Reaper

Hey guys
Truck overheated on me and i may have cracked my head or the head-gasket went south on me . No coolant in the oil but she's blowing steam out the tail pipe. No white smoke on start up only after truck warms up a Little. What does it cost to have a head replaced or Head-gasket job done.
Any other suggestion's to cut cost man i hate being a broke college student.


Thanks Guys

colsoncj

I got a buddy near springfield that may be able to help you out... He does HG on the 4cyls all the time. dunno bout the 6's... yours a 4 or 6?

edit: im sure we can figure out a way to help ya man.

Reaper

I just bit the bullet and sent her to my mechanic. If i had more skills I could have saved myself a lot of money. Anyways truck should be up and running next week cant wait.

Thanks for the reply

colsoncj

hopefully it works out well.... was it a 6 or a 4?

Reaper

It's the 22re
Maybe I can start joining some of the trail runs you guys make. Hey whats the best way to extend the t-case shifter?

colsoncj

why would you need to extend the t-case shifter.

Reaper

I have a 2inch Body Lift on the truck. Its real hard to get in four wheel drive and if I can get in it pops right back out. If I take the boot off it works fine but its still rubbing a little on the sides.

colsoncj

for the life of me I can't remember exactly what one looks like, so bear with me:

1. can you remove it, rotate it 90 or 180 degrees, and reinstall it, and if so would that fix the problem?
2. would a transmission shift lever work in the place of the t-case shift lever, and could that fix the problem? If so I've got plenty of spare tranny shift levers....
3. could you cut it in half, weld a piece of pipe in it and weld it back together making it longer?

Cargun

Option #3 is what you're looking for. You may also need to change the angle a bit to get body clearance. Or notch out the floor pan a little to give it the needed clearance. With a 3" body lift my body moved around enough relative to the transmission that I had to notch the floor pan so the shifter would clear in off camber situations even though there was plenty of clearance on the level.

Reaper

Think I'm going to weld a piece of rod in and notch out the floor pan a little.
Thanks Guys