Recent content by JustOneMore

Yeah the leg definitely messed up some plans but everything worked out in the end so can’t complain. Thank you I appreciate that! I definitely agree. I told myself originally that I wanted a factory color but I just love how how it looks so much that I could never change it.

The rest of the year has been pretty uneventful just driving and using. My original plan this year was to do an ls/h55 swap. I had actually called and talked with Georg (@orangefj45) about getting parts lined up, and as always he was extremely helpful. I was really excited about it, but...

One day when I got home from work, I smelled gas really strong so started looking around. I noticed gas was leaking out of the bottom of the fuel pump. After looking here on mud I saw that was a sign the diaphragm in the pump was failing. I looked at either buying a new pump or rebuilding my...

Then on New Year’s Day 2025 I lost my balance while making a simple jump down from something at home and broke my leg. Not fun at all don’t recommend anyone try that lol. It got even worse though when just 2 weeks later we got the most snow I’ve ever seen in the south and I couldn’t drive in it...

Well with the year coming to an end, I figure it’s time to give an update on some things. I haven’t been super active on this thread this year but my 40 has been getting plenty of use. I guess I’ll start with the end of last year. Went on a trip with a buddy of mine in his J**p. Got to pull him...

I appreciate it! Yeah I’m not 100% decided but am definitely leaning towards it heavily. I’ve driven several LS’s both in swaps and in stock trucks and have always loved them. I’m still a good ways out from getting started but once I make up my mind and get around to it I’m sure I’ll need...

It’s done pretty well. If price was no concern I’d definitely like to go with an ARB but with how much cheaper and easier the Aussie is I think it’s worth it. I mainly notice it chattering when taking sharp turns at low speed on pavement. Whenever I can, I coast through turns and it’s not...

Yes it’s treated just like a regular antique tag. Only difference is it has to be sent off to Jackson to be approved before they register it the vehicle.

Since then, everything has been fine and it’s running great (knock on wood). I have decided to take it a little easier from now on. I felt like it had no problem running 65, so whenever I was on the highway that’s what I drove. Now though I feel like that high of rpm might not be great for it...

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Put everything back together with new gaskets, put the new oil in to finish the most expensive oil change of my life, and took it for a test drive. Everything went fine thankfully, and I found a pretty cool spot to take some pictures.

Thankfully though, the cylinder and combustion chamber were completely fine. I ordered a new set of rings and pistons from Rock Auto because unfortunately you can’t buy just one. When they came in, we put the new piston on the rod, honed the cylinder, and reinstalled it.

After those couple things it was back to uneventful driving again for the next few months. One day I was thinking about it and decided I should probably change the oil since I’d put a few thousand miles on it. So I ordered some Penn Grade 15w-40 and picked up a filter. I was planning on changing...

Couple small projects after that. First was replacing the dome light bulb with an LED. Didn’t start out super well. The bulb I got was supposed to be a direct replacement but it turned out to be a little longer. When I tried to install it, unfortunately it caused the back plate in the light...

The next few months after that we’re pretty uneventful. Just driving around town every now and then. When the weather started to warm up though, some issues arose. It started running hot… all the time. At idle, at low speed, at high speed, just all the time. Looked over all the cooling system...