Got one or more of the following
bad head gasket
cracked head
cracked block
This means I've got to pull the heads. When I speced the build for the motor years ago ARP studs were used. IIRC the procedure with studs on the passenger side it is remove the nuts from all of the studs and...
I think I remember one of the old members doing a AT to manual swap years ago. I'm hoping the are still on the forum and chime in.
On a good note, the 454 should be good. The seller paid a Craigslist mechanic to replace the flexplate and starter in a running truck. It worked for a week or so...
Been awhile since I've been on. Enforced 6/10s hasn't left much time to hang out on forums. Took a pay hit to get another position that will have better hours and be better on my body.
Drivers door hasn't fit right since I've had the truck, drivers rocker is going, and rusting out at the bottom...
Thanks, thats what I was wanting to know.
I was actually leaning toward the 35 watt units because I was concerned about being too bright.
Ferminator, what housings are you running?
I was actually looking at them to use in my T-bird at the present time. Duct taping a pair of 6 cell maglights...
Cleared the code while I was on the side of the road with no change.
Da$@ drive by wire accelerator went bad. Had Rock Auto overnight me one and had the truck fixed in min.
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Going in to work this morning, stepped on pedal and nothing. Truck idling fine but no throttle response. Dash light shows service throttle soon code shows p0251
Aces,
I believe NAPA now carries a cast aluminum clutch master cylinder. I believe Advance also carries one. Apparently they got tired of replacing the plastic POSes. I'm going on my 3rd of 4th replacement and the next one will be one of the aluminum ones. I might just get it and carry it as...
It was the starter.
Got up under it this afternoon and had juice at the main stud and start signal stud but no motion. Pulled the POS did a direct test with booster pack and just got smoke.
Local store had a new Remy starter. Installed it. Good fast crank and truck fired right up.
Until tonight have been posting with my cell phone(PITA) so apologies for brief posts.
Prior to fail to crank. I'd been experiencing some random hard to start/slow crank occurrences like have occurred in the past with bad connections at the battery. Hook the booster pack up and start with no...
Turn the key and no crank. New batteries grounds clean. Accessories turn on. Can hear glow plug solenoid and lift pump. Starter doesn't attempt to move.