Looks like you could use a bigger bucket. Lol. Good luck man. Hopefully the deliveries come often and quick.

 

Lol yeah almost all of that trans fluid was from the power steering and trans coolers from disconnecting the lines before removal. No big deal I have a pressure washer I will use to wash the driveway when I get her all back together.

No doubt on the parts coming this week lol. I have my heads at the machine shop right now and hopefully will be done by Wednesday so I can start reassembly by the middle to end of the week. ( I have an extra set of heads. I did that to minimize down time plus I just wasn't to sure of the condition of the heads in the truck so for $200 it was cheap insurance.)

 

Git-r-done!!!!

 

Subscribing

 

That's one heck of a start. :thumb: You are going to be so happy when this is done.

 

Lol I'm actually enjoying getting dirty and doing the work myself, so I'll be more upset when it's done lol. My wife on the other hand would agree completely with you. :hehe: she is sick of hearing about the truck and what I am doing to it lol. She just wants it done and over with lol.

 

looks good, I'm in, keep us posted

 

One thing I have to say is that it is SOOOOO much easier working on this with all the front taken off. It just sucks for me because my truck has a 6" lift and 35" tires with 20" rims so it's still somewhat of a PITA to do some of the things but definitely worth it.

 

And most people think I am nuts for suggesting doing that for work on the engine, clutch fan or waterpump. LOL

Now ya see why.

 

Subscribing!

 

Looks like fun.

 

Subscribing, good luck

 

Subscribing! It's great to see guys diving into a project like this! Gives us all a boost of confidence that we can do it, too. So far have done my own EGR delete/turbo service. When I first got this truck it looked pretty intimidating under the hood. I've learned so much on this forum. Now I feel I'm ready to tackle head gaskets if I had to. Good luck. Will be following with great interest!

 

After today I hopeyour planning on washing my car tomorrow:soapbox:

I'll get to that later honey. I have more important things to deal with right now. hnoes: :hehe:

 

Ok yes dear after I'm done with my more important things that need dealt with first. :rofl:

 

Lol get out of my thread turd. You get to see this in person they don't.

 

Remeber if the wife isn't happy, your not happy :hehe: :hehe:

 

Doh the wifes crackin the whip:rofl:

 

looks great.......... I hope to do the same thing soon to my completely stock 2005 6.0. I currently have 86500miles all driven by me except the first four from the dealer. no problems yet with the truck, plan on doing egr delete and IPR remote oil cooler and figuring I should do gaskets and studs at the same time???????? I will be tracking you progress.... good luck,

 

Im very interested to see how you like the hybrid and the 175/75 warrens. Keep us updated!

 

subscribing! Ill be starting mine oct 1

 

Great pics man, keep up the good work.:thumb:

 

Heck yeah man. Awesome write up. I will be following your thread real closely as I am planning the exact same thing in October... (studs, same injectors and turbo)
So I'm interested in your results/ reviews

Keep at it:thumb:

 

Subscribing! Hope you have good WX for the job.
Doug

 

Well guys I'm about 8-9 hours in it total. Not too bad at all. I have been taking my time and plenty of breaks because yesterday and today it was 85 out with around 70-80% humidity and it's got me sweatin like a wh*re in church lol.

I got a lot done in 2 days. I am almost ready to pull the heads. All I have to do is pull the valve covers and remove the rest of the hpo system. But before that I have to get the evaporator core and inner fender well out. Then I can start pullin heads. I ran into a bit of a snag though as I can't get my passenger side inner fender well out because Tuscany Trucks used a #2 square bit to hold the fender flares to the fender well.

So now I have to go get a #2 square bit which is $20 just to pull the darn fender well. Then once I get that out I can pull the evaporator core and pull the valve covers off and be good to go.

All in all it's definitely not to hard for anyone to do. Just get a decent set of tools and take your time and you will be good to go. So far I haven't ran into any problems other than 2 bolts that held me up.

One was the rear turbo bolt. Man what a serious PITA. And the other was the rear passenger side intake manifold bolt. It hits on my 4" down pipe so I had to climb under the truck which was actually nice because it was probably 15* cooler with a nice breeze under there lol I almost fell asleep it was so nice. Anyway I had to loosen the down pipe up so that I could move it just enough to get the manifold to slip past it. No big deal.

I will add pics to this post tonight showing the progress so far.

Edit: Here are the pics from today's progress.

My Secret Weapon

Buttoned up for the night.

 

New pics up.

 

Sweet, go crazy man!