What did you do today to your 3/S?

**MDoe8** · 09-29-2015, 02:32 PM

Was able to get out in the garage for a bit last night. Removed the brakes from the 2g and then put on possibly the sexiest wheels ever fitted to a 3s. No brakes = enough clearance for 14" wheels. Lower control arms almost hit them haha! Brakes are in good condition, just need to replace pads (even though they look new), clean up rotors, and then paint the calipers. When i went to remove them i found that the rear passenger caliper was only held on by one single loose bolt!!

Only have a couple of more things left to do and then the 2g can be rolled out and placed in 3s heaven. Will be nice to only have on car in the garage.

**Gomez83** · 09-29-2015, 02:34 PM

Gave up in April on the dash gonna try again to remove it

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**fastfalcon94** · 09-30-2015, 04:09 PM

replaced rear pinion seal and oil return seals. Got it off the lift. Started doing some stuff to my truck.

**murphys_law** · 10-01-2015, 10:30 AM

Working on getting the active exhaust valve fixed.

I will be replacing the valve itself by fabricating a blade and shaft(out of stainless steel) and fitting them to the current cable plate on top

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**RealMcCoy** · 10-01-2015, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by fastfalcon94

replaced rear pinion seal and oil return seals. Got it off the lift. Started doing some stuff to my truck.

This will be me next week... Got an 05 PSD 6.0 coming in for head gaskets.

**2fnloud** · 10-01-2015, 06:43 PM

Please show detailed steps, I would love to have that available if my valving ever goes bad.

Originally Posted by murphys_law

Working on getting the active exhaust valve fixed.

I will be replacing the valve itself by fabricating a blade and shaft(out of stainless steel) and fitting them to the current cable plate on top

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**murphys_law** · 10-01-2015, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by 2fnloud

Please show detailed steps, I would love to have that available if my valving ever goes bad.

It will all be in my build thread. The hardest part will be making the seals for the shaft.

I've got some material I'm going to try, but am only about 75% sure I'll be able to get it to do what I want.

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**fastfalcon94** · 10-05-2015, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by RealMcCoy

This will be me next week... Got an 05 PSD 6.0 coming in for head gaskets.

The job wasn't too bad being the first time I've ever done it. The quick disconnect fittings on the radiator gave me trouble as I didn't have the right tool. I managed to get them off bending some thin copper around the pipe and using a screwdriver. Also the ac compressor rear bolt gave me some trouble until I elongated one of the crossmember holes. If you remove the compressor and zip tie it to the cab you can keep the ac stuff all in place and not have to recharge it. My cab is going back on tonight. There was nothing wrong with the truck, I just plan on hooking up an sct tuner to it and I knew I would blow the head gaskets if I did) This is what I did:

oem head gaskets
arp head studs
had head surface skimmed
ford blue spring fuel pressure regulator kit
6.4l fuel banjo bolts and crush washers (2 fuel holes instead of one)
Ford Revised HPOP one piece oil pressure valve
new ford oem oil cooler
egr delete
XDP coolant filter kit
revised turbo oil return line
opened up turbo and cleaned the vanes up. new oring and gasket on the feed line. 05 already had the revised feed line
new injector orings
4" silverline exhaust with 4" tip
new oil filter and fluid
new transmission external and internal filter and fluid
I reused the fuel filter as I just replaced it 5k miles ago
sct tuner
replaced 2 exhaust stud bolts
wire wheeled frame and painted/undercoated it

After the cab is on though I need to pull the bed to cleanup the rear frame and fix the cab corner. I was going to fix the cab corner where it is now but I can't open the doors with it on the lift.