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Almost looking like a real truck.

Yeah wow you were looking closely! That is actually the slave receptacle ground so it attaches directly to the negative bus. I just attached it temporarily for another ground point. The block is grounded through the 2 gauge wire directly to the negative bus pictured below. Your passenger rear...

Took her on her maiden voyage today. No funny noises or anything. Shifted through all 3 gears. Needs steering correction from the lift. Oh yeah and another door, hood, glass, seals, paint, body work, and about 100 other things. But she did good all in all. Drove her a few miles back and forth...

This might work too. It’s just a Gatorade bottle with a hole drilled in it and sealed with tape, then hook up the old shop vac. This is how I primed my fuel system. Sucked from the filter outlet just upstream of the injection pump.

She moved under her own power today out into the driveway. I’ve had her up to temperature twice now and everything seems to be good (other than the weepy radiator). I forgot how noisy these engines are; they sound like they are coming apart. She hums right on up and down, though. Did have a...

Of course, I guess I take that for granted considering his motor sports park is only an hour from the house! But yes, he was talking about the Grave Digger pilot Dennis Anderson!

Front driveshaft is only actually 3 inches longer, just looks like more from where they cut it. Spring Menders in Norfolk, VA. 168 bucks. I was asking the guy about what tubing they used and the wall thickness and he said “don’t worry, if Dennis Anderson can’t break our driveshafts you’ll be...

Max temperature after running under her own power for a total of 35 seconds and a 29 minute heat soak before I heat gunned: valve cover: 74 F, cylinder head at exhaust manifold: 85 F, oil pan: 57 F. Ambient air temperature: 57 F. Starter did all the work: 89 F and solenoid: 87 F.

After priming the fuel system up to the IP: four ten second cranking cycles with all injector fittings loose. My particular order of priming was injector 3 then 5 and 7, then 2, then 1,6,8, and 4; closed them off as they had visible fuel. Once all had visible fuel at fittings, installed glow...

SHE RUNS!

I would think they would have something. Why else would I turn over a piece of gear to someone that I could test myself with a multi meter. A 18 gauge wire shows <1 ohm until I run 50 amps through it, which I believe is what my problem is. It needs to be tested under a load, or why test it at...

Picking up my extended front front driveshaft and “fixed” starter tomorrow. I asked him if they load tested the starter and he said “ uhhhhh, yeah it works better now.” So I’m super optimistic about the results…

Got the alternators tested today, both are working. I left the starter with them and he said that he thinks he might have a 24v coil. He’s going to let me know on Monday. Got the new starter relay installed and tested as well.

Yeah I’m definitely firing the engine without the cooling system installed. Just enough to know it will start, and injection timing is correct. No belts installed.

She wants to run so bad!

Update on the starter troubleshooting. Took the starter back out, went through it again, found nothing. Only thing I could think of is that it wasn't grounding through the block, so I took it down to bare metal at the mounting point and block with a wire wheel. Checked the pinion clearance and...

Yeah, I'm going to get the starter down to parade rest and double check everything, pull the field windings, stone the commutator, re-seat the brushes, then hook up my new AGMs and try it again before I give up on it. I have to figure out what is wrong with it before I start throwing money at it.

Did that! See posts 149-153

Well I was able to get all of the plumbing and electrical wrapped up today. Tried rolling her over and she just doesn’t want to go. Tried several different shims and always had the same result; immediately upon engagement, the starter stops spinning and won’t turn the motor. Odd thing is that...

Got the trans filter installed today and buttoned up. Engine oil in (twice). Dumped a quart on the ground before I realized that the plugs weren’t installed. Doh! Pump works great though! Bunch of plumbing and wiring done today. Thought the front would set down more after installing the motor...