Could be. I got it because it has that bubble plastic and looks stock. Got the rebuilt heads in place. New guides and seals. Not technically difficult, but challenging because of the lift. Found the issue with the head gasket. I wonder if the composite failed and then the ring blew or vice versa.....Passenger rear. That's where I heard the 'pssst' sound a few times. Liners seem to be in place.

 

going with crinkle red. My usual signature for engine rebuilds....

 

It's always impressive to see folks like you replace the head gaskets in a weekend like its nothing!

 

THX cvhyatt! I have been going slowly at 4-5 hours a day because it was 32 degrees outside and raining. Found I was missing some bolts here and there and have to wait for parts now. Hope to be done by end of this week. Saw that the BA head repair video says 90ft lbs on final torque. Thought this was high so checked ARP specs and they are at 70. So going with 70 max.

 

Just wanted to pop in and say thanks for putting those gauge surround clips on Thingiverse. That's probably the best fix I've seen to date.

 

Thx Robert! Hope you can use them. you might have to trim away some of the original mount to get best fit.

 

Getting there. Had to helicoil rear valley gasket clamp m8 x 1.25. At least it's a common size and kit available at autozone! Since she was running rich, I bought a new ECU coolant temp sensor. old runs about 300 ohms more resistance at about 180 degrees (690 vs 310 for the new sensor). This could be the issue with running rich. Truck thinks engine is not hot enough yet.....Also, it was an OEM unit and likely 19 yrs old.

 

had some stripped header bolts, PITA. Tapped m8 x 1.25. Stainless studs w/tall flanged copper lock nuts (bellmetric has everything)....getting there

 

doing some interior work. Leather seats from salvage yard. Bit dry and faded and dirty but no tears. rubbing alcohol to clean leather surfaces. dried with heat gun. 600 grit rub down. added 3 relatively light coats (not soaked, just enough to stain) of fiebings black leather dye. It is a bit glossy and looks like black ink in color. So the leather was dark compared to the vinyl. Dried with heat gun between coats. I could have dyed the vinyl with fiebings (worked fine on test area), but chose to just use lexol leather vinyl conditioner. This works fine and vinyl nearly same color as leather ! Pic does not do seat justice, poor lighting..... Original on left, refinished on right.

 

I saw earlier in your thread that you had a self centering steering damper - did you end up installing it? Looks like it would have required mounting bracket re-location.