Howdy all!
Update on the never ending project.
Scavenge pump has been installed. I actually purchased one from a marina store on a trip. Seems like it’s a pretty good quality pump. Very quiet and it was a fraction of the cost of a quiet eBay one or name brand. Power steering has also been resolved. Pump was a ford power stroke pump and mounted just fine. Had to order about 10 different drive belts to figure out which size I needed. Hardest part about the power steering was running the lines. I bought some Earls fittings and ran high pressure oil lines to the pump to the hydro booster. I had to get one of my fittings custom made because the earl fitting was not a inverted pipe thread but the hydro booster was. So that was fun to figure out. Regardless it works fine.
With the major issues resolved I found out I don’t have any lights. So I don’t know what’s going on there. Didn’t have time to look into that issue due to another issue.....
So if you look back in the previous post you’ll notice how I was describing the alternator mounted below the truck. There is a pulley that is mount on the inside of the bellhousing and linked to the input shaft of the transmission. It also looks like it may be welded to the “flywheel”. Anyways, I drove my rig for about a week and I was happier than a puppy in biscuit world. One evening I was pulling out of work and when I came to a stop the truck lunges forward pretty hard. It wasn’t a brake lung, it was more than that. I thought to myself, weird. But didn’t think much of it so I go to pull out of the parking lot and I made it about 10 yards before my rig started making the worst metal on metal noise I’ve ever heard. I immediately turned the engine off thinking I threw a rod or something. So here I am in the middle of an intersection with a vehicle that is not so easy to push. I thought to myself, F it I’m going to start it and move it to the side. Upon cranking it over, no noise. Engine started, no noise. Give it gas, noise. But no movement. I put the shifter in high, low, 1, 2 etc etc. nothing but noise. Truck wouldn’t move. I look underneath and see the belts came off the pulley of the alternator. I look further into it and I notice the pulley on the inside of the bell housing has completely snapped off. So basically the custom flywheel or Input shaft is done. So now I’m back to square one.
From what I can tell, looks like this pulley was welded on and maybe it wasn’t balanced correctly. Either way I’m going to take the transmission out and check the issue out first hand. Has anyone removed one of these transmissions? If so, how hard? Any special tools? Tips?
I’ll get some pictures for you guys.
Truck drives awesomely though, very peppy. Very strong and actually fuel efficient. Starts strong, idles quiet.