An Engine Rebuild/Refresh Thread
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You got it! I'm sure summit will send me another one but I dont want it! And It's pain get at now that the fenders are on!
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I hear you. All I'm saying is it may seem like you have a problem now but in the end you may be worrying about nothing. My father in law does that and I gotta say I think it's making him older than he is. Sometimes your better off letting it work itself out. Get the truck on the road, take it for a nice run, and if the problem re occurs address it then. For now, worry about all the other stuff that need to go on it
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ha! funny you should ask. i have made almost zero progress on the truck in the past ~4 months, and have not been on FTE hardly at all either. i've done a bit of minor trouble shooting, but otherwise, the rebuild has been pretty much trouble-free (knock on wood).
However, I just picked up some new [to me] parts this weekend and will be making a real effort to get the truck all one color again (currently its got a newly painted black front and white, rusty bed) by end of summer.
i also hope to get the D60 that i just bought rebuilt and under the front end with a reverse shackle/super duty spring conversion kit on it before winter as well! ...the current one is weeping pretty good from the shaft seals.
i've been really meaning to get on here at least somewhat and today is my first day back in a while!
However, I just picked up some new [to me] parts this weekend and will be making a real effort to get the truck all one color again (currently its got a newly painted black front and white, rusty bed) by end of summer.
i also hope to get the D60 that i just bought rebuilt and under the front end with a reverse shackle/super duty spring conversion kit on it before winter as well! ...the current one is weeping pretty good from the shaft seals.
i've been really meaning to get on here at least somewhat and today is my first day back in a while!
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so, he cut it off there and told me to only use the AC when i'm moving. no problem as i never use it anyway, but the wife was unhappy. ...so i bucked up and bought a 16" single fan and am currently building a mount for it.
on a side note, i've pulled over 10,000 lbs in ~80 degree weather with no fan on the engine since the rebuild and my coolant and oil temps were nominal the whole time. EGT's were slightly higher on big, long hills, but at ~2100 rpm, i could keep them below 1000 pretty easily.
...so if it wasn't for AC (or in other words, the wife), i wouldnt be running a fan at all!
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the pressure is mounting to get it all one color again, though! i just picked up a pristine tailgate last weekend as well, though so once i find the time to pull the bed from the other truck, i'll do all the paint at once and be done.
...except that i want to build my back rack and step bars first so that i can bedline and paint them all at the same time.
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ha! oh well. bad timing, huh?
...maybe next time on the parts swap.
let me know if you still need the mechanical fan and shroud. i have no use for them.
...maybe next time on the parts swap.
let me know if you still need the mechanical fan and shroud. i have no use for them.
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I ran my old truck without a fan for about a year and the only time I got a little worried was when I got stuck in traffic on an hot day, running the A/C. If I sat there long enough without moving much the temp needle would start to climb. I put the mechanical fan back on after that. It did make a nice difference in the noise level of the truck (like that helps much, LOL).
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I have a shroud.I got a fan but one blade got tweaked in shipping.I straightened it but not sure if I trust it.