No such thing. No project is too big, especially with friends like these.
TWT -- The Wrenching Thread (4 Viewers)
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No such thing. No project is too big, especially with friends like these.
S4Cruiser
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Much truth.
NCFJ
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The biggest limiting factor on any project is your own imagination.
Very nice work Patrick.
I must have missed it.....plans for the Super Duty?
I cut up an old pair of ARB side steps, narrowed them and slider-ized them.
It didn't cost a dime to pull the cab off
You didn't miss it, I didn't put plans up!
ARP studs with all the fixins. Rebuilt turbo and injectors. New glow plugs and a few replacement harnesses. Paint and sound deadening. Maybe a new tuner.
It didn't cost a dime to pull the cab off
You didn't miss it, I didn't put plans up!
ARP studs with all the fixins. Rebuilt turbo and injectors. New glow plugs and a few replacement harnesses. Paint and sound deadening. Maybe a new tuner.
Looking forward to this. I know you'll take plenty pics. Total man hours committed is not enough data .... keep a pile of the empty beers to know how much was really invested.
Need to wait till the engine is apart to make a decision, but I'm planning to take your advice from the other thread in terms of doing just the top end. The powerstroke.org guys agreed with you that I didn't damage the block. Saved money over the new longblock route will go towards a double-secret project for moonshine.
Need to wait till the engine is apart to make a decision, but I'm planning to take your advice from the other thread in terms of doing just the top end. The powerstroke.org guys agreed with you that I didn't damage the block. Saved money over the new longblock route will go towards a double-secret project for moonshine.
New heads?
Coolant jacket wear. I've seen accounts of blown 6.0 head gaskets that were blown for too long and it eroded the block around where the water jacket meets the head gasket. Assuming I don't have that problem, and the cylinder walls look good, I'll have a machine shop check over the heads and rebuild/replace as necessary.
Help an idiot out here. Can you tell us why it would erode? What is the substance causing erosion? My simple mind goes to water, coolant and oil, but I'm guessing it's a gas since those things don't erode the rest of the engine that contains them. And y'alls silent judging of me is justified...auto shop in high school would have benefitted me.
To be installed in a fortnight
There are a couple reasons a blown head gasket can increase corrosion. Some engines (Not Johnny's) have an iron block mated to aluminum heads. With a head gasket failure that allows galvanic corrosion to occur between the dis-similar metals (a popular problem with boats). This failure is especially bad for anyone that runs a copper head gasket.
If the head and block are both the same there is less worry of galvanic corrosion but a failed head gasket can pump corrosive exhaust gasses into the cooling system, negating protective additives in the coolant. Diesels are particularly vulnerable because they produce larger amounts of sulfur dioxide in the combustion process which when mixed with water will make sulfuric acid.
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I knew you'd have my answer, JC!
