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I haven't been enjoying the ride quality, it's very firm. At first I thought springs but they should actually be light because they were meant to be used with factory air shocks. Figured it must be...

So installing the trex bed wood got me thinking about all the heat from the exhaust and the possible melting of the wood. Also noticed the floor on the passenger side getting hot on a warm day. So...

Been busy on the truck. Decided I should finish fitting the bed wood, I had it so it would sit in there but it wasn't mounted or finished around the edges. So made some mounting strips with rivet...

Roger, thanks for the heads up on Rocky Hinge, I ordered their locking latches yesterday. Didn't want to use China made latches. Thinking I'll do electric actuators for the lock part, get an alarm...

Just looked some more and realized the electric remote setup won't work so I'll have to decide if it's worth the work to install the manual ones.

Thanks Roger! I've been trying to figure out how to securely lock this thing. Stude only put a lock on the passenger side, what a pain. I'm starting to think I may go with Bear Claw electric latch....

Got my speedo working yesterday, I didn't have the wire from the ECM hooked up! Did a cal on it and then pulled the needle off and eye balled it to the right spot on the Stude gauge and it works...

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It's super hard to even see the temp sender, I have to use a mirror. I tested the body of it to ground and it was good so I'm thinking it's not insulated with tape. I...

I hope I wasn't that dumb, but it's possible! I'll see if I can see it, it's in a bad place to get to.

Did some more work on the throttle pedal and it's probably as good as it can get. The electric speedo and temp gauge are not working so I have to figure that one out.

Got my lap belts mounted and did some more Killmat. The truck is now registered and insured! What a relief! Took it out in the wild to gets some bolts from Home Depot for a trailer hitch I'm building...

Trailered the truck to the scale yesterday (3240 lbs), it was fun driving it around. Should be officially registered soon! Strangely the power steering started working and feels great, just the right...

These builds with more modern drivetrains leaves a lot more that can go wrong compared to a basic small block with a 4 speed. My plan is to rent a Uhaul car trailer for 60 bucks, going to try to get...

Ideally I planned on short trips around town to reveal any issues/leaks. I have a temp pass to go to the scale so if I do any extra trips it's not really legal. Looks like I can rent a uhaul trailer...

I used a registration service that specializes in old cars and it is as good as registered, I just have to get a certified weight for the DMV and it's done! What a relief, I was nervous after almost...

Got my new injectors put in and the short term fuel immediately went to negative so that was the problem. No more codes on the scan. Working on the registration this week, wish me luck.

Could be your maf, if you have a scan tool you can check it while running and see. Maf seems to be a common problem along with cracked hoses causing vacuum leaks, or intake gaskets (on the chevy)...

Took the injectors off yesterday and found one on the lean bank with a chunk of debris in it. They all looked dirty so I ordered a remanufactured set. Hoping this will do it, fingers crossed.

Well I fixed the exhaust leaks but the lean code remains. Really thought I had found the problem. Next plan is to switch injectors from left to right and see if the code bank follows.

I got my smoke machine today. I wish I had always had one of these, it is so cool. Didn't find any vacuum leaks but did find a couple exhaust leaks, one right above the O2 sensor, so that is probably...

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I don't know about a place to clean them. I did externally clean them when the engine was apart. I ordered a basic smoke tester today, so I will check the intake and exhaust for leaks, should be a...

Cleared my codes and ran it up to temp and checked for codes again. Just a P0171 lean bank one. Checked the vacuum hoses and sprayed some starting fluid around the intake and various fittings-no...

Thanks! I did a re-shape of the throttle pedal arm yesterday so that should be better. I'm going to run it for a while today and try to do some more diagnostic work on the engine, see if it really...

Thanks, a pretty big day. It was quite a rattle trap with no rubber anywhere. Seemed to shift ok. Power steering wasn't working, not sure what's up there. Engine feels like it's missing, I'm going to...