Ok, I know, I fell off of the face of the earth and quit posting.
Because I quit making progress and this project went on hold.
I bought a 2011 VW GTI that had jumped timing and rebuilt that with many many upgrades.
I replaced the timing belt and water pump and a bunch of other stuff in my wife’s Honda Pilot because it recently rolled over 100k miles.
I did a AFM/DOD delete in my daily driver 2007 Silverado because it decided to get a stuck lifter right when I was leaving to make a 3 hour drive to DC. While I was that deep I decided to pull the oil pan and see what it all looked like in there and it looks great. The heads had to come off to replace the lifters. So they got cleaned up and I was able to see that the top end of my truck looks brand new for the mileage. And the cylinders looks great too.
Then I had to pull the dashboard from that same truck a few months later to replace the heater core. And of course, while I was in there, I replaced the A/C core, condenser, compressor, and receiver/dryer since I had to break the boundary of my A/C anyway. And that truck now has a little over 180k on it. So it was due. I also decided to replace the radiator and power steering pump as well. Mostly because the AFM/DOD delete already had me replace the camshaft and timing chain as part of it. So of course I went ahead and replaced the water pump while it was off. That way, now all of the components in my cooling system and A/C system are new. I also had replaced the idler pulley and tensioner pulley as well, but I still have a belt squeal under hard acceleration. And that was after replacing everything that spins with the belt, with the exception of the A/C compressor and power steering pump. So now it’s all new. The belt still squeals!! WTF?!?!
Not to mention that ever since I retired from active duty, my new contracting job for the military has me traveling a LOT.
I actually leave for Washington state on Tuesday and then fly from there to Honolulu so I can groom the LAN/network for 2 submarines that are getting ready to deploy.
I said all of that to say this. Yes, I got derailed on this project, but now I’m back on track and ready to get back to it. Of course now that it’s cold as hell outside.