Head bolts. I'm not building a hot rod, just a truck that can move me and water bottles in my cupholders around......and hay once a month while being powered by used oil and whatever else I find to put in the tank. I don't ask much of it, just to stay together!
Would you mind showing us how you have your coolant filter set up?
I'll try to remember to take a picture when I get back to it. But I butchered up my AC box to make a flat space to attach it to.
This is mine, nothing spectacular. But hey, @tbowker if the filter head you have is the same as mine it only has a 1/4in hole through the brass that the filter screws on. Someone pointed that out in a thread one time and @Nero responded that it was for something or other and to drill it out bigger, so the last time I changed the filter I drilled it out to a size bigger than 3/8 for better flow........ just sayin'.
Yesterday was interesting, to put it mildly. The weather forecast called for a 20% chance of rain. Rain all weekend, but not too much all together. I decided to go to Wal-Mart since the weather was supposed to be ok. I got to test out the Power Master starter with food batteries. As it was turning over the engine, all I could think about the speed was "Holy Expletive"! There was a few light sprinkles on the way to Wal-Mart. As I was at the check out at Wal-Mart, it started raining hard enough that it could be heard hitting the roof inside the building. So I got wet putting most of the stuff inside the cab. Then it rained almost all of the way home. We've been in a drought for over 2 1/2 years and I was definitely out of practice at driving in the rain after dark. About 20 miles east of home, I thought I was out of the rain because the road was dry. WRONG! It started raining again just a couple of miles west. About 15 miles east of home, it was raining hard enough that I had the wipers on high, I slowed down to 50 MPH, and I still could barely see the road. I have no idea how much rain we got, but it was a lot more than the 1/2"-3/4" that the forecast called for.
I'm not sure about that either way, but I am planning to retorque mine this summer. One, just to be sure. Two, because I'm running Justin's studs and the instructions said to torque to factory specs while ARP's say to torque to 105 from what I've seen on here.
That's crazy. Here, it's been so warm that I haven't burned any wood for almost two weeks now. In fact, it was 70* on Wednesday. O knew that it was going to be warm, and since it was already 65 when I went to lunch, I turned down the thermostat and opened a couple of windows in my living room.
I live in the rain, we've certainly had some dry spells, but it's like in Forrest Gump "one day it just started raining". Most people drive like "regular" when it rains, but I slow way down.
Now you have me wondering. The next time I have the filter off I'll take a look. Thanks for that info. That Nero character, he might be a youngster but he's slap full of experience. Impressive. Oh yeah, and no cupholders were created during the fabrication of that coolant filter mount.
I bought a reman engine from Jasper and they won't warranty the engine without a new radiator. I figured since I was throwing money around like I had it to spend I might as well toss some more towards the banks turbo. Got the alternator simply to show that after the first two big ticket items that I might have been on the financial ropes but it didn't knock me out.
Actually, after rereading this, I think ARP says to torque them to 125 not 105. 105 is barely above stock specs. For the 105, I must have been thinking about a 6.9?
