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Thanks. For a blind guy with a band saw and an old Miller welder they turned out okay. Like I typically say...." Not always pretty but not going to break".

Excellent … that machine looks very heavy…

Majority vote baby,,,,, doesn’t work anymore

It did, in the CCRS series due to a back cut on the exhaust lobes

20 PSI, if it will even get there,

Virginia is just like New York State!!! The blue big citys are the tail that wags the dog!!!

I believe the spring load thing came about with ceramic lifters don't quote me on it just my vague memory on it !

My self I like to test the whole system! we had a cork for the turbo end of the charge air with a regulator and gauge on it! Put shop air to it! And turn the engine by hand till boost builds on the intake system ! this lets you test the whole works intake and charge air!

No need for 40 psi even ! if its leakin you'll hear it !

Shouldn't put much over about 45 pounds pressure when your checking right? terry

Might have to start a Virginia thread, how much worse can it get? "Stand up and fight back" - But what more can you do, as usual all the counties in blue voted "no" but the evil democrats in the red areas are the biggest population so they control the entire state now and it's only going to get worse. And this is what they're trying to pass off as fair-

Nice work!

I've been running this one for a dozen years. 4le80 transmissions had porous cases. I've got a spare one but I would need to have my transmission guy swap the innards into it which is basically same labor as rebuild.

Okay, thanks again. The manual only says they used different push rods, not when and where. These engines have been around so long that I find myself robbing an engine made up of multiple other engines to piece together a different engine made of multiple other engines.

I dont know what to say. I had mine for 8 years, and ran up and down I-85 a bunch with mine . But mine was diesel with the aisin 4spd auto trans. Too bad... I think they are great trucks... I didnt know about the bell housing issue..

Yup just had the trans rebuilt about 10k miles ago.

nice to see you again JoeH....

You need 2 caps, one for each intake boot of the CAC. Not sure if that was clear from my description.

Home depot sells plastic pipe caps i think 4" size should fit in the intake boot on each side of the CAC. Drill one and mount a tire valve stem. Put one cap in each boot, hook an air hose up to the valve stem. If its leaking youll hear it right away. You should be making 30-35 psi boost. Any black smoke at all tells me you arent getting enough air.

Ouch......

Npr tranny bell housing broke ( they are notorious for this). Started adding up everything it needs. New tranny case, intake gasket leaking coolant, front springs needed, rear brakes coming up, getting rust jacking at crossmembers. I think it's time for a remount on newer chassis. I think I'm going for a uhaul E450 cab and chassis. They sell them really cheap and since I'm really cheap it looks like a good match.

Today's update. I took a. 1/2 day off to get material and work on trans mounts. I think they turned out nice. Just need to dress them up and get some paint on them. Be nice to get transmission off a jack stand. Just something scratched off the long list........

Thanks anyway. I'll use Geoffs chart and come up with something. Like I mentioned, I went through this with the 237 downpipe but I used a firetruck VIN. I have another VIN to ask at dealership and see if they have something different or bring me the same clamp.

For some reason my memory of 12 spring loaded pushrods is poor. I remember 12 rigid, and 6 of each. Spring loaded only on the exhaust. Its sad that I am unsure, as many of these as Ive done.