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New antenna. Magnetic one wasn’t cutting it any more.

Glad you got to take a peek. Hopefully it helps. As a tip, you can jack up the side you're tightening by the arm or run it up a ramp to load up the suspension a little bit more, then climb up on a step ladder and access it from the top through the engine bay. Use a deep well 17mm socket, a long...

It’s a hell of a pickle man. I know the owner of this engine went through all of this too. In the end he got a used engine with lower mileage than this one from LKQ shipped to him quickly for $3500 I think and did the swap ourselves so he came out really good. There was one local to me on FB...

Sounds good! But seriously, I had recently seen that you and @MurderedOutSVT were down, and I hate it for you guys. If we could figure out how to make it make sense I would love to help you out, but honestly I can't make any guarantees on this thing. I'm just a dude trying to figure it out. I...

This tool looks like the move. I've seen homies do that with just hamming a socket over them, but nah. But also I'm glad you posted this because you know, I didn't even think to check if the valve slid down because I'm dumb. I bet I could have gotten them. Well ****. Also glad I made this post...

Bank 2 head installed: New timing set and snag 3. Looks like Melling shorted me one chain guide: Also you can see snag 4 in the pic above. You'll notice the lower chain guide in the pic still has a bolt but the other one appears to have gotten lost in the shuffle. Finding an OEM fastener...

Bank one head down: The torqueing sequence is 4 stage: Step 1 = 25 Nm, 18 lb.ft Step 2 = 60 Nm, 44 lb.ft Step 3 = + 90 degrees Step 4 = + 90 degrees Bank 2 gasket Head:

Got to work on this a little bit yesterday. Was productive, but ran into a few obstacles like always. Installed the new heater outlet pipe: Fresh head gaskets: So here was snag number one. Was going to replace valve springs, but both my tool and the rental tool weren't quite adequate...

Quick update. Sitting a little over 207K miles. Checked into the thing above and really couldn't quite figure out what @CoronaRaptor was trying to help me out with. However, I did loosen the bed and bump it around a little bit and it seemed to help. The gaps seem to be closer to uniform side to...

Will take a peak. Thank you sir!

So some kind sole directed me over the weekend to where I could find all my photos from the event. There were a good bit, but here are a few of my favorites.

Gotcha. Yeah, weren't very many Gen 1's in general. I'm sure I caught a glimpse of you at some point then. RV share is the move huh? I liked the hotel, but we may look into staying on site next time.

Not sure brother. Problem was, I have no clue what your rig looks like, so I didn't know what to look out for. You're in a black gen 2? Did we stay in the same hotel? Tru in Greensboro.

Mayne... Durhamtown was an absolute riot. Truck held up just fine, but I was quite literally probably one of the bottom 3 least built trucks out there. Looks like we got work to do. Met some good people and had an absolute blast. I don't know if my wife and I have ever laughed so much...

My wife and I were just there in August for our 10th anniversary. Amazing!! The fact that Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend are mere miles from each other is astonishing. Both just unbelievable to the eyes. Thanks for sharing. Incredible photography.

No, the grade 2 didn't weigh closer, but I didn't expect it to. By default it should have been heavier than the grade 1 as it's larger in tolerance. I have a feeling that the extra weight came from the rod, as I said, it looked quite a bit different than the original ones, but being that I never...

Hell yeah! We'll see y'all out there. Will have wifey in tow as well.

Yes sir! You going?

BED STIFFENER BRACKETS Installed a set of these this weekend. I went with some cheap eBay specials. These parts are so simple, I really couldn't justify paying a premium for them. If they suck, oh well. Lesson learned. But figured I'd roll the dice. So far though, my first impressions are...

Bahahaha... Bruh, I'm down to wrench with any of you boys any time. Just bring the beer and let's get it done.

Oh man. So much to be said for a properly sprung, properly damped vehicle when it comes to ride and handling characteristics. At the end of the day, all suspension is really there to do is keep your tires in contact with the surface so they can do what they do. I've heard the factory ride...

Good to hear from you Steven! Thanks man. Offer sounds super tempting. If your issue were mechanical, I could possibly help figure something out... However, I'm an electrical dumb dumb. But definitely feel free to reach out and bounce any questions off of me. The list here seems to expand and...

Wonder what could possibly cause the magnets to chip like that? My only guess is that they were already compromised in the batch or something and maybe when it's dropped into the pan it fractures. I think I was able to get proper torque one way or another on all bolts except for one. That one...

Transmission filter knocked out last night. New one looked slightly different. New revision it looks like. Top side only had one tab here instead of two. Also about crapped myself when I saw this huge thing stuck to the magnet: No idea what it could have been, but after further inspection...

Seal was definitely trashed. Replaced both sides while I was in there obviously. Driver side hadn't gave up the ghost yet, but wasn't far behind. Much less clean-up on that side though. Cleaned up with new seal hammered home: Was actually my first time removing rear brakes on this truck...