It's Been Awhile But I'll Have A Large Order of General Tao

[IDIBRONCO]

Mine too. Don't feel bad.

 

[flareside_thun]

Well, small update.
Got the clutch a few weeks back and a buddy and I put the clutch, transmission, driveline, turbo and batteries in. Having an issue with the electric pump and the fact that the tanks are full of wmo and OLD gas. Plus, the truck sat for a couple years so I think the injection pump is sticky. It'll run for about 10 minutes and cut itself off. Going to pump the tanks out, order a new electric pump, dump some good diesel in and let the diesel kleen that I filled the filter with do its thing with the injection system. I also upgraded to a 3" psd downpipe with vbands on the elbow of the turbo. All of the difficult stuff is done, now it's just nitpicky. Got to sort out some wiring and get it rectified, put the factory turbo airbox on and other minor things.

 

[flareside_thun]

To continue, the truck now moves under its own power and also has a fresh starter and starter relay in it. Anyone have recommendations on good fitting crew cab carpeting?

 

[renjaminfrankln]

Not a Crew Cab, but the stuff rock auto sells (ACC brand) worked alright for me. I had to do some cutting to get it to fit, but for the price I am happy with it.

 

[flareside_thun]

Not a Crew Cab, but the stuff rock auto sells (ACC brand) worked alright for me. I had to do some cutting to get it to fit, but for the price I am happy with it.

What kind of cutting?

 

[flareside_thun]

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[renjaminfrankln]

What kind of cutting?

A fair amount. Say 2 hours of messing around with a box cutter/utility knife. Had to trim it (too big overall) and cut holes for the ZF5 shifter and Tcase shift lever

 

[subway]

ouch, that Florida sun was ******* that orange paint.

great to see a cool old truck brought back!

 

[mblaney]

Snorkel maked me wonder... the intake on that must be almost 5 feet off the ground! Not sure what you need to drive through that needs more?

Are you going to paint? Ford code KG would look nice.

 

[flareside_thun]

Snorkel maked me wonder... the intake on that must be almost 5 feet off the ground! Not sure what you need to drive through that needs more?

Are you going to paint? Ford code KG would look nice.

Yeah, it's getting a nice coat of JLG Orange. Lol the snorkel has been removed and it's getting a factory turbo airbox and intake piping put back on. The PO lived in Miami and the height and snorkel were needed during adverse weather.

 

[flareside_thun]

ouch, that Florida sun was ******* that orange paint.

great to see a cool old truck brought back!

Yeah, the sun here didn't do the poor thing any favors. Lol.


Truck is running MUCH better thanks to a few gallons of fresh fuel and my buddy couldn't help but swap his tires on The General.

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[flareside_thun]

Well, I've been using it as a dedicated daily the last month or so. Before that it was whenever I felt like it. Group 31 batteries, Luk SMF conversion, high torque starter, converted to a 3" downpipe, put a better inline pump on it since the Racor setup got lost somewhere down the line before me getting it. A few things reared their heads. It likes to use oil, runs about 6 psi oil pressure at idle, needs injectors, the bad fuel in the tank hasn't worked its way out yet and I had one of the 37 militaries blow out and come off the wheel on me. Pics incoming.

 

[flareside_thun]

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