Okay, a big day on the homestead here.
I flushed and back flushed the block, rad, and both heater cores. Look at all those hoses!
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1711.jpgI took my oil filter apart, only to discover, it had a home made toilet paper conversion in it! I've got a NOS Frantz for this truck too.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1726.jpghttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1725.jpghttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1722.jpgI did a compression test, all cylinders are 130 lbs cold! Holy Cow! It's gonna run like a scalded cat!
While doing this, I noticed that there was no oil getting pumped into the oil filter, you see now why I had taken it apart eh?
So, off came the pan, and though I knew it was a full pressure 235, it was still shocking to see no dippers and troughs!
Look at all the gunk on the rockers. I'll bet that tube is full of sludge!
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1728.jpgNow, here's the bottom of the engine. You can see I took the oil pump apart. Should there be a gasket in-between those halves? Also, the shop manual says to look for excessive wear, whats that look like?
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1732.jpghttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1731.jpghttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1733.jpgI also drained the transmision, and took the side plate off, to have a look see.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1744.jpgAlso, drained what appeared to be ATF out of the rear axle, but hey, it sure is clean in there.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1746.jpgHey looky there, it's the heat shield just like in the catalogues.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1749.jpgAngled spare tire bracket.
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1751.jpgI also started taking the brakes apart.
The rear
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1738.jpgFront
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd45/HomeCrafter/IMGP1740.jpgNow, those cylinders sure look the same to me from the outside, and yet all the suppliers list the front and rear kits, and cylinders separately. Hmmmm.