Took me long enough but here she is... finally. Still working out the bugs. Come to find out she is a W150.

 

Nice. Tires are big, but not too big. I like.

 

X 2 . Looks good!

 

good lookin truck. what size tires?

 

Tires are 35x12.5-15

Just trying to work out some bugs.

Thinking an issue with the fuel pressure switch, smells very rich after giving it some pedal.

Trans filter kit. Got a link around the pan hitting the exhaust.. wonderful smell
Leafs all around to bring it back up. Backs are a little straight and the front are curving down.
New steering rob and coupler. no kit, new rob.
New front bumper

Anyone got a good place to pickup thermostat housing. Mine is leaking, even after a new gasket. One end is flat, worked on it but needs to be replace with a good one.

 

if you thermostat housing is leaking and it is not cracked you may need more than a gasket to fix it. my thermostat housing also started leaking after i switch it out. i realized after why the previous owner used some type of silicone type sealer on it.

 

I've never seen it but I've heard of doubling up on housing gaskets to fix slight warpage of the metal. But honestly I think all the LA small block housings are the same, should be pretty easy and cheap to get another one.

 

for the price of 2 gaskets you could almost buy a tube of RTV gasket maker which could probably do the same job easily 10 time if not more.
http://www.permatex.com/products/aut...sket_Maker.htm
my intake is fairly solid steel and the thermostat housing is aluminum so i would find it hard for them to warp much since they don't hit very high temperatures.

 

i got a nice chrome housin at autozone for 10 bucks with new gasket. they also sell a black one for 6

 

Looks sweet!