the rise of Sulaco

[IDIoit]

lill bit of 6.9 filterhead and AN hose action today
NO MORE AIR INTRUSION!!!

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[IDIBRONCO]

The profiles of your boats kind of match the profiles of Sulaco and The Manchero. Little, big, little, big.

 

[IDIoit]

air intrusion is completely gone. thank god. lol
now the starters actin up. powermaster on order.
clutch rod keeps sliding off the pedal assembly.
ordered a firewall reinforcement plate, and will do a heim mod while im there.
spent a few minutes on it today, new track bar came in
death wobble defeated!
and then I took a gamble...
passenger side manifold had a slight exhaust leak.
noticed bolts wernt even and went to tighten it.. but it was pretty tight..
loosened the other side, and the inside nut still wouldn't budge.
kinda forced it... but I won!
no more exhaust leak.

this engine runs pretty damn good.

perhaps if I ever stop buying other stuff, I might beable to squeeze an IP in my budget

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[IDIoit]

some interior work today!
had to do a heim mod, the old pin on the pedal was donski!
lots of parts for her!
door panels, new carpet. and some patch work going on!

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[IDIoit]

mounts for SD seats, and interior almost complete...
tomorrow:
swap pass door lock
fix auto locks on pass side door.
install door panels

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[Clb]

Git some...

 

[IDIoit]

and shes done for now.
pass door all fixed, and everything works.
SD vacuum pump installed, still wont switch the blend door.
but atleast its stuck on defrost.
new door panels installed, need to find some arm rests.
pretty happy with this round.
made the truck a lot nicer to drive!
esp. with a clutch that don't pop off its pin!!!

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[IDIoit]

I think the next item on the bucket list is to swap a studded 7.3 in and a turbo, later down the line

 

[IDIoit]

took the truck to Fallon NV this weekend to loan it to my son.
left at 1300 hrs.
everything went fine until I was 20 miles outside of Reno.
besides the 30 miles of a 3-6% grade. 3rd gear pinned.

I had previously used both tanks. and they both worked.

I was running low on the front tank, so I decided to flip to the rear.
fuel gauge instantly went to E.
so I assumed it switched and that the sender was fawked.
welp, past a chevton at 3.54/gal in NV. and thought to myself, that's CA prices, lets see what the next one is....

made it 4 miles and then it died.

unloaded the wifes car, had to spend 100$ in fuel cans...
all they had was 1 2 gallon can, and 4 1 gallon cans.

got the truck running again, made it to the next fill station, which wasn't any cheaper btw...

and she started surging and acting up.

got to Fallon about 1900 hrs.

in neutral, the truck would surge from idle to 2500 rpms by itself.
ive delt with a bit of air intrusion in the past and it never acted like this!
no air out of the Schrader valve.
just a nice stream of fuel.

so I thought that running it out of fuel sucked up some junk.

pulled the IP cover, and everything looked clean.
put it back together. got to Reno at 2200, pulled the filter.
filled it with ATF and went to bed.
got up in the morning, and it was alright for a while.

after a while it started sticking again, but not surging.

after a debacle of a no tail light issue. that I had to remedy by cutting the reverse light pig tail,
and running a wire to the 7 pin trailer plug, we now had tail lights when the ignition is on... better than none!

I did find 1 fuel line that was bloated, and weeping.
replaced that, no change.

it was running ok, with a little stick after you let off the fuel,
so me and the kid parted ways. him to Fallon, and I, back home with the wifes car.

he filled the filter with ATF again, let it sit overnight.

this morning he reports that the truck is running great again!!

whew!

cross your fingers for me.

when this truck gets back home.... im tearing the entire truck apart!!!
rebuild everything!

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[gandalf]

Calvin had a third tank in the bed of the truck, didn't he? Have you disabled that one? Did you choose to not fill it with some of our good California fuel?

Come to that, I can get to Reno without running out of fuel in my truck, so what was the problem?

 

[IDIoit]

I ran off the front tank the entire way.

we are actually running solely off the aux tank now.
the truck is acting better. I hope it stays that way.
I made it past reno.

 

[robert alston]

i am curious about the firewall replacement plate

 

[IDIoit]

i am curious about the firewall replacement plate

firewall reinforcement plates are for the brick/bullnose trucks.
the firewalls are prone to cracking where the clutch master is installed.
this plate reinforces the firewall to eliminate that flex.
I purchased this from @freebird01
unfortunately, the PO drilled the master in a different location, and I was unable to use it.
but ill have another truck down the line!

 

[robert alston]

ok thanks for that info i message that freebird01 i hope that's what i was supposed to do thanks

 

[robert alston]

hello well i was wondering if freebird01 is still around i am still inquiring about the firewall plate