Project: Reliability - Its 6.0 Delete Time

MINK · Jul 10, 2012

Mike's Diesel Performance said:
NO not that kind of minivan ya dork lol

Where did you learn that one?

Matt_P · Jul 10, 2012

Mike's Diesel Performance said:
NO not that kind of minivan ya dork lol

Ohhhh LOL no havent given her that minivan yet

MINK said:
Where did you learn that one?

Oh I think I know where he learned it

TrailerHauler · Jul 10, 2012

Mike's Diesel Performance said:
NO not that kind of minivan ya dork lol

I prefer the short bus.

ford_trck · Jul 10, 2012

Matt is taking some pills right now. He might be a lot a bit slow.

Chvyrkr · Jul 11, 2012

Damn that sucks...

All I gotta say is, if I burned all the skin off between my ankle and my knee and didn't have nasty scarring, I'd be pissed!

Seriously though, hope it gets better soon man!

Breaking Habits · Jul 11, 2012

Sorry to hear man. That leg is brutal.

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Matt_P · Jul 15, 2012

I totally forgot to respond to these, must have been the drugs LOL

Chvyrkr said:
Damn that sucks...

All I gotta say is, if I burned all the skin off between my ankle and my knee and didn't have nasty scarring, I'd be pissed!

Seriously though, hope it gets better soon man!

Yeah I wouldnt mind having a couple scars, if I dont have any at all I would be really surprised! I feel like it will be real easy to tell that all that got burned though cause all my other skin that didnt get burnt will be darker and the new skin from the burn will be dead white and I wont be able to tan at all! LOL

But thanks I appreciate it!

Jared @ River City Diesel said:
Sorry to hear man. That leg is brutal.

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Thanks Jared!

The leg is getting better, the right side has healed but still needs to grow another layer of skin back, the ankle and most of the right side is still looking nasty though and the cleanings still blow! But I can finally walk normal for the most part LOL Im antsy to get back to the truck though, Im hoping in two weeks Ill be back at it.

Matt_P · Jul 27, 2012

Well after 3 weeks Im finally healed up enough that I could get back to work on the fummins, so I drove back to ohio today to spend the weekend trying to get it finished up! Finally got coolant running through it today along with a couple other small things. I got a video but my phone wont let me upload it, Ill remember my camera tomorrow.

Here is a picture of the engine almost all buttoned up! sorry for the crappy cell pic

vcassens · Jul 27, 2012

Looks awesome that is one clean install. So when are you putting this one up for sale

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MINK · Jul 27, 2012

Sweet! Ill be up at Wapak sunday for the dirt drags so ill get ahold of you!

Matt_P · Jul 27, 2012

vcassens said:
Looks awesome that is one clean install. So when are you putting this one up for sale oke:

Thanks! I did my best to keep it looking clean, I dont think Ill be selling this one for a while LOL It sounds too good just bringing it up in the RPMs sitting, the real test will be on the road though

MINK said:
Sweet! Ill be up at Wapak sunday for the dirt drags so ill get ahold of you!

Sounds good Mink! Im down for some dirt drags

TheSmokinStroke2002 · Jul 28, 2012

hows the leg doing bud?

Matt_P · Jul 28, 2012

TheSmokinStroke2002 said:
hows the leg doing bud?

Its doing a lot better, its all closed up and now it itches like no other, it basically looks like I have one big bruise on my leg now. Still gotta keep it wrapped at all times cause the skin is very weak, I bumped my leg on a smooth wooden stool when it was unwrapped and it cut it open, but its getting there.

Got more done on the truck today, got all five gauges wired up and working right. Im not sure if its normal for a brand new engine or not but its making a lot of oil pressure, about 70psi at idle and when I rev it up it pegs the guage at 100psi, not sure if this is something I should be concerned about or not.

But I just have to finish the exhaust, make the trans shifter linkage mount, make the intake, put the front end back on and hook up the alternator charging wire and its pretty much done

TheSmokinStroke2002 · Jul 28, 2012

Matt_P said:
Its doing a lot better, its all closed up and now it itches like no other, it basically looks like I have one big bruise on my leg now. Still gotta keep it wrapped at all times cause the skin is very weak, I bumped my leg on a smooth wooden stool when it was unwrapped and it cut it open, but its getting there.

Got more done on the truck today, got all five gauges wired up and working right. Im not sure if its normal for a brand new engine or not but its making a lot of oil pressure, about 70psi at idle and when I rev it up it pegs the guage at 100psi, not sure if this is something I should be concerned about or not.

But I just have to finish the exhaust, make the trans shifter linkage mount, make the intake, put the front end back on and hook up the alternator charging wire and its pretty much done

Glad your back working on it!

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94.5 Stroker · Jul 28, 2012

Damn sounds good Matt

Matt_P · Jul 30, 2012

TheSmokinStroke2002 said:
Glad your back working on it!

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94.5 Stroker said:
Damn sounds good Matt

Thanks guys!

Made a ton of progress today, All the help from Jason, Bryan and Mink made things go a lot quicker today! Basically the truck is ready for a test drive minus one stupid oil leak issue. Today I got the rest of the exhaust made, intake made, shift linkage made (huge thanks to jason for the help with that). Soldered in the last couple wires. Put the fan on, bled the brakes from the cab being off, put the front end back on. Ran the tcase wiring harness. Then some small odds and ends.

I meant to get a video with the exhaust and everything hooked up but I forgot, but it sounds dam good! The turbo has plenty of whistle to it. I even put the truck in drive for the first time and it moved about 3 inches under its own power LOL

So I had it ready for the test drive when the one oil leak Ive had since I first fired the engine bit me in the ass. The oil feed line fitting for the powersteering/vaccum pump has never stopped leaking and its a steady leak. Ive tried plenty of fittings with no luck. Well then the hydroboost fitting on the back of the pump started leaking too. Then the threads on the pump for the oil feed stripped out. So of course the last non new part is preventing me from driving the truck, gonna have to try putting a new pump on tomorrow to finally drive it.

Here are some pics:

All 5 gauges installed now: