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Pretty much confirms that I am going to have to turn the crank. Got the pistons out and all of the pistons were down to the copper on the bearings. The mains were simply tore up. They all looked like that and there was some grooving on 1, 2 and 4 mains on the crank.

Welp.... Not good. This is on that free 360 magnum block I picked up... I was going to get it prepped to build it as my intentions were to just slap in cam bearings, put in a stock(-ish) cam and throw it in the car.... Looks like plans have now changed. To be honest, not even sure how...

To continue on, I also found a good hood to replace the banged up one that was on the car. Before the hood swap, it had a big dent in the middle and was warped: After the hood swap: Looks good! I kinda like the white color personally.... Think its neat. Anyways, the 8.8 needed to...

Oh my... Seems that I haven't made an update in some time. Since the last post, progress has been made but slowed down quite a bit. Starting from the last post, I re-built and combined two leaf packs into one. Overall, I really like the added stiffness to the car. Overall, it raised the backend...

So today, I was researching the leaf sag dilemma. I took a look at ESPO and got a quote from them, took a look at the hotchkis leafs, ebay leafs, and even a quote from a custom leaf spring builder locally. Except for the ebay leafs, all were all at or above $400.... And I would really not want...

Yesterday I got some stuff accomplished that is super exciting, at least for me. During my lunch yesterday, I got my tires mounted on the wheels yesterday. After work, and before getting the call stating that the tires were ready, I prepped for the test fit. I fortunately got my ubolts in and...

I was looking at some fuel tanks from various people. Since I was thinking about getting a new fuel sender anyways, it might be something that I should do is to get the package deal from like ebay or rockauto, tanks inc, etc... But i did happen to see this on ebay yesterday that got me thinking...

Oh and found out that when I fill the gas tank to full, that the patch in the gas tank, seeps a bit of fuel..... great.

Update time. To start off this update, Friday night, I was supposed to meet up with DionR and watch the races. Trying to get the car prepped by fixing the turn signals, I wanted to take it out. Well, before i get into that, let me first say, that I was able to get the turn signals working...

OK, tested the blower motor. Doesnt work (was planning on working on this at a later date). Tested radio wires as I dont have a radio but that works. There is power going to the red/white wires. So I guess I have to hunt down that last spit and see where that is at and test. Also, about the...

Yup... Just confirmed what I saw on the trans is the backup switch. Yea, nothing is connected to that....

Little bit of an update. Continued to work on the temp gauge. Got a new temp switch/senor and installed that. While I was there, I swapped out the thermostat from the current 200 degree to a 180 degree unit. Got it all bolted up and installed. Ran the car for about 10-ish minutes, and sure...

Maybe later down the line, and decide to go with links, that may be an option.. though, I would think that aluminum for a watts link may be too weak? But I would, at the moment, basically cuts the ears like in the video.

Little bit of an update. Started to work on getting the axle all prepped and ready for the swap. Got the e-brake cables off and wire wheeled it a bit to get the rust and road grime off. Then started to get the unnecessary brackets off. Got sway bar brackets and the leaf spring brackets off and...

This Friday or next Friday?

Oh and I forgot to mention, I took the car out for a 50 mile cruise. It did really well for the long drive given the amount of updates and work put into it. Some things that I have to work on though, would be the exhaust as that kinda came apart on a big dip that I had hit in the road. I also...

Alrighty, bit of an update. Earlier in June, I was working on the gauges and some of the electrical. Working with DionR, I was trying to get the Temp and Gas gauges to work. After spending a good chink of time, testing the wires/connections/gauges, they still arent working when running. DionR...

OK, got some info on the brackets and swap info. Basically, for the rear, it will need a metric to standard fitting. That should be all that is needed to connect the rear calipers. Rears would be 11.81" rotors and either the single piston or dual piston brembo caliper. The front is where...

About the brakes, here is a link to the video that I watched that lead to look into this further. I have reached out to him off of his facebook page to get more info. From what I have gathered, he wants $260 for both brackets, front and rear, and it allows all of the available brake options...

I checked the VIN but that doesnt say where it was made... I will have to get the fender tag info and see if that says where it was made.

Thats awesome to hear! Once I get mine in, I will have to see what all is working after that. Hopefully its similar and I am able to see some temps and fuel. If that get figured out, then I can work on turn signals. Not looking forward to chasing that issue....

Bit of an update since the weekend. On Saturday, my wife and I headed to the junkyard in hopes to get a 8.8 out of an explorer. We found a decent one as since I last went, almost all of the 3.73 limited slips were gone. After about 4 hours of working to get that out, we failed. We were kinda...

I was curious now and I noticed when I was under the dash yesterday that some of the ignition harness from the key was cut and spliced. Looking at the wires from the plug, do in fact, go to that block/module that I posted earlier. I am suspecting that that is how its being initially bypassed.

I have this thing near the glove box....?

Got a little bit of progress made on the Duster yesterday. Got the steering wheel pulled off to replace the turn signal switch as one of the tangs was broken for the turn signal to stay in place. I was really over complicating the process as it took me like 2 hours to swap but its now done...

Yea, after thinking about it and the research and reading that I have done on the forums, it seems that for now, it would be too much of a hassle get the right parts and what not. I am thinking to keep it simple yet strong, I will just go with an Explorer rear and be done with it. The Explorer...

Today I played the engine shuffle. I took 360 off of the cherry picker, took the Hemi off of the engine stand, then put the Hemi "temporarily" into my 78 Dodge truck to free up the engine stand. Got the 360 on the engine stand and tore into it. I was initially going to just take off the...

Oh I forgot the specs on the 360. Its from a 01 Ram 1500 4x4. Has 194000 miles when it was pulled. Its minimally going to need a gasket/re-ring kit but the "tick" makes me think that a bearing is bad.

Got a few packages in the mail today. I got a good chunk of the electronics for the interior. Brake switch, turn signal switch, headlight dimmer switch, headlight/dash light switch all in hopes to fix some of the electrical gremlins. Also, I scored on the 360 magnum that I mentioned. It was...

Yea! Those are similar to the 15x7's that I was referring to! I have a set of those and then the set of new 16's. Though, my steelies didnt come off of 5th ave. They dont have the extra holes across the lugs.