photos of my truck

I have been working on the truck the last few weeks (blown head gasket). I have really learned alot about my truck. I got this cargo cover and had to snap a few pics. I will be recieving come 395's in the next few weeks I cant wait to get them mounted and get a few pics of the new rubber.

Vaughn

Can I have your shop

baxter said:

I have been working on the truck the last few weeks (blown head gasket). I have really learned alot about my truck. I got this cargo cover and had to snap a few pics. I will be recieving come 395's in the next few weeks I cant wait to get them mounted and get a few pics of the new rubber.

Vaughn

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Truck is nice but I LOVE the garage/shop! I wish I had 1/2 the building to work on my vehicles!

shootiniron said:

Can I have your shop

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Wow! That's one heck of a garage! Nice truck too.

goldneagle said:

Truck is nice but I LOVE the garage/shop! I wish I had 1/2 the building to work on my vehicles!

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Heck, I'd take a third.

Nobody better outbid me!

It is a great place to work on a truck. We manufacture silencers, the shop is 34000 Ft and has air drops all over very handy. One thing I found out was you can use a snap on 7/8 carbon monoxide socket on the drivers side head bolts to torque them down and not remove the oil cooler( I didnt have a head bolt wrench).

Vaughn

baxter said:

It is a great place to work on a truck. We manufacture silencers, the shop is 34000 Ft and has air drops all over very handy. One thing I found out was you can use a snap on 7/8 carbon monoxide socket on the drivers side head bolts to torque them down and not remove the oil cooler( I didnt have a head bolt wrench).

Vaughn

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Pure candy.

And I took that as a 7/8" O2 sensor socket...yes, that will work fine.

sick rig and a sick shop!!!

holy shop envy .nice truck to now you just need enough of them to fill the shop up

Kieth J yes you are correct. I just had to do a little math to recalculate for the added length.

I like the truck and the shop I am looking for a cover and bows could you tell me where you got it and how much you paid for it

I got the cover from Big Casey here on SS for $300. I already had the bows.

i also want that shop

me too, ill take 1/4

at least you could have done was throw a little snow on the fender to make appear you had a little excitement getting in inside that awesome looking shop.

Nice Deuce I hope you have it back on the road soon ... Although I am a bit concerned about you tight working space and feel that you should find a more spaceouse area for a proper repair....

baxter said:

I have been working on the truck the last few weeks (blown head gasket). I have really learned alot about my truck. I got this cargo cover and had to snap a few pics. I will be recieving come 395's in the next few weeks I cant wait to get them mounted and get a few pics of the new rubber.

Vaughn

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Baxter,

could you share a few tips for the head gasket job, seeing it is fresh on your mind? You already mentioned the 7/8 O2 sensor socket...anything about procedure, how you did it, what worked and what gave you grief?

First thing I did was to disconnect the battery then removed the air filter assembly so that I can sit their and work on it. drain the coolant on the passenger side toward the back of the motor thier is a drain I used a piece of garden hose to get it into a bucket. Then you can remove the intake and exhaust manifolds thier will still be some coolant in it but not alot.Then the injectors came out followed by valve covers and the valve train then unbolt the heads. I had the heads ground they took off .004. Use the o2 on the 6 bolts on the drivers side I did grind the socket a litle to make it fit better. To check the valve lash removing the ALT I think is easier than the radiator bought a cheep 1 5/8 shallow socket and milled 3/8 off of it and used a socket wrench with a thin flex head a fit it onto the crank to move the valves. I just reinstalled in reverse order. I hope this helps if anyone has any questions I will try and help.

Vaughn

Looks good Baxter,
? did you get any pictures of the motor as you worked on it ?
I too would like too have the shop like that