i've been working the truck already for about 6 months but haven't had the time to start a thread so i figured i needed to get caught up
i bought the truck for $630 with a bad rear end smoking motor and both sides of the truck were a different color
didn't have any powerbrakes or powersteering but i drove it for a couple months before the rearend blew up which is when i picked up a dana 61 with 3.31's instead of the 4.11 the truck had anyways i threw that in and did a axle flip then parked it and went out of state :blah blah blah:
so when i got back i knew the truck would need a new motor which is when my brother in law gave me a 406 he had sitting (all the work is also being done in his garage
) turned out there was a bit of rust in the cylinders so i pretty much did a "fresh'n up" on it ended up being more of a full rebuild
heres the tear down of the 406
everything was in pretty good shape due to there only being about 700 miles on the motor when it got parked but a few cylinders did get rust
i soaked the cylinder in diesel and sanded down the rust so i could get the piston out without damage
then i had 3 cylinders sleeved (2 due to rust 1 due to a pit) and honing new cam bearings all that good stuff
then i was waiting on parts and money so i got the truck and starting tearing down the frontend
it was pretty dirty everything was SOAKED in oil
got the parts in and the short block together
got some rebuilt heads from the shop
some paint helped it look good
