B.W.T.

[BroncoJo]

went out to get it off the side of the road today. drove it til it got hot. got towed the rest of the way home. no i do not have pics of a chevy towing my ford :flipoff2: pulled the fan shroud off, and saw the huge gash in my radiator. then pulled the water pump off and saw the huge hole in my timing cover. ****ing sweet. good call tommy.


I have a aluminium radiator out of a 91 f-350 I have been saving. If you need it I would be willing to sell.

[JB]

did the chain break?

[Seth]

As far as I can tell the timing chain did not break.

Anyone know what is involved in replacing the timing cover?

If the radiator will fit my app, I am interested for sure.

[Seth]

It looks like the radiator will fit if it is from a truck with a gas v8. mine has the trans lines on the drivers side. how much?

[TMatheaus]

the timing chain cover is a *****, you have to pull all the accessories off and lay them to the side, kinda like replacing the water pump, then remove water pump, and remove all bolts on the tchain cover, dont forget the 2 bolts that go through the oil pan on that, its not too much harder to do the tchain cover when you are doin the waterpump anyways

[agjohn02]

the timing chain cover is a *****, you have to pull all the accessories off and lay them to the side, kinda like replacing the water pump, then remove water pump, and remove all bolts on the tchain cover, dont forget the 2 bolts that go through the oil pan on that, its not too much harder to do the tchain cover when you are doin the waterpump anyways

...and that is reason number #436 why fords suck.

[Seth]

Well I am already pretty far into this, the shroud, fan (obviously), pump, ac/ps bracket, and belt are out of the way.

Just talked to my boss, she told me to take the day and get my truck taken care of and to go get a verizon phone.

[JB]

i have a timing set you can have.....probably ahs less then 100 miles on it.

[william_ace]

...and that is reason number #436 why fords suck.

what are the other 435 reasons?

[TxCruzr]

what are the other 435 reasons?

reasons 1 - 241 is because it is a ford, do you want to continue this :flipoff2:

[agjohn02]

who said that was the last reason?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

reasons 1 - 241 is because it is a ford, do you want to continue this :flipoff2:


who said that was the last reason?

:gigem:

[Seth]

I can give you plenty of reason why Chevy's suck, so keep it out of the thread unless you are gonna help out.

[robertf03]

you should pull a cox and have the moderators erase all the threads

[Seth]

I'd rather let everyone see and form there own opinions :flipoff2:

[BroncoJo]

so how did the radiator work out?

[Seth]

pics

[Seth]

have not gotten the rad in yet, got the old one out and they match up great, now if it doesnt leak, im in business.

the fan I got fits on my radiator so perfectly, very excited about that.

got the bolt off the harmonic balancer, going to get some bolts to pull it today.

[Seth]

first pic - best working platform yet for the truck, i need a little lower truck.

second pic - hole in the timing cover

third pic - future new used rad and efan home

fourth pic - leftover broken pieces, already warrantied the water pump out. heh.

fifth pic - my hundred dollar chunk of aluminum.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I will pm you a link to my photobucket account so you can link the pictures on there since the webmaster is being stingy and won't change the viewing options.

(Cook, you know I love you, you big lurch you....)

:flipoff2:

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Nice carnage, by the way. Now just save those for trophys at the end of the year.... :gigem:

[Seth]

Made some good progress tonight. Got the balancer pulled off using part of a jaw puller and two bolts in the balancer. got the rest of the bolts out without any snags. Got the over pulled off. checked the chain, seemed to have alot of slack, but i did not have much to compare it to. decided to go ahead and replace it with the new to me one I just got from John Brown (thanks!) after installing it - night and day difference. also, the chiltons book explains the timing marks incorrectly, each pulley can only go on one way. the dots are both at the top of the pulleys when aligned.

assembly tomorrow, debating on bolting the cover and pump on together or seperately.

also, as far as i can tell, nothin wrong with my harmonic balancer, any one recco replacing? and why?

anyone have a diegrinder and arbor i can borrow? I'll supply dics and you can have any leftovers.

[Seth]

no pics tonight, but i am sure ill get one of the broken cover and efan setup as it comes.

[StevenAg03]

I'll supply dics and you can have any leftovers.

i always thought there was something funny about you... :flipoff2:

[DRAGOONRANCH]

i always thought there was something funny about you... :flipoff2:

:laughing:

[Seth]

Well. Here we are again. If the truck is going to clayton, it will need a few things.

1 - E-fan installed.

2 - New tires.

3 - Front axle assembled. That would be everything - ring and pinion, shafts, seals, bearings, hubs. I have everything but an install kit, hubs, and seals.

4 - I would like to do the shackle flip in the back so that I can get the arched AAL out and level the truck a little more.

5 - Fix radio :gigem:

[DRAGOONRANCH]

U kin dew EET!!!!!!!!!!

[william_ace]

how are you going to do the shackle flip?

[Seth]

"f 350" hangers. already have them.

[Eckert]

is the AAL 3" wide?

[Seth]

should be.

[Eckert]

should be.

how much lift? let me know when you pull it.

[Seth]

I will see. I was kinda plannin on doing it all at once, but could do one then the other easily enough. They arch enough that they also work well to stop spring wrap.

[JB]

http://www.texas4x4.org/showthread.php?t=23379

[KrazyKarl02]

This weekend I talked to Seth. He pretty much agreed that if he did not get the big white truck running by the 14th to drive it to Spring Creek, he would no longer be considered a man. All of you feel free to jump in here and berate, I mean motivate him. He told me this is what is left to do:

1) Set the gears in the front axle - he "claimed" he did not know how to do this. Someone go act like they know how to do it and put those in, I mean it's a front axle, it doesn't have to be perfect :flipoff2:
2) Insert axle shafts - I don't know why I am listing this, this is like listing "wake up" on a to-do list
3) Find some Dana 44 hubs. Someone in CS has to have some used 44 hubs Seth can have on the cheap, if not Frick has some I know.

And bam after like 13 years, Seth could wheel something again. Then he could drive it down to Spring Creek to go wheeling. While at Spring Creek I could see him and he could finally give me my ****ing money!

[JB]

I am sure Clarke could assist in setting up gears for a few dollars/beers.

[Seth]

Oh man. Let's see what else...

Install electric fan.
get tires mounted etc.
Get registered inspected and insured if i am going to drive it.

Tempting...

[KrazyKarl02]

Oh man. Let's see what else...

Install electric fan.
get tires mounted etc.
Get registered inspected and insured if i am going to drive it.

Tempting...

Fan, seriously, that is like 30 minutes...

Tires mounted, again WTF?

There is no reason for this thing not to be at Spring Creek.

[BMFScout]

I've got some external hubs if that's what you're looking for. I'm not sure what kind of axle that has.

[AggieTJ2007]

I think there may be some dana 44/ 10 bolt hubs laying around in ed's crap

[bcolman]

talk to my brother he might have something laying around, or atleast something to get you going for the weekend till you can find something more permanent

[colman]

i think i have a set of drive slugs, i know blankenship has a set from the axle i just got him. should i assume it is the internal design since the external bolt on is rarer. i'm prety sure i have 2 spares of diff brands that could be used for the weekend just to get you going.

[Seth]

def internal hubs

[KrazyKarl02]

So what have you done Seth. Come on your man hood is on the line!

[Seth]

Damn it Karl. I have looked at it twice in the last couple days.

[stx4wheeler]

Damn it Karl. I have looked at it twice in the last couple days.

Well he'll at that rate you will be done way before the creek trip.

[jerryg79]

man hood...gross.

[Seth]

needs something for a front bumper. I like the john brown type tube stuff, but not the price.

[KrazyKarl02]

Weld a piece of angle, call it a day.

[eight]

I once had a bad dude looking temporary front bumper on a F350. Piece of 8" purlin just wider than the frame rails.

[Shaggy]

Update?

[JB]

:)