Made a cannonball run to Brookhaven this am and grabbed 2 cat back exhausts for Blue and Lou. Super stoked we could get his exhaust done with no hassle.
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Course “no hassle” and me don’t go hand and hand.
The exhaust (2) I special ordered were for an FJ62 not FJ60. Flange was 6” short and the...
We got the ole Milk Jug started. It fought us a bit. Was not priming fuel but I dumped some in and we got it going. Now it’s priming. Starting. Running. Stopping.
we burned the cam in at 2000rpm for 20 minutes. Went and seated the rings. Got the Sniper settings dialed in.
And that did not go as planned. The battery was weak and there was no or very little fire.
I double checked that I was not 180 out. Tried again. Again. Again until the battery was done and the starter was smelling.
I redid some grounds and recharges the battery but now I think I’ve fried the...
Skid plates.
Big ass battery cables and grounds.
Rewiring all the terminal ends and adding a power bar
Final install of the air cleaner.
Lou got there about 4 and had to fix my dads dump trailer but when he got settled we went for the big first start.
I got the radiator in bag it’s holding fluids.
Lou welded up the exhaust and O2.
I wonder how much time in my life I have scraping Toyota stickers off
this is the Gates PN for a good heater hose to get the firewall heater valve to block hose out of. That hose needs a 90* to properly flow...
I got started about 8 building out the rest of the cop motor.
Lou put 150 miles on the Raptor getting parts and belts and s*** to make this stupid HO alternator work. We jimmied with the damn thing for over an hour until we called it and added the OEM alternator
next we added the clutch...
Lou drug his ass over here at about 4 and we bolted s*** on until 7. I don’t have any bellhousing bolts and we don’t have any belts.
Lou going on a parts run tomorrow then we will get busy