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A good electric gauge can be bought for $200. Best ones around $300. Most people, me included, don’t want to pay $125. The $95 units fail in a couple years. A gauge outside is $40. Hence the thought of doing one. None of the small suppliers will stock any because almost no one will buy...

Yeah, ladder on off roading/ camping rigis crazy useful. Take measurements and shop around. Takes a while but you’ll find what ya need usually. Occasionally have one built custom for $250ish. Of course- post biden economics who knows? Might take the Don a minute or two to fix this dollars…

Tool can be rented AND IS REQUIRED. Most parts stores you buy, use, return for $ back. The original equipment lasts amazingly long, trouble free the whole time until it’s just worn out 99.99% of the time. Then people want to save $2.98 and get a couple years of troubles and headaches until...

Having the tool is like an insurance policy you won’t need it. Then again almost every time you mention needing one- someone comes along and says “ONLY BUY AC DELCO 60G PLUGS!” And also from an authorized brick and mortar store so you know they aren’t CKO. I’d feel confident from Leroys also-...

0-15 psi is good- but higher quality pumps can exceed that pressure so using a mechanical one to start the adjustments with that reads higher is best before installing the one that maxes at 15 so you don’t damage the new gauge by shoving say 31psi into one rated for 15. If you are running a...

Then use amazon. Only part of that rating is outside strength and abrasion resistance. The chemical make up of it in order to withstand the crap corn alcohol that is in almost all our fuel now is what is doing the damage to the older fuel lines. It makes it decompose from the inside out so you...

It all depends on the mixture they use. Ideally-replace all the rubber lines with sae30r9 then never worry about it.

Air in the system. Jack wheels off ground Rotate left right left right about 14,000 times (what it feels like anyways) steady wheel motion about 2-3 seconds each way

Yup- hummer rack by those dimensions. Looks good.

When the seat is cracked the only fix is welding it- so the cost becomes WAY out of reach. Only super rare & expensive heads are worth doing that unless you can weld and want to challenge yourself in a new learning passage. You arcair gouge the crack(s) out. Then the head goes in the oven for...

I feel the pain man. Hang in there on it. Once in, it will be sweet.

Pushing a button was always convenient for the t case. But the problems that come with it has shifted my vote to installing the cable manual shift kit. Keep in mind I still prefer manual windows 90% of the time…

You won’t loose anything from them. Thats just a tube running through the tank submerged in the coolant. Those don’t run into dedicated fins or anything. The caps you have on are fine- just remove and put some silicone on then slide them back on. Better would be a larger cap you can put a...

Oh, the Goodson kit from the past is BL-3900 but is nla. In their 1999 catalog is on page 67. Any other information they can dig up, he will email me. Even if I don’t use it info might help someone else down the road.

I’m looking at it as an insurance action. iirc the ProMaxx aren’t induction hardened either but use hardened seats- and those crack still. A couple hundred bucks for the biggest known failure point on 6.2-6.5 heads just seems no brainer to me. Without me knowing it, the ol Machinist that did...

@n8in8or Digging this up because my new heads are on their way. I’m trying to figure out diy on mine. I noticed you used tubes with 1mm thickness. The L&S ones say they are 0.050“ thick which is 1.27mm thick. Mighty thin difference but percentage wise is a decent amount. I wonder if that...

@Twisted Steel Performance Since this thread got shelved- you built a shop, fighting hurricane damages, built a bunch of other engines for customers, coated countless parts, might even have snuck in some horse riding time, and if lucky a little sleep along the way. Whats the truck situation...

There is another company that originally made that brass tube steam pocket kit, GOODSON. It has been posted here before. Machine shops across the country would buy from them for years. I requested a price quote from both. I will be digging up another thread specifically about this to go...

I’m digging up steam pocket threads and found this one. @ak diesel driver did Mr. Murphy get his rig a new set of heads? Ever any chance to dig into this unusual issue further? Simple casting flaw of an air pocket in the cast discovered when cut apart?

A new lifetime warranty one is a smart move imo. Order the new fso at the same time.