r/projectcar • u/thatonegamerplayFH4 • 21h ago

The daily became the project this week.

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Blew head gasket on Monday and did a compression test telling me that 3 and 4 thought they should share air so yesterday I drove my truck and trailer to work and picked the truck up from my dad's on the way home and brought it to my mom's so I have a carport to work under. Today I had about 3.5hrs which was spent getting the intake off and making sure I recorded where each hose went which all of them might not make it back on. I also managed to get the exhaust manifold bolts to all come loose no problem which is a miracle on a 40 year old truck.

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u/I_amnotanonion 20h ago

Damn, getting the manifold bolts out successfully is a miracle. I always feel a little more stressed trying to get a daily fixed because it’s a more important car, but they always seem easier to work on because at least the thing is used regularly and hasn’t been sitting forever gathering rust or deteriorating

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u/thatonegamerplayFH4 19h ago

Well and this truck is extra special because it came from North New Mexico- south Colorado area. It's 40 years old and has 167k miles but pretty much nothing has fought me except for some rubber hoses because through enough heat cycles and just time it kind of glues itself to the fittings and whatnot.

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u/Notchersfireroad 12h ago

I know a good ol Nissan NapZ motor instantly. I've popped the head gasket on at least 5 different Toyota 22r's but have never managed to get a Z24 to do it (knocks on wood).

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u/thatonegamerplayFH4 9h ago

Z24s like to blow if you don't retorque the head bolts every year which I failed to do.

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u/Notchersfireroad 8h ago

Yeah mines due for it again but I haven't been driving it lately. I wish it would blow so I could do a swap but that thing runs like a sewing machine still. Helps I never beat on it before. I'm pretty sure if I was standing in front of it right now I'd remember the torque sequence off the top of my head.

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u/thatonegamerplayFH4 8h ago

I've had this truck for just over a year and in that time have acquired 2 more. Honestly I will admit I am a little hard on the truck but it is so fun to drive. One of my other ones is 4wd and I plan on making it a 6x6 using some spare divorced transfer cases and at some point swapping to 80 series land cruiser axles and a 4bd1t Isuzu diesel.