Picked up a rear hatch n tailgate and a steering box for $500 planning on rebuilding the box and slapping it in. Stole the rear dust deflector, tailgate handle and mechanism from donor and put them in. I didn't need the hatch n tailgate but... you never know plus its hard getting parts out here.
Pulled the ps pump yesterday to put new oem in but didn't notice that some of the threads were all buggered on the new one i just got in, The threads were messed up enough to make the nut not thread so i had to go hunting for a cutting die. Bought a die and a thread file just in case install...
Got some numbers today, just wanted to see if straightening out my passenger radius arm and front end rebuild did anything. When I first bought the truck it was in an accident, It had a bunch of things bent on the front passenger. It always wanted to wander to the right, but I got used to it...
just Did front crankshaft seal and oil pump cover gasket it went smoothy, I used the wits end kit also didn't have a 300# torque wrench on hand. I just used 250# one clicked it a couple times, then hit it with a 24" breaker bar with a 3 foot pipe and put all my weight on it about 5 times. i...
Replaced brake booster with aftermarket from rock auto what a PITA with all that abs junk in the way. Thinking of deleting it but at least i got brakes again!