i love the wilsons everyone around here uses them at the hunt clubs. if i had the money i would buy one in a minute lol

 

So the latest update, Coolant has been leaking for some time now. After fixing all the leaks I could find and replacing what feels like the majority of the cooling system everything seemed to be alright up until a couple days ago when it sprung a new leak out of the new heater control valve. I found that I have a blown head gasket on cylinder #1 and the increased pressure has been causing the leaks so today I decided to tear it down and replace the head gasket. Hopefully the leaks will fix themselves after this is.

Anyway got the head off and here's what we had:








And after cleaning the head up:


I then found that due to electrolysis I needed to replace the head




Luckily after doing a 3.4 swap a friend of mine gave me this little fella

who after about 2 hours 2 broken head bolts and a couple of really big pry bars not to mention much swearing gave me a descent head that should work.

Tomorrow I will see about getting it resurfaced and see about doing the valves. Will update as progress is made.

 

Update, the head off the spare engine has 2 cracks in it. Yippee!!! So I've decided to go with a new head from a friend of mine who owns a shop locally. $210 for a brand new 22re head isn't too bad plan to pick that up Friday (pay day) hopefully have my truck back by the end of the weekend.

 

Well, kinda at a stand still on the engine but finally finished cb install. I made a bracket out of stainless that mounts under the rear view mirror and under my rear dome light this allows me to hang any radio I please from the roof. Looks pretty good if you ask me.

 

Nice truck man. I havent seen too many ppl with 94 extra cabs on here. Subscribed!

Good luck with the new head.

 

haha... i got excited when i saw this:
i saw the pully and head, and thought "supercharger!!!"

then i realized it was upside-down

 

^^^^ lol I was thinking the same earlier when I saw this picture. I had to look twice before i realized it was upside down.

 

nice truck man i like the bumper. nice work

 

Thanks everyone, Gettin' my new head today got the valves cut and my new seals yesterday. Hopefully start puttin it together before I gotta go to work at 7. Its snowin up here and im just itchin to go play lol

 

So Saturday I began assembling my new head:




And got it installed on the engine:


by about 6 Saturday evening it was sitting in the shop warming up yesterday morning (Sunday) I readjusted the valves and re torqued the head. So far so good

 

i just love engine pr0n.

keep snapin' them pics, nice work. i'd love to do a re-build someday

 

Coming along nicely. When is she gonna be up and runnin?

 

Had her up and running last Sunday been drivin' all week with no problems

 

Haven't posted in quite a while been busy with the holidays, working and starting college classes not to mention not a lot of money throw at the truck until after the 15th when my tires are paid off. Anyway made a little progress got my new windshield and switched from the fire stick to a 102 inch whip I had layin around in the shop. Next step I'm thinkin' will be my HID conversion, a new grill (mines seen better days) and LED dash lights.

 

I hear ya with school and all getting in the way. lol

HID conversion will make a difference big time when youre night wheelin. Good luck.

Trucks running good?

 

Yea runnin' great for the time bein. Def. better than my mom's 3 slow that blew a head gasket the other day and yea that's what I've heard about the HID's I know a few guys that have 'em and they love 'em

 

hey man sick build, like the bumper. i got a couple friends that got HIDs their really nice and you can see so much better you cant go back to normall after you get them. and you defently gotta do the LED upgrade in the dash, its a pain taking apart the dash but well worth it.

 

I've been into these dashes so much between my 4runner my dad's 91 and now this one I could probably do it in my sleep lol I just gotta order my LED's which I think I'll do tomorrow (pay day). By the way DeathSycthe02 I LOVE your pickup in your avatar.

 

So I've been just itchin to get some money to play with and start making some progress on this thing. So this morning I sold my canopy (that I never use) and just bought my new grill off Ebay god knows I need a new one I think mines held on by 2 clips and the chrome is all peeling. Will post pics when it gets here and I get it on. also ordering my LED's for the dash and when tax return gets here B.J. spacers and HID's

 

Truck is looking good!!