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not enoughsmoke · Feb 14, 2024

So some of the older member might remember I had a 800hp 2003 over a decade ago. I sold it to move away from CR's and Low and behold I ended back up with a 2003. However this time I wanted to take a different approach. Not to go all out .But make a fun truck to drive and use. Friend of mine runs a Diesel shop and had a motor swap job that was on his back burner. The owner also wanted to sell it. So I went and looked at it and I saw the potential also to feel the nostalgia of the early CR's
2003 250hp with 47re

4x4dually · Feb 14, 2024

Looks like you definitely got a project!! Body looks decent for an '03.

Red Sleeper · Feb 14, 2024

Very clean underneath for up north. And a certified axle dump exhaust.

Meyers Farms · Feb 14, 2024

Keep us updated! I love the info and pics of wrenching in progress.

not enoughsmoke · Feb 15, 2024

4x4dually said:
Looks like you definitely got a project!! Body looks decent for an '03.

body is Decent No rust at all needs a paintjob for sure

Red Sleeper said:
Very clean underneath for up north. And a certified axle dump exhaust.

I hate the Axle dump guys they obviously never work on their own truck because of all the soot that gets on everything

Meyers Farms said:
Keep us updated! I love the info and pics of wrenching in progress.

well got it home and in the shop. As you can tell its been sitting for a while hence the bird nest in the battery box. Time to start getting the engine out

not enoughsmoke · Feb 16, 2024

The previous owner put a hot box on it and dropped a valve seat. Before that he had went in to the trans and did some freshen up. He said the trans was good but the curiosity got the best of me. As well as my dad sayin if your gonna do it now is the time. Damit this was suppose to be simple :hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::umno: Nothing like a good deep clean.

Snedge · Feb 16, 2024

#6 cylinder looks awesome. Damn. That's not going to buff out.

4x4dually · Feb 16, 2024

Man, you ain't kiddin'. That engine looks horrible.

Snedge · Feb 16, 2024

4x4dually said:
Man, you ain't kiddin'. That engine looks horrible.

It's likely repairable, but I'd worry about water freezing in places that it shouldn't. That needs stripped bare, hot tanked and magnafluxed.

not enoughsmoke · Feb 17, 2024

Snedge said:
#6 cylinder looks awesome. Damn. That's not going to buff out.

it would have been fine if he would have oiled the cylinder but :umno:

4x4dually said:
Man, you ain't kiddin'. That engine looks horrible.

I dont know exactly how long it sat like this

Snedge said:
It's likely repairable, but I'd worry about water freezing in places that it shouldn't. That needs stripped bare, hot tanked and magnafluxed.

I have oiled it since getting it out I think it might hone out

That being said the guy i got the truck from had a spare running 160k mile engine that went with it. The only kicker was it was in a rust bucket of a truck. Motor was already pulled and on standby for me to get the other problem was he left it open in the shop and stink bugs where all in it. So to be certain it was clean I needed to disassemble it to clean out the Bugs literally. And since I am there I cant leave well enough alone Might as well throw some Crowler valve springs in it. as well as needle gun the block.

biggy238 · Feb 17, 2024

Just hone it and set the ring gaps tight, be sure they really push out to the walls when it gets hot ???

I'm almost certain that I found the green 03 that made me get my 03 on FB marketplace as a roller. The way it looks and location and missing parts makes me think it was a hot rod/street puller 15 years ago. Sad end to a sharp truck. The 03's are fickle beasts. Left over parts, first run parts, first run production issues. Kind of a bomb really. I wish I knew where mine ended up but I think it got scrapped because I've not seen it in years.

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not enoughsmoke · Feb 18, 2024

Got the block and head all cleaned up painted with some John Deere muffler black. Then I got the whole bottom end cleaned out and resealed.
Timing cover resealed cleaned the head Surface and added some arp 2000s with stock MLS gasket

not enoughsmoke · Feb 18, 2024

biggy238 said:
Just hone it and set the ring gaps tight, be sure they really push out to the walls when it gets hot ???

I'm almost certain that I found the green 03 that made me get my 03 on FB marketplace as a roller. The way it looks and location and missing parts makes me think it was a hot rod/street puller 15 years ago. Sad end to a sharp truck. The 03's are fickle beasts. Left over parts, first run parts, first run production issues. Kind of a bomb really. I wish I knew where mine ended up but I think it got scrapped because I've not seen it in years.

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I have that engine set aside for another project now i got the head back from the machine shop ready to go just have to start on the short block at some point.
I also searched for my 03 but he guy i sold it to Swapped it to auto shortly after getting it. Its probably totaled now

biggy238 · Feb 18, 2024

not enoughsmoke said:
I have that engine set aside for another project now i got the head back from the machine shop ready to go just have to start on the short block at some point.

I also searched for my 03 but he guy i sold it to Swapped it to auto shortly after getting it. Its probably totaled now

We are so pessimistic ?

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not enoughsmoke · Feb 19, 2024

biggy238 said:
We are so pessimistic ?

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Always
Disassembled the transmission to do a full inspection found some fuckery.

biggy238 · Feb 19, 2024

I want a table like that. Surplus restaurant sink?

What exactly am I seeing on that trans? I see misalignment on the servo but I'm not in thinking mode this morning

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not enoughsmoke · Feb 20, 2024

biggy238 said:
I want a table like that. Surplus restaurant sink?

What exactly am I seeing on that trans? I see misalignment on the servo but I'm not in thinking mode this morning

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Yes, its Restaurant countertop sink is separate. i was noting the previous owner said it had beefed up internals but couldn't tell me what Still had stock servos and some fucked up clutches valve body was suppose to be a Gorend
So now its got a ton of new parts Revmax GPZ, billet input, flex plate, Sonnex billet servos , Transgo reprograming kit, Suncoast triple disc, DNJ governor pressure conversion, bd trans pan, Lokar Locking dipstick ,and upgraded OD spring

56cummins · Feb 20, 2024

Sclb....Nice. I'll be watching this.

not enoughsmoke · Feb 21, 2024

As just about anyone knows that has ever done Twin turbos. There is always that v band clamp on the Hotpipe that just seeps out soot under high boost /high drive pressure. And well it bugs the chit out of me so i went a extra step on this setup to sleeve the V-band connection and O-ring it. I know the O-ring will melt that's what i am hoping for melt and seal it.

not enoughsmoke · Feb 21, 2024

I got everything cleaned, mounted and painted.

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