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The wheels are 17x8 with a 0 offset, and tires all around are Vredestein 235/55 R-17. These definitely aren't performance tires, but look nice, have an XL rating, and compliant ride. I shopped around on discount tire direct and tire rack, and tried a variety of tire sizes to find the right one...

Oh, and I replaced the trans pan gasket, filter, and cooler lines last month. Nothing horrible in the pan or on the magnet. I adjusted the kickdown linkage more and its shifting really nicely now -- and no more leaks. Feels good.

I finally replaced the wheels on the truck - went from the Foose 5 spokes, staggered 17/18 setup on 40-series tires, to American Racing 17s all around, with 55 series tires. The difference is immense. It drives so much better now, and I think they look better, too. Figured I'd share a couple...

Been driving the truck around quite a bit and loving it. It's been doing pretty well. Some transmission issues to solve: it shifts well from 1-2, then slips immediately into 3rd. If I manually shift, it holds the gear just fine. I know next to nothing about automatics - is that a valve body...

A couple shots of the engine fully installed. I think it all came together well! Been driving the truck a little bit, and it feels pretty good. My heater core sprung a leak immediately, so that's on order, along with various other little parts to finish up the mechanical things. I need to...

Well, she runs! This weekend i had the chance to work in my buddy's shop and we got the old engine pulled, and the new one put in. We figured out what was wrong with the first one as well (besides a cracked coolant passage in the head) - the oil pump shattered where it meets with the...

Really sweet color choice! The frenched headlights are going to look really great.

Did the connecting rod bushings, checked on the cam bearings and they're all pristine. main bearings are also great. This engine had low mileage, apparently, and it seems possible given the condition overall. Excited to have it painted, should keep it from rusting! Something to look at in the...

Getting into this new (to me) engine, and boy it's nice to have a shop to work in and an engine stand! This is new territory for me. Replacing the connecting rod bearings, all the gaskets, and all the freeze plugs. Not going to send it to a machine shop - just want to get this cleaned up a bit...

Thanks, yeah. Honestly the best possible situation for it to happen, so it feels pretty lucky. Starting to prep the engine/engine bay for pulling out the old motor today. It will be good to get this thing running again!

I've only run the truck a little bit with it, but the new aluminum rad works great, as far as I can tell.

Figured I should post an update to this thread for all those wondering - the engine is truck is seized. Something went wrong between getting it to the shop and it moving to the back of the lot... it won't turn over in either direction with a big breaker bar on the crank pulley. Sparkles in the...

Alright everybody, just wanted to provide a real quick update on the truck - I got it running and driving last month, which feels great. Solved a bunch of little issues, too, like the tailgate not opening as one of the hinges had broken off. Also re-routed the exhaust a little bit for more...

Thanks for uploading! Hopefully it will help deduce what's going on

Yeah, I'm not planning to run it that way long term, just helped to diagnose the issue. I gotta figure out where the issue is - very strange one.

Alright, did some tests and got it - the truck runs! First, took the coil positive, and re-routed it directly from battery positive, no ballast resistor. No dice. But, the cranking while on ignition 1 did go away. Then, I threw in the old coil, with the same wiring setup. Bam! started right...

I'm pulling power from the wires under the dash, on the ignition harness. I installed the ballast resistor on the firewall in the engine bay (tI can't find one in the original wiring - this was a lean burn system from factory). Ignition 2 is connected to the starter relay, per the wiring diagram...

Ok, so now here's a a weird one. I checked my wiring for the ignition module, didn't change a thing, and now when I turn the key to run (not start), the starer motor engages and it turns over. Not what it should be doing, obviously. I'm thinking this is going to lead me to the issue, whatever it...

I lined it up dot to dot, distributor was at the #6 spark plug. I rotated a few times, checked that it was both dots at 12 o'clock when dizzy was at #1 spark plug, and it returned to dot to dot before installing the timing cover. Seemed good to me then.

Yeah, that's exactly how I've got it routed as well, minus the extra ground wire.