Recent content by Bone9

Got a fair bit more progress to show you guys! Stripped the block of front cover, cam chain and sprockets, camshaft, pistons & rods, crankshaft and sump. Here's some pics... Then I cleaned the sump... Then I removed the oil pump to find it like this!!!! I've...

Progress so far... Air box etc out of the way. Upper intake manifold off. Lower intake manifold, coil packs, fan, belts, pulleys, coolant hoses and rocker covers etc. Heads off. The problem cylinder, all liners look and feel ok for movement. Torque converter etc unbolted and...

Is this still going strong?

It's not the head gasket that's failed unfortunately, the liner moved or the block cracked. It is the same cylinder that blew the head gasket out the side when I first got it. Maybe that weakened the block?

Right guys, you'll be happy to know that I just can't bring myself to strip it. Everytime I get home and see it there my heart drops. I moved it round to the strip spot and sat in it just looking at all the work that i've done, its insane! It's just too good of a truck to let go! So I'm going to...

I have the worst possible thing happen. It started with a very slight misfire from cold start that cleared after 1 minute of idling. This happened for a few days. On one day i instantly drove off with the misfire and got an engine light. Misfire cylinder no.4. I removed the plugs and compared...

So just recently I had a Bank 2 Sensor 1 code pop up. So I ordered 2 new Bosch sensors. Fitted these yesterday, fired it up and the sensor was still showing as unresponsive. So out came the new sensor and in went the good sensor from bank 1. Still unresponsive! Checked the wiring, looked fine...

Here we go lads. It's been bugging us all!

It's for a p38 with the same engine.

Right the earth cables are sorted! I made new ones from scratch from 50mm2 cable so a slight upgrade from the 40mm2.

Another day another upgrade! I got a Bosch 150A alternator to accompany the battery and to give my DC-DC charger plenty of juice. 120A to 150A. Check out the size difference! Nice and snug. I also got a Gunson smart battery alarm, this goes off if the battery drops to 12.2v. This...

Cheers buddy, much appreciated.

My battery died so an upgrade was in order obviously!! Old (069) 68Ah 560A New (C31-1000) 120Ah 930A Fitted got a few problems. The battery fits straight in with no issues but I had some previous wiring that wouldn't reach as the terminals are now in the center of the battery instead of...

I sourced a genuine fan and mounting bars from Spain. These were in great condition and rust free. I took the opportunity to refurbish the bars. Stripped back, 2 coats of red oxide primer and 4 coats of tough gloss black. They came out mint. As you can see my bar (only had the lower) has seen...

Cheers mate.