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Adult in the room time............... It appears you are looking at buying a privately owned truck. I'm going out on a limb here but my guess is that some one is trying to flip a auction truck or got all stary eyed and bought into one only to learn that it is beyond their means either...
That washer is about as unique as can be. I have a suspicion its function is to locate the washer behind the plate as it is reinstalled. Simply a spacer. I would dry fit the plate and see if there is a space at the point where this washer resides. If so, any old washer will do. Epoxy one to...
Pull the glow plugs and put a big wrench on the "lugs" on the back side of the dampener on the front of the crank. "Should" turn pretty easy. My 2 cents.
A. I'm not a mechanic nor even pretend to be. B The front springs are not too bad but the rear should be left to the "talented" shade tree bunch. Screw it up and they can put your lights out! My two cents.
Sonnax makes a few items that can improve the durability of the 4l80 also. Just in case you have to open it up again NMWR 9-2520-582 might help. NICE work!
Don't want to see any more, too much experience r and r'ing fuel tanks already. I believe there is a picture of a guys 1114 tank on here that is incredible.
Wire screen in the back of the fuel pump probably needs eyeballing also. Did it have the coalescer in the center of the fuel filter? Looks like you own tools and are not afraid to uses them! Good looking project.
If the turbo is spinning freely my next stop would be to inspect and clean the catalytic converter. And yea, where did you tap into the manifold at? At least two inquiring minds would like to know......
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