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steelsoldiers · 09-08-2009, 06:12

EZFEED, I have the front clip for it and it will probably go on soon since most of the engine work is done.

I had a 10 hour work session yesterday in the rain with Chad. Thankfully, we had the foresight to bring a big blue tarp, which we stretched across the top of the truck to give us shelter. We still got soaked, but not as quickly

Chad was a huge help with the alternator wiring. It had been chopped off when the alt. was cannibalized. He had to scrounge some longer pieces of wiring and then soldered and heat shrink-ed everything back together. The stuff did not want to take solder since it was salt corroded, but he managed to cut the wire back far enough to finally get it to stick. Dang seawater!

We reconnected wire 566 to the alt. That is the circuit that tells the control box that the truck has started and kicks the starter out. It was a huge PITA to start the truck yesterday because the PCB kept kicking the starter out on me. That explains the 939 field mod where wire 566 is disconnected. I will be performing that mod.

The next task was getting the intake plumbing up to snuff. I had to replace one of the boots, several hose clamps, and the giant u-bolt that holds the intake to the engine.

After that came the cooling system. We had to disassemble the thermostat housing, clean out all of the mud-dobber nests, replace the crusty thermostat, and put it all back together with new gaskets. Then, we hoisted the very heavy radiator into place after giving the rusty bolts that held the bottom bracket on a good cussin! We got the bolts started on the bottom and the upper and lower hoses shoved in place.

Chad had to head out to do some work at home so we got him packed up and headed out. Thanks working in the rain with me, brother!

After Chad left, I got the upper radiator bracket installed and bolted the fan to the fan clutch. I then added almost 10 gallons of distilled water to the system, fixing leaks as I went. I will probably have to do several drain and refill sessions with this thing since it is so nasty inside. I should install a coolant filter kit too. I also installed the power-steering cooler and bolted it to the radiator.

After the system was topped off with water, I went and got the trusty jumper deuce for some run time. She fired up after a couple of minutes of fighting the protective control box. It kept kicking the starter out on me. Arrgghh!

I let it sit there and run for 5 minutes or so to get everything circulating. It revs up easy and sound great. There is plenty of oil pressure too.

Here's a few phone-pics to keep you guys interested! Wow, it's starting to look like a truck now! Chad will post some more later and I will post a vid tonight.