Took 3 days off... Very needed but I feel very behind too...
Though it might not look like very much I have HOURS AND HOURS vested in sandblasting, painting, or powder coating part after part after part.. Most of which will never amount to anything because you cant see them when on the truck but its more for piece of mind and doing things the right way I guess...
Got the boxes re-hung... They were sandblasted, primed, painted OD, and then polymer over in black. The battery rack was partially rebuilt and the new batters and holder are in place. I have received a few remarks about these batteries and the size, why didn't I use blue tops or red tops and yada yada yada... These little things carry a higher rating and even out perform the stock batteries for CCA and CA. The third will be for the 12V system... I thought I was lucky that it all worked out in the same box (no planning).
Some things ya cant see... I had some help so I opted to pull the rear head back off last Thursday night... When I had done the gaskets before my rear two cylinders looked to clean compared to the rest... Ether water vapor or injector problems but it didn't run bad before or after so I was a little stumped... Too be on the safe side I pulled the head to check and see what was what and all was fine this time so I am saying water leak from before...
All of this fitting and shaping and squaring and finishing is taking forever to get done but in the end it should be pretty nice, the doors will open evenly and freely, no rattles, and no parts scraping each other up. On the other hand all I want to do is slam this thing out and go drive it!!!