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Truck looks great Ryan! :metal:
If only the brickyard still existed here, I'd show you where we used to (4x4) climb hills in town. :metal: :lol:
Iowa Gas SM my side of town.

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Dudeeeeee

Man it's all together and your driving it thats awesome....congrats. It looks great and i bet it even drives better then it looks.

I came here today to tell you how much trouble your in now and frankly now i feel bad...lol. I think I am now the owner of a 12 valve set up thats going to be in my next project and thats all thanks to you buddy. I am getting ready to put together a tow rig thats cool enough to haul my junk and fit it......have a free turbo and pump and injectors kicking around for a poor canadain getting ready to build his first shaker project ?...lol Your a bad influence ....

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Free trubo, IP, and squirters, but there may be some handling fees involved. Congrats on your first step to the dark side.

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Well I can't let you guy's have all the fun now can I........Hey I am open to all the help I can get...I have been to the darkside before just not to this chapter lol

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It's a slippery slope, I know I started out with a 160HP VE and now I have my DD.

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LMAO! You're the bad influence getting me all jazzed up about trying to be a project ho working on 5 or more at once. :lol: Did you get the 12v dude?

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No real progress on this truck. It has an oil leak behind the injection pump. I started it up Friday to find the leak. Yeah, I found it. A tappet cover bolt has backed out and oil is running out of the threads. The govonor housing on the injection pump is leaking too. I'll be swapping a 180 pump on it anyway soon. Also noticed a big ol mouse nest in the bell housing. SOB! I tried getting it out with no luck. Going to have to pull the trans. While I'm in there I have to check the rear main seal as it appears to be seeping, but can't tell if it's run off from the tappet cover or not. I've made a list of stuff to do because I'm taking it to the All Truck Nats September 6th in KC.

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Your truck is looking awesome, iv'e been checking your thread all along. Wanted to let you know that I took the V-rig to Nashville pulling a 16ft H&H enclosed trailer loaded. That Burb is bad ass and everything you did has turned out to real solid. The truck is working out great. I cant fill it up without someone asking about it. Thanks again Keep up the good work.

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Sometimes other things are important as well... we all know that life happens, which seems to be why our projects seem to go on for quite a while. It's always somewhat frustrating when you've checked something off the list only to find out later that you need to add it back on the list to do it again. But, on a good note, you've gotten some fun out of the truck.

And, on an absolutely fabulous note, it no longer looks like this:
http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/a...10-09_1219.jpg

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Tony, that's awesome to hear! Thanks.

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Very true Scott. It has came a long way for sure.

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It's sitting in a complete truck at my buddies place....I just have to pick it up....unless you have a better idea....I think i even bought another truck body to squeeze everything into ....and another chassis to drop it onto. I don't even know anymore how many projects I have anymore....but i do know that I have 4 pretty much done....2 not far off of finished....a field full of parts....and 3 friends builds to finish....so whats one more project right?

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That's right. :lol:

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I guess I can post these pics. :lol: My Dad got tired of looking at my dull wheels and polished them a few weeks ago. :lol:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...806_121819.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...806_121809.jpg

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:metal:Truck is looking real nice Ryan.:metal:

would you happen to know where I might find a first gen clutch fork?
I have looked high and low with no luck. :waah:
It's the shts how such a simple part can hang a guy up.

I may try to fab one if I can't find one:lol:

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I found one today at a little all dodge wrecking yard about 20 miles from home.it needs to be built up a bit where the forks contact the throw out bearing but otherwise appears to be in good condition.

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Mark, that's good. I only know one guy that may have had one and I doubt he'd let any go. He likes to sell them with his getrag swap kits.

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yeah I got lucky big time:lol: the guy I got it from has a tiny Dodge only wrecking yard about 20 miles from where I live. the place doesn't even have a sign and looks like an old shed.:lol:

Anyway the fork needs to be built up a little where it contacts the throw out bearing. no big deal though. just glad to get it.

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Thanks Jeremy!

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Nick swapped out the industrial 190 injection pump with a 180hp dodge pump. It idles smoother, has no more haze at idle, and no leaks. :lol:

http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Die...23657.mp4.html

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:c2:
Sounds good !!

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Thanks Brian. Now I'm trying to finish up my air inlet pipe. Yeehaw.....

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That does NOT sound like a chevy. lol

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dieselwrencher i am doing a similar project and have went through this entire forum its a great piece thanks for the effort and time it helps me out alot. about you custom emblems do you have some more shots of them i keep looking through here and lost them 72 pages is a lot. who made them and can i get some? what size lift and tires are you running? thanks

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Nice!!! :c2:

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No it doesn't. :lol:

Thanks. A board member on here made them in his machine shop. His name is Mekdad. The only way I could reach him was via email but he hasn't responded to any of my emails lately so I don't know if he is still doing the machine shop deal. I will see if I still have his email addy. The lift is close to 4-5" I think. It has 33's on it right now. Here are some pics of the emblems for ya.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...027_162248.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...027_162234.jpg

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Last weekend I started doing some piddly stuff to help clean up under the hood. I added wire loom to some battery cables, painted the radiator hold downs, and installed the air filter and tube. That is a PITA.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...823_193457.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...823_213529.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...823_234127.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...824_002805.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...830_120147.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...830_120154.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...830_120238.jpg

Now I'm working on getting the inner wheel wells finished up and painted and hopefully install them this weekend.

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you probably need some way of deflecting mud and stuff of that filter , its right in the line of fire of everything slinging off the front tire

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That's why I'm working on my inner fenders now.

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Thats good, watahyahknow is right, that thing will get all messed up if you leave it exposed.

i think you should relocate your oil filter. then maybe you wont have such a PITA air inlet. thats what im going to do. ;)

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I was going to comeback with some snark remark like he'd have to actually drive it to threaten the filter, but that would have been so hypocritical since out of the three vehicles in my driveway, only one has wheels on it, but not all four!
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You could say something like real trucks pull trailers, not ride on them??

Truck looks real sharp Ryan (and Nick and Scott)!! Nice work!!

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one good think about having it raised instead of lowered is that you can set the fenders with a lot more clearance on top you could even go straigth in from the outer fender lip and still dont have the wheels rub at full travel

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Your such a bad influence it's not even funny......I was supposed to get a 12 valve last week...then I ended up with a hopped up 24 valve from a insurance deal which looks to be a 2002 with a BD built tranny. Then i bought another dually chassis.......then i bought another cab.....you see how this is going now? Your truck looks killer and now it's going to cost me huge money......lol....thanks dude...thanks alot

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think a lot of us carnuts/entousiasts are verry succeptable to the "might as whell"'s
simptoms are big cash redraws even when promising the other and youreself to behave
driving faster than needed to get that deal of the century and taking bigger risks then nessisairy to get that deal home or out of sight of the others living in youre home
oh and dont forget that the wintertime project turns out to become a multy year round build , feul for fights with the bosslady and a honeydo list a mile long

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I hear ya. That's what the inner fenders are for. Looking good man. What hydro boost unit did you use. Getting closer on my short box Cummins swap. Just figuring out the little stuff which seems to take the most time. Keep up the good work! Looks awesome. YA Buddy!
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Really? :waah::mm::mm:

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True, I haven't been worried much about dirt killing the air filter, but I was worried about the engine sitting open. I'd rather have an air filter than not.

:lol: I hear ya smart azz.

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Hey man, anytime. :lol:

I used a hydraboost for an early 80's GM truck. The type with the newer metric fittings. Yep, all that little stuff takes the longest.