Work on the truck has been slow I have been having hip problems. I ended up having hip surgery and the beginning of october. So I am just now getting back to working on the truck. But Before we get to the truck I built myself a santa maria grill for our fire pit back at the end of september.
If it makes a difference I used some of the metal from the truck to build the grill.
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Now back to the truck.
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I installed a set of under hood lights
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I also installed a 3rd gen cummins intake horn to clear my brake master cylinder.
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I also picked up a 12 gallon air tank as my 3 gallon tank is not enough for my front 5k each bags. I also ordered another 5.65 CFM air compressor, but its on backorder.
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I also picked up a set of new shoes for the front of the truck, they are 19.5x 6 I wanted to run 20s for the tires but they are all ugly. I got a really good deal on one of them it was a return. I also got a decent deal on the second but it's slightly different its the same wheel but newer and the center bore is 1mm bigger and the lug holes are not chamfered. That said they require Flange Nut lug nuts so it doesn't matter. But I am going to have a set of center caps cut to fit them they will be cut out of 3/8 aluminum plate and I will polish them and depending on how close they get to my measurements they should be press fit. I don't like the large center caps that bolt on the out side to the lug nuts and I cant find any they fit a 4.59" Center Bore.
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I took a gamble on the tires I wanted a set of open shoulder all seasons steer tires for the front of the truck. I could only find 3 that fit that and the other two were more of a mud tire that a all season. But the other two where name brand and I have never heard of Otani. regardless they should be better than the tires they are replacing with a date code of 1993. That said its impressive that tires from 93 hold 80 psi. and hulled a 6500lbs tractor.
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Well I also decided to delete the factory heater the turbo touches it, and just from driving it around the yard in low gear it has put a hole in the heater box that and I am afraid it will catch fire once I start driving it on the road. I ordered a vintage air 506101 Compact Heater with Defrost. it should be in wednesday. I also ordered a vintage air heater delete plate a while back when I was planning on just ordering the heater/ ac box from vintage air. but realized I would still need to order the controls and the defrost would not work with out the a/c. One day I plan on installing a/c but I dont have the money for that right now. I am selling a few things to save up for a custom set of gauges.
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Hopefully I can install the 506101 Heater using these holes.
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I also installed a set of bulkhead air line fittings.
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I drilled and tapped the manifold for a egt gauge while I had the turbo off. the other side already had been drilled and taped for a egt gauge but now that I have flipped the manifold I need one on this side because you need the egt gauge to read from the rear 3 cylinders as they run hotter.
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I also made a block off plate for the blower motor hole.
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