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A few weeks ago we were on a trip and while driving home the winds were high and there was really bad wind noise coming in the passenger side window. I did some searching and it’s not uncommon for foam seals inside the window trim to fail and allow wind in. This is fixable by removing the trim...

I haven't gotten that far in my thoughts for this build yet.

Yeah.....and it probably didn't help that I had ported the heck out of them - causing walls to be thinner. I'm fleshing out the current plan, but I think I'm close to having it nailed down. It isn't going to be an all-out build because I have a lot of irons in the fire at the moment and I just...

Finally heard from the machinist - they pressure checked the block and it isn't cracked. That's what I was suspecting after seeing how messed up the heads were, but I still wanted to have it checked. More to come......

Impressive results!

I bet that made a fun sound.

Wow! Hopefully you are happy with the results.

The windshield is cracked and the bumper is rusted through in the middle. Don’t worry, I took every single good part off of it. 😊

The donor truck is heading to the scrap yard tomorrow.

I sent in the other flexplate so they could match it. So they would have used specs of that counterweight. They could never come up with a counterweight that matches all piston, rod and crankshaft combinations. When I build my next 6.5 for my black dually I'm going to have the rotating...

This is what ATI has to say about their flexplates: Manufactured in the USA on state-of-the-art CNC equipment, ATI's Flexplates are created from SFI-spec steel and are SFI 29.1 Certified and are double MIG/TIG welded for additional strength and lasting precision pass after pass. Each ATI...

Here are the pics I have on my phone. The stock one they used for reference is on the right and the ATI one is on the left (in case the big ol’ SFI sticker didn’t give that away 😅).

A couple years ago I had ATI reverse-engineer a flexplate for the 6.5 diesel. Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to use it yet. They contacted me today to see if I wanted any more of them because they made 4 in the initial batch. I was thinking I'd get one more for myself right now as a...

Today was spent cleaning and organizing yesterday’s mess and then getting most of the interior stripped.

Yup!

Thanks for the encouragement, guys.

Left turn alert!!! For a while now I’ve been wrestling with what exactly to do with this truck now that I have acquired a couple more trucks since starting this one. I hated to get rid of it because of the work I put into it, but I also wasn’t excited to work on it due to me not having a real...

And another one...... 259107051124919374 This one expires March 22, 2024.

I've never dug coal...... is that easier or harder than the other materials you've dug through?

This was fun to see since I'll be building a 6L80 soon. I heard they were easy to work on and this sure reinforces that!