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I've always cleaned and painted the frame on all my trucks, usually takes a weekend or two and I use a combo of wire brushes in a drill...
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So I started about 5pm yesterday tearing it down. This truck is completely rust free but there's just dirt and mud caked everywhere...
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So last night I decided I wanted a break from the engine stuff and started on the front suspension. I'd bought all this stuff 6mo ago...
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So then yesterday I double and triple checked the harness, put the air box/intake tube back in and plugged in the MAF. Hooked up the...
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So Tuesday night after work I started buttoning all the other little details up. Started with the valley plate, got new knock sensor...
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Made small but important progress yesterday. Crawled underneath and measured my gap from the converter to the flexplate with a drill bit...
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Then got it swung up in the truck
Slowly...
Slowly...
Had to do some sketchy shit to get the hoist to come all the way out...
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So then last Thursday I put the pushrods and lifters in
Got all that torqued down properly, installed the GM valve cover gaskets...
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So that night, I ordered some ARP head bolts and also the driver's side frame side engine mount cuz I'd broken 2 bolts off getting it...
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Didn't do anything yesterday except getting the C10's alternator warrantied. Just wasn't happy with the paint color on the motor so I...
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Did the VCs too of course
So while those were drying, I pulled the driver's frame side of the engine mount out. 2 of the bolts had...
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Dropped the pan on, put the bolts in loosely and aligned it with the straight edge as well
Then set it out in the sun to start...
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So Sunday I turned the motor over to install the windage tray and pickup tube with a fresh o-ring
Then slid the front cover on...
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The old o-ring was definitely flat
Rear plate on loosely
Lubed and slid the cam in. Installed the retainer plate, cam gear and...
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So then Saturday I cleaned the block real good one more time and changed out my floor diaper in prep for assembly
Lubed the main...
