[Tx Firefighter]

Next sub project was the heater hose. I like stuff all routed like original so I wanted to spend some time here and get it right rather than using plain hose or something.



The old quick connect.



Slit the factory crimp band with a grinder.



Take all this junk off and throw it away.



You're left with the pipe itself. Corroded and gunky.







Now, clean that mess up and paint it.



Various other little bits cleaned up, detailed, and powdercoated.







Begin the laborious process of degreasing and pressure washing the engine compartment.







Personally, I always change engine mounts on the trucks I build. These had 200k miles on them and new ones were less than 15 dollars for the pair. Changing them was not fun. I had to wind up dropping the entire front differential housing down from the truck to get access to the nuts on the bottom.





Some grease was hidden behind the old mounts. I can't sleep at night with that.





New versus old.



Cleaned and shot with a quick coat of paint .









The flywheel looked pretty ugly so I had my local place machine it for me.



It's important to use a shim between the flywheel and crankshaft to compensate for the thickness that was removed off of the flywheel.



These guys work cheap. That's the out the door total for machining and the shim both.



Various other bits cleaned and powdercoated.