when I run my train with rubber tires on it I sure will let you know! LOL

 

Question for you all. Where can I buy just the y-pipe for my Intercooler setup? ...like exactly the style of the one that Glenn has? ...basically a 3" welded wye with a tight 90 turn off the top and about a foot horizontal run.

I was going around tightening all my IC boots tonight and that cheap aluminum wye I bought gave way and crimped on one of the legs. Definitely not fixable and definitely not going to hold boost...

Any vendors/connections would be much appreciated!

 

I got mine from Irate diesel but I don't know if you could mod it?

 

May look at getting a couple 3" exhaust pipe bends and make one. I made all my IC piping out of it.

 

Says he who can build one of these trucks entirely from scrap metal he found in a junkyard LOL!!!

 

LOL!! I don't know about all that.....but I could build one from the OBS junkyard in my back yard! LOL!!