freebird01
Post Turtle!
Well since Ive moved I needed a truck to be able to make some long trips back and forth.... after the fiasco with another CCLB i bought I ended up with this truck...
I bought it from Tjsea's dad. its an 87 CCLB DRW 2WD had a 7.3 swapped in and was converted to a ZF5. body has some minor issues and after a bit of brake and wheel bearing work on the front I had a great running truck. It did well for about 10,000 miles when the motor started making a thumping noise. still don't know what it was... it wasn't an exhaust/intake chuff... haven't pulled the heads to looks on that engine.
I decided to swap it out for another one I had (http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?63593-What-not-to-do-to-an-idi&highlight=) and it went bad right out of the box. immediately after start up it has an exhaust chuff noise. The only thing i can figure is there was a valve partially open and the valve/seat must have had some rust on it and it not allowing it to seal properly. I had all the lifters out...checked to make sure none of the valves were stuck...and that all looked good. should I have pulled the heads? yea probably... I decided to take a chance...it didn't work... that's life...
so now on to the next step... this time I decided to go all out and just completely go through a motor and be done. Means i wont have my truck back for awhile but what it will mean is when I get it back i should be good to go for a long time. a few things transpired with parts swapping that has yet to be done so I'm keeping quiet on the engine for now...but i managed to pick up a slant nose idi core support in good shape so i decided to do the 80-86 front clip swap right away as well as put my D60 and 4x4 ZF5 in the truck while I have it apart.
so after this weekend this is where I am at...
front clip off...
engine out...
2wd axle out
a few brackets removed from the frame
all but the radius arm brackets removed
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I bought it from Tjsea's dad. its an 87 CCLB DRW 2WD had a 7.3 swapped in and was converted to a ZF5. body has some minor issues and after a bit of brake and wheel bearing work on the front I had a great running truck. It did well for about 10,000 miles when the motor started making a thumping noise. still don't know what it was... it wasn't an exhaust/intake chuff... haven't pulled the heads to looks on that engine.
I decided to swap it out for another one I had (http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?63593-What-not-to-do-to-an-idi&highlight=) and it went bad right out of the box. immediately after start up it has an exhaust chuff noise. The only thing i can figure is there was a valve partially open and the valve/seat must have had some rust on it and it not allowing it to seal properly. I had all the lifters out...checked to make sure none of the valves were stuck...and that all looked good. should I have pulled the heads? yea probably... I decided to take a chance...it didn't work... that's life...
so now on to the next step... this time I decided to go all out and just completely go through a motor and be done. Means i wont have my truck back for awhile but what it will mean is when I get it back i should be good to go for a long time. a few things transpired with parts swapping that has yet to be done so I'm keeping quiet on the engine for now...but i managed to pick up a slant nose idi core support in good shape so i decided to do the 80-86 front clip swap right away as well as put my D60 and 4x4 ZF5 in the truck while I have it apart.
so after this weekend this is where I am at...
front clip off...
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engine out...
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2wd axle out
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a few brackets removed from the frame
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all but the radius arm brackets removed
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