Found yet another leak, and a reason as to why not to buy DORMAN anymore, PCV L-boot split down the seamline, only a few hours of runtime since installing them... patched it with some 3/8th vinyl tube for right now until i can order a proper replacement. also have all of the parts for the vacuum system redo, and found washout on the intake runners around the #3 injector, so i guess that spider is my fuel pressure loss source.

 

got better video of the exhaust note, and, is this amount of valve clatter normal for an engine that's been shelved a couple of times over the years?

 

Will be doing replacement of the intake hat seal. if you dont want to do the old method of using a fuel pump tank seal and a drum sander i'll post P/Ns/ring sizes. o-rings get here from McMaster Carr on tuesday.

 

and of course, hit a snag with the intake seal
throttle body crosssection at inlet is 78mm,
throttle body intake OD is, dont know but alot bigger
stretched a 5mm/thick 78mm ID ring around it and cranked the hat down, seals well enough but it could be so much better.
Also replaced the transfer case output shaft/driveshaft yoke seal and found brownish/reddish fluid, not ATF though, tastes like gear oil so someone did a ****y when the Tcase was out of the rig a while back before it was my project.

 

Tastes like gear oil?

 

..dont ask. and dont put your head under the Tcase while speaking to people while removing the rear tailshaft yoke seal.

 

Ha ha ha, yummy!

 

Looking alot like a barn pull with all that dust on the roof. really need to get this thing to a weld shop to fix the hinge pin holes so i can if anything wash it.

 

I had to come back and check on the wipers!!

 

Lol, Yeah i wasnt kidding, it looks weirdly clean but i like the look of weird metal bits all over the thing so i plan on replacing the wiper motor soon and repainting the arms.
for right now tho



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