12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
Finally feel like I'm making some forward progress with 5.7 engine assembly. The Holley cast pan is a quality piece, I was pretty impressed. The best thing about it, it went on without having to modify anything. I did have to procure the main cap stud that holds the pickup since I have an engine out of a car. My understanding the truck engines have this stud already. Fortunately my local dodge dealer had one in stock.
The power steering pump was pretty nasty from being bare aluminum, so I took it apart to bead blast the housing. While I was at it, I bought a rebuild kit from Rock Auto. Note that it is a "Toyoda" part and it is fairly known that the pressure output can be adjusted by getting the regulator valve from various Toyota cars. Rock Auto didn't show a rebuild kit under the charger section, but did under the Toyota section. For $10 I took my chances. All of the seals in the kit were a perfect match for the pump. I'll be hitting up my local junkyard to get the pressure valve out of a "Yoda".
Finally feel like I'm making some forward progress with 5.7 engine assembly. The Holley cast pan is a quality piece, I was pretty impressed. The best thing about it, it went on without having to modify anything. I did have to procure the main cap stud that holds the pickup since I have an engine out of a car. My understanding the truck engines have this stud already. Fortunately my local dodge dealer had one in stock.
The power steering pump was pretty nasty from being bare aluminum, so I took it apart to bead blast the housing. While I was at it, I bought a rebuild kit from Rock Auto. Note that it is a "Toyoda" part and it is fairly known that the pressure output can be adjusted by getting the regulator valve from various Toyota cars. Rock Auto didn't show a rebuild kit under the charger section, but did under the Toyota section. For $10 I took my chances. All of the seals in the kit were a perfect match for the pump. I'll be hitting up my local junkyard to get the pressure valve out of a "Yoda".