wow what a pain in the arse that was! irs about 9:45 pm and Iv been hot at it for about 4 and a half hours.

I got the headers off and jacked up the motor then braced it with a jack stand. No problem. Well the motor mount was compleatly broken all the way thru! As soon as I got to looking I wiggled the mount a bit and a nice chunk fell off! that was bitchin. there is no way to really fix it on the truck so I got the pull it all apart and remove the whole cross member. not a good time cause I donthave the cherry picker or whatever they are called to help pull the motor so I just had to stick a jack under onesidee, jack it up best I could put a stand under it, repeate on the other side so I could clear the crossmember! Pain in the arse. Good news is its out. My pal Matt who is an Ag macanic is going to take it to his shop tomorrow and weld it up with fat arse beads.

I also tore out the interior compleatly and tomorrow night ill start cleaning out all the crap that was in there after all the padding was yanked. Looks like old carpet padding with fire retardent on it. Not a bad job but not good enuff for me. Ill replace the carpet also. Im gonna use Dynamatt unless anyone knows f better stuff?

anyway, I also indexed my new plugs. not a big deal but that took some time too. Its all good. My radiator is back to good to. All boiled and painted up and ready to put back on as soon as I get the cross member back on..

I love it!
-jes