PilotHouse2500

Flipping the manifold took less time than I had imagined. The hardest part were the two bolts tucked in the firewall (bottom of course the worse of the 2).

passenger door gaps built out horn mounted

tip linkage parts all in....now for fab...

Passenger side door lower cancer repaired. And of course my air compressor pressure switch took a dump again...another switch on order to see if the motor is driving the over amp on the switch causing the wire melt.

Well, removing the turbo is quite the job...the back two nuts are SOOO easy to pop free....HA!

Good to hear confirmation, I also asked coworkers down at the Indiana mothership and they thought it would work (no one left there from the 12V-6bt development team).

So, as I sat there last night staring at the 6bt trying to figure out how to get the turbo moved, it struck me, could I just flip the exhaust manifold 180° and have the port point up instead of down? It LOOKS like it'd still fit. Thoughts?

So does anyone know of a part that I could put between the exhaust manifold and turbo to tip it up 30 degrees or so?

After fighting thru hood tip linkage design and general procrastination, I decided to start building out the seams for a pretty look once ground to a 3/16" gap.

The one I'm looking at is 500 pounds. Using 2, I could push 1000 pounds, add in a lever arm and.....bob's your uncle! Some out there spec to 2000 pounds each.

Basically a screw driven linear actuator to push on a linkage to open and close the hood.

Might have to drop on some gas supports....but regardless electric screw drive...all depends on the pivot point and arm lenght I can do....cause ya, it aint light.

split the rad support so I can loosen and tip forward a little JIC the serpentine needs replacement after...well, whenever

LOL, actually my gf/now wife loves that I have a project to work on...keeps me honest

first I'd have to finish, second I'd have to drive and enjoy for a while, third I'd have to want to sell it!

yah the whole front part of the body, fenders hood and grill tip like a semi.

After much angst and time and thought and putting it off....the front clip finally has it's home on all the new mounting points.

ON AIR! And the mods for the fabd air ride control hardware.

Well, as usual I didn't get as much done as I wanted, but here is the dump of the week off of work I did. I didn't take pictures of me standing there scratching my head for a few hours each day. Also, sadly I lost a coworker over the break, my car club buddies dad passed and I got some concerning news over a good friend. First off, modification of the new brake booster to match the mock up of the old one to fit in the engine bay/behind the engine Next up was removing the old extra cab mounts I don't need and welding on the front mounts for the 4 bar linkage. Next we have the old and new rear suspension Finally there is the hood wings back on with prop arms! Final good news is my wife is now happy with 2 new familiy members to spoil!

Driver side done now as well. Puma supervised, sadly she is pretty much deaf so the grinding dind't hurt her ears.

Last day of vacation burned, but I got the passenger side drip rail fab'd and welded in. Being the back half fo the cab is a B1, the rail is different so I carried that thru to the front as well. Also allows me to get some seam sealer in there when the time comes to keep the rust monsters at bay.

Dropped the rad/fan assy in last night. OOOO boy is it tight! But clearance....is clearance. I have about 1/4" on the passenger side. I will modify the mounts to allow me to loosen and tip the assembly forward for serpentine replacement (thank you middle of the night engineer brain).

Fan shroud. I'm thinking 2 pullers (16" and 14") should keep him cool enough.

AC condenser "mostly" in....likley I will weld the Z brackets to the frame to avoid the bolt plates I had made to get it all mounted to the frame rail tho....might wait for that till the cab is off next time.

well, I DO live in MinneSNOWta....