Next challenge of sorts was an air cleaner. He’s running a modified AFE set up to mate to the 4” or whatever inlet ring on the HX but the ATT is the typical 3”. So, the last ‘lovely parting gift (lone really as the ATT is only a trial [for now]) was a Heath Gen 1 air box.
Bolt the fender well back in, prime the FFM, give it a 10 second crank, stop, 3 second crank and “Big Red” came back to life with a couple of chugs and then purred away. We let it idle for a while and his down dump exhaust put a happy soot spot on the garage floor. He backed it out and commenced to happily cleaning up.
We only made one trip to the parts store and that was to pick up a Fuel Filter they didn’t have in stock. Didn’t need to go as it turns out because they tried to sell him the same @!#$%^ ‘One Piece’ filter they had that morning.
Here's a Morning Start picture of the engine bay.
And the obligatory Post Project Pic.
Steve is a joy to wrench with. He knows what he’s doing and is intuitive to figure out stuff. He’s also young and agile enough to get up and into that engine bay which is pretty much on the second floor what with that lift and tires. Me, I’m hobbling around like I’d sprained my ankles, knees etc. again. Too many years and miles with a ruck-suck er, sack as well as jumping out of planes catching up to me. All my tools fit his hands and he cleans up after himself too. All the tools were wiped down and put away before got the spilled diesel and the ‘Soot Print’ wiped up. No tool gnomes either like 635 and I experienced swapping in my motor.
Technically, this is his thread so I’ll let him comment on the results of the “Upgrades” (he can also explain the hidgeous yellow-green on the wheels, lugs and wheel centers). I know what the FTB and new injectors do for these things as well as the ‘differences’ one experiences when swapping turbochargers. In short, it ain’t my truck and it ain’t my fight. Play nice!
