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When I swapped the motor I think I might have done something funky with the torque converter. It stopped going into gear and was whining and buzzing. Not driveable now. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I am gonna have to separate the trans from the engine and check it out....... I'll post...

Hey guys. Happy new year. it's been a while. I got some questions about a fuel leak. My new leak appears to be NOT filling up the valley like more common IP leaks. I thought it was the rubber return lines, so after i replaced one and started it up, saw fuel coming from higher up near the coolant...

This part is very important!! for starter gear wear/flexplate wear/failure. it's the reason why mine needed to be replaced. I check and make sure the starter bolts are tight, and the bolts on this little bracket as well from time to time.

after everything buttoned up had a strong crank no start. I figured not getting fuel. I found this funny little video that explains very well how to purge air from the fuel. this only takes about 5 minutes and it fired right up no problem. It’s alive. Thanks to you guys. Drove it around last...

had to pull off the old PTO generator welder parts- in the way of the exhaust. If anyone needs them let me know. I’ll never use that stuff. There was a critter nest in there and a small tree growing! Getting this stuff off without a lift is a pain. Upon fluid fill up the block was leaking from...

Starter cables hooked up and secured away from headers, IP cables on, trans dipstick and VRV line attached, and inspection cover put on. Bolt broken off in the block for the passenger side alternator so I reconfigured with some different hardware. Then the belts were too long! I realized both...

side job. My e350 power stroke van hasn’t been acting right. And it has the second battery in the worst place. Well today it was time to change that. OEM frame mount busted terminal Relocated to behind the seat. Works great

Figured out why mounts weren’t lining up on the driver side. The shell that the mount fastens to was bent. Grabbed the old one off the old engine. bad good When you use the energy suspension mounts, dont use the zipties. Go with the Cucvrus method: Use hardware. One of the ties snapped off...

Flexplate replacement process. Big socket on the main crank bolt, breaker bar on the screws holding the plate on, have a buddy hold the crank still while you bust them flex plate fasteners free. old and busted new and hotness Dropped the motor back in, bellhousing dowels lined up fine...

Thanks, yeah I laid the new and old flex plates on top of eachother and the gear teeth and the fastening holes both line up perfectly. Not sure about the year; I know my truck originally is an 86. The new motor—I’m not sure of the year but it does have those weird braille-style dots on the...

FRA142 is the part # that worked for me. I measured the hole to hole diameter- 11.5” Hopefully this helps someone in the future. Measure the dang holes on the flexplate and torque converter before you drop that new engine in. Apparently there are two sizes that work on a 6.2; Oh well- a minor...

motor dropped in fine but oh no, the torque converter doesn’t seem to line up with the flex plate. I guess it has the wrong one for the turbo 400. So i’ll have to divorce the trans again and replace the flex plate with a new one When rotated the holes don’t line up. Anyone ever had this happen...

I got the BAJA MTZ p3’s and I love them, they work great in the snow and look cool. Now where to get them I don’t know. I have a local tire/wheel guy that I go to. I think mine are 33’s

Motor mount parts came in. Energy Suspension 3.1116G. Just follow the instructions -drill out the rivets, pry them clamshells apart, clean em up,pop the inserts in. I used the zipties even tho I wanted to try the cucvrus hardware trick. Oh well it will hold. Dropping engine in today. Here we go

I second checking the flywheel out. get that cover off and inspect it and look for broken off teeth. this happened to mine so bad (because a missing support bracket) to the point id have to turn the engine over to get it to start. As far as difficulty removing the starter i think i remember just...

Rocky Mountain bikes! I used to be a dealer for them at my bike shop. Nice job I’ve always wanted my truck to be a manual.

spent the day replacing the civilian stuff to the military style. Changed the vacuum regulator valve from the old IP to the new one which had the wired electronic style. And lots of small things. Deleted some things that did not exist on my old set up. why are the intakes different and is one...

Here’s what she looks like. What do you guys think? You can see how the previous owner installed the trans cooler (why my engine blew up)

Update. Got the busted motor out. Thanks for all the replies. I’m definitely keeping all the spare parts that I can. Just in case. New questions. Old radiator looks pretty busted. I can post some pictures when I get back there. Should I just go with a new radiator and if so what is a good...

I got a few questions for the gurus out there. Since I am missing the aluminum radiator crossover cooler lines, should I go ahead and order this set along with the good ole dorman lines (part numbers 625-155&625-154) After installing those parts, should I just ditch the external radiator...