Recent content by skkppy

I fixed the rough idle!!!! Wahoo :bounce: As promised here is what was wrong: It was the blanking O2 sensor plug. I replaced the O2 sensors about 9mo ago and overlooked them in my T/S, but sure enough I had a stored code of 26. I knew there was no way it was the sensor itself but sure enough...

Hello, I am having trouble finding the cause of two very annoying issues. I have done a done of searching in this forum and a lot of the time I find people that have had the same issues I am having, but no one seems to follow up once they fix the issue. I hear by promise that when I fix these...

I have run no breaker with a blue sea switch and I haven't burned down my truck yet. ;)

Understood but to test myself I have even popped it into neutral and is still locks. Also I am aware it could be my VC binding up causing an unequal load from front to back but I have taken the driveshaft off and tested the VC and it is functioning as intended.

Who here thinks it would be a bad idea to slightly trim the springs that expand the ratcheting pucks in my spartan locker? I measured my locker when I put it in and it was within spec but on the tight side. Even when I coast into turns its a 50/50 if its gonna unlock. I was thinking if it had...

Sounds like the rig is FUBAR. Luckily I love difficult projects, I'll give you a few hundred for it. Welcome to MUD :flipoff2::flipoff2::flipoff2:

Finished my rebuild yesterday and I'm extremely happy. It fired up right away, no CEL and is noticeably smoother. I definitely have more power, I'm not sure if it's from better compression from the head or because I advanced the timing to 6* in stead of the 3* the FSM recommends. I was...

Is it possible to find a shop that accepts the Benjamin Franklin signal in place of the obd 2 signal? ;)

I did, I actually had the machine shop hot tank it and it came out super clean. :)

Well I should have finished today but some friends came by the shop mid-day with a few beers so production stopped. All I have left to do is button a few things up like the alternator, plug in all of the sensors, assemble intake manifold and ect. For the record I did get new head bolts but I...

It’s always the ones that get away that hurt the most.

I made a bunch more progress, I have the head on but not torqued. The only thing that concerning me is how clean I was able to get the block. I got all residue off and everything is smooth, there is just some minor pitting. This is the worst area, should I be concerned?

Coby at Quality Cylinder Head Specialist is the man to see. I can't say enough good things about his business. He is super friendly, he let me ask all the questions I wanted and come look at his shop before I had the work done. Also my TLC was not his first, he has done many and was working on...

Just got my head back from the machinist and I'm really starting to feel good about this project. He did an amazing job at an extremely reasonable price. He did a full head job that included inspecting and cleaning everything, replacing all the valve seals and re-shimming all my valves. He also...

Does anybody have anything against the $50 head bolt set from rock auto? Ive got all oe gaskets but the $16 per bolt is hard to swallow.