Yes Tom I have been acquiring parts for the last 2 years or so. I was able to find rods and pistons here from guys that changed their minds. I worked a 63 night shutdown at work and started buying more stuff. Wagler did the machine work and assembly. I wanted to do the assembly myself, but time has became very valuable to me, and experience also. I am going to pick up a cab off an 06 Friday, that is only a 30 drive from home. However I am getting ready to start 7/12's again at work, so it will be sometime in September before I can continue working on it. This is how it sits for now, I stripped it down to this Sunday afternoon
I had the privilege of seeing this motor up close, it is very impressive. Its a shame about the body damage. Hopefully come September this truck will be ripping up the roads again.
This thread and seeing this motor has definitely re-inspired my diesel enthusiasm.
Blue and gray will be on it still, but I am unsure of the exact scheme. I am leaving it up to my paint guy. He asked what I thought this time, I told him he had an open canvas.
Agreed. I'd drop to the idler between the a/c compressor and your dual pump, run from the fan idler straight over to the p/s pump.
LB7 CC SB, 10mm Exergy, 30% injectors, AirDog II 200, billet Stage V Trans, River City 66/74 IHI, Turbonetics Intercooler, PPE up-pipes/manifolds, complete engine ARP studded, Flex-a-Lite fan, AlliLocker, E-Locker, TrueTrac, topped off with EFILIVE, to name a few...