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The engine and trans arrived at the shop today. I am beyond excited! I feel like Christmas when I was 12. I get to see it run on the dyno tomorrow, and bring it home on Friday.
I brought the drivetrain home today. This is a very good starting point for this truck project. While in town I also picked up some steel sheet for boxing in the chassis. As our British friends say, that's a nice bit of kit!
I picked up a new engine stand. It rotates 360 degrees by crank. It was worth the money just for the back-saving feature. If the motor decided to flop over during turning, I know I would be dumb enough to try and catch it. I have to turn the engine upside down to swap the oil pan, the one that came on it won't clear the cross member on the Dakota chassis.
I picked up a new engine stand. It rotates 360 degrees by crank. It was worth the money just for the back-saving feature. If the motor decided to flop over during turning, I know I would be dumb enough to try and catch it. I have to turn the engine upside down to swap the oil pan, the one that came on it won't clear the cross member on the Dakota chassis.
I think we are related. We seem to indulge a lot of the same stupidity.
That's a NICE stand. How much did that set ya back?
We seem to indulge a lot of the same stupidity.