What have you done to your rig today?

Got rid of the wierd tire noise and wheel hop. New hub bearings and 2023 work truck takeoffs with about 10k on Bridgestones for $350. Much better looking than the 3 spokes
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Finished mounting the engine mounts, transmission mount and installed Tcase. Did some good clean up and also bolted flexplate to Torque Converter.

All in about 2-3 hrs this morning.

Taking 2-3 hrs each morning this week to get some progress done.

Hopes and dreams call for wiring the engine up and putting everything in looms. Get accessories bolted up on engine and reinstall grill and Radiator. Driveshafts, shifter linkages, intake and fuel delivery…

We’ll see how far it actually get.
 
mbalbritton said:
Finished mounting the engine mounts, transmission mount and installed Tcase. Did some good clean up and also bolted flexplate to Torque Converter.

All in about 2-3 hrs this morning.

Taking 2-3 hrs each morning this week to get some progress done.

Hopes and dreams call for wiring the engine up and putting everything in looms. Get accessories bolted up on engine and reinstall grill and Radiator. Driveshafts, shifter linkages, intake and fuel delivery…

We’ll see how far it actually get.
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Only got a couple days before I’m down there needing a ride to the port lol
 
Shreddinlettuce said:
At that point why not get a factory harness with flying 6” leads and use the solder style connectors to tie into new wire? At least you know there’s not a bad crimp in that scenario
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I'd thought about going that route, I redid the lift pump harness for my 6.5 using the AirDog relay, fuse holder, and about 6 inches of the original harness and soldered new runs of wires.
I really wanted to try my hand at pinning my own relays; never hurts to have an additional skill, plus it's less splices in a single run of wire.
It'll be the factory wiring leading to the trigger pin on the relay, 18 gauge I believe, but the power to the relay and power to the headlights will be larger wires; 12 or 14 gauge
 
Well, with not much else to do…

Got the garage cleaned up and organized. Cleaned the Tcase shift linkage of years of grit and grime, started stripping the old 258. Got the, accessories off, bottom end stripped, ready to pull head and pistons.

Anyone need any random 258 parts? Aside from crank and rods. 😁
 
Not my rig, it's an older contractor friend of mines truck but I changed his oil and did some other maintenance and front brakes. He's terrible about keeping up with his maintenance on both his trucks. This is his work truck, 99 Dodge 2500 with the v10. Coincidentally I changed the oil on this exact day 3 years ago at 382k miles and it has almost 413k on it today. Says a lot about the durability to survive that long with the lack of maintenance this truck gets.
His 06 f350 power stroke I just serviced last week hadn't had an oil change in about 40k miles and he's never done either of the fuel filters before I just did them.

Crazy how it's people like this that never have an ounce of trouble but others that do their maintenance by the book have tons of problems.

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Stripped the 258 to get the crank and rods. Got the old block and head off the stand and in the back of the truck for scrap.

Pulled the cam to inspect the cam bearings out of curiosity. It’s wonder I had any oil pressure at all, even when cold.
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I’d equate them to 120 grit. Crank bearings were a bit better, but the crank is going to take some clean up to use again.

But, engine hoist put away, engine stand broken down and stashed, work bench cleared, engine ready to be scrapped. And now I have a bit more elbow room to work. Not to mention, the real dirty work is done now, at least.
 
Silverado_Express said:
Crazy how it's people like this that never have an ounce of trouble but others that do their maintenance by the book have tons of problems.
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I was thinking exactly this on my way to hawk pride with a rear pinion bearing that went out around Cherokee, and was spraying gear lube all over flopping around. "How many damn s10s and rangers are running around with the factory gear lube in it from 1999 with no issues, and here mine goes out 'randomly' ". Lol
 
Silverado_Express said:
Not my rig, it's an older contractor friend of mines truck but I changed his oil and did some other maintenance and front brakes. He's terrible about keeping up with his maintenance on both his trucks. This is his work truck, 99 Dodge 2500 with the v10. Coincidentally I changed the oil on this exact day 3 years ago at 382k miles and it has almost 413k on it today. Says a lot about the durability to survive that long with the lack of maintenance this truck gets.
His 06 f350 power stroke I just serviced last week hadn't had an oil change in about 40k miles and he's never done either of the fuel filters before I just did them.

Crazy how it's people like this that never have an ounce of trouble but others that do their maintenance by the book have tons of problems.

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Yes, it is crazy like that. My luck is crazy like that too. Not good not bad just mine.
 
Picked up my spare aw4 from the builder yesterday. Completely gone through with a shift kit. Gonna start the install tomorrow. Old one, the torque converter was starting to go and I think that the pump was getting worn.
 
Cut, chopped and modified the collector on the header as well as the shifter bracket so that they can clear each other. Just need to weld them up and install. Also installed new transmission mount and starter.

The list is getting shorter!

To Do after welding up the header and bracket is to install those, the intake and fuel delivery. Alternator, power steering, radiator and grill, fill fluids, exhaust and wire up the engine.

I’m sure there’s a few things here and there outside of that, but getting closer.
 
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