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I believe that! it looks like a piece of jewelry in there. I will get pics of it before I install down pipes
Much progress has been made and then life happens:
I had huge elevator drawing deadline, also had to finish up getting the addition to the house "dried in" before snow hits, oh and one other small thing happened...we closed on our third house up here in North Idaho!!!! WOOOO HOOOO!!.
Now you are thinking, 3 houses? and to that I respond, "yes three mother Fn houses!!"
Our life savings is wrapped up in the super hot real estate market up here in N Idaho... plus I come with built in renters, I have two stepsons whom both have families and I have a mother in law who wants to move up here from CO eventually...along with a few of my old CO neighbors.........everyone moving to Idaho if you didn't hear...........so when we sold our place in CO we wanted to come up here and invest...well we have done it!! Who knew? One house in Colorado worth 3 up here in rural North Idaho!!!!!!
So this 3rd house also happens to have a couple of HUGE SHOPS and its in town, on the grid, which will make some things related to trucks much much easier....like dealing with craigslist and Facebook people without having to deal with our 2 mile trail we call a driveway...................... anywho, life happens, deadlines have been met, addition is dried in just in time for rain, and I still make time to get this truck built....so onto the pics!!
I'm hoping to turn the key next week :) shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Eddie Money is reading this and his truck is still waiting for me to finish all this other crap. To that I say "HEATED GARAGE IN TOWN" 07 will get built one way or the other, I have NO OTHER PROJECTS after this truck, everything else is DONE!!!!!!!!!! I have a guest room now if you want to move in and help, you can be my funny, encouraging camera dude and pick the shop music!!!
First up, here is the Remflex gasket package for part number reference
trans is stabbed to engine, so its time to install the cooler lines, starter, lower converter cover and trans dipstick
Trans dipstick is easier to install if you raise up the back of the transmission quite a bit, pull the actual dipstick out of the tube, and drop the tube in from the top, rotate it as it goes down. Then you can access the hold down bolt from behind the lower intake. I had to install the tube 2-3 times in order to bend the hold down tab into the correct position, this is pretty common, these tubes get bent up when the drivetrains are pulled.
trans cooler lines and dipstick tube cleaned one last time before install (compressed air)
Shot of the engine bay thus far
Yes yes there are more parts bolted on in this pic... I do not need to show you guys how to attach the drivers and pass side accessory brackets HAHAHAHA
Now time for the power steering cooler and plumbing to and from it
This v6 cooler needed to have its tabs bent a bit so it would land where I want it for the v8
Also I found a v8 power steering to cooler line so ignore the v6 hose with brass splicer....that is how you do it if you do not have the v8 hose.
Accessory brackets installed, wiring and vacuum plumbed, egr hard line put in place loosely.....all in prep for the upper intake plenum install!
Driver side, power steering hoses, AC line installed, I use thread sealant on the power steering fitting threads to stop weepage
Here you can see the v6 style heater control valve vs the single line v8 style, I had to source the v8 one
Now to show you guys another trick I have up my sleeve, how to make the ranger 42 pin plug reach the v8 42 pin plug.
First you need to remove the retainer clip that holds the ranger wiring to the brake master cyl stud, pull the harness out as far as you can without putting too much stress on it and then re attach the plastic retainer....you just gained about 6" of length
Next you have to modify the rear plug cover like this
that goes here
On the v8 side of things you must cut away the wire wrap and gain as much length as possible from engine harness to 42 pin plug
Now they reach each other, with some slack
Yes all the wiring will get a final wrap before we run the truck
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I build custom RBV, specializing in drivetrain conversions, wiring, suspension and complete custom trucks
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