So another little misstep with my engine, the new engine is from a 2wd truck so the oil filter has a little fitting that hangs straight down like a 2wd gmt400 oil filter. I needed to remove this fitting so I could run my 4wd oil filter adapter which angles it at a 45* angle.
Well what I should have really done was use two nuts and try twisting it out that way, but I'm still unsure how good that would have worked. I ended up grabbing the vice grips and it took over an hour with the acetylene torch trying to heat it up and eventually I did. I wish I didn't have to do this because I spent a long time doing so, and all the threads you see were what was up in the block that I twisted out, since I was pretty flush with the vice grips along with the bottom of the oil filter casting. Hack I know but I needed to get it off!
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Next I found out I had an EGR engine, so the guy I got the new engine from actually sent me a crappy DIY aluminum EGR delete plate, which Cameron didn't like so he made a new one for me that turned out much better, I like it!
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Then next up were exhaust manifolds, mine were really bad mainly from road debris, so Cameron did some magic and cleaned them up as best as he could. The passenger side ended up actually having a crack so he used some stainless rod and was able to patch it up for me. Not going to bother painting them but I really like how they turned out!
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