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Message: <blockquote data-quote="91Eunos" data-source="post: 2101241" data-attributes="member: 29616">Well, I didn’t get as far as I’d hoped this weekend, but got farther than expected considering I forgot we had a Valentine’s Day concert to attend, and I was instructing novice drivers for an Autocross all day yesterday; only worked on the truck last night for a couple hours, and a few more hours today.First order of business was rolling out the chassis so I could get the floor cleaned up…never ending task with all the coolant that kept draining out every time I removed a hose or fitting it seemed.[ATTACH=full]484908[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]484909[/ATTACH]Cleaned up some stuff on the frame too, including treating some of the surface rust.  Then rolled it back in to dig into getting all the turbo/intercooler/intake plumbing and wiring harness removed.[ATTACH=full]484910[/ATTACH]I’d like to nut punch the assembly line worker, or Ford tech who rotated the hose clamp for the passenger-side turbo to where it was under, and between the turbo and the head:[ATTACH=full]484911[/ATTACH]Regardless, got all the air and water plumbing removed, and then removed the intake and fuel systems:[ATTACH=full]484912[/ATTACH]Definite oil leak on the left hand valve cover:[ATTACH=full]484913[/ATTACH]Where I stopped for tonight:[ATTACH=full]484914[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]484915[/ATTACH]And nobody better give me shit for suspending the brake master cylinder from the lift arm with gorilla tape. LoL.  It was the only thing I had available at the time…field expedient repairs are approved when working solo!Will obviously rig up something better, or more likely, just take the damn thing off.  I’ll then need to cap off the lines and then bleed the system when I put it back onto the truck of course.Will try to get to the exhaust manifolds and turbos mañana, and maybe the valve covers.  The front timing chain cover, water pump, etc. and all that entails with the accessories and belts, etc. will have to wait until next weekend.</blockquote>

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