..... before getting its engine taken out and de-graded to parts truck status.











A big thanks goes to NCDWrench for pulling the engine (I barely helped), and to Rolling for the use of the trailer and "supervision". <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

The engine came out without too much trouble, its dirty but for only 80k on the rebuild (previous owner rebuilt it) it still has a lot of life in it. It will be going to Mud Raider to live on in another truck. Parts I am keeping like the clutch, alternator, starter, etc will be kept as spares. And the carburetor will be going to the future brown brother coming soon:



Jason did a lot of work using a come-a-long (sp?) to get it up on the trailer after the work was done. We stopped at a Chinese Buffet on the way back for some food, and then the Red Raider got to do its part in pulling the silver truck back to its resting spot:





My neighbors probably threw parties during the day thinking the Silver thing in my front yard was gone for good. Little did they know it would be back before sundown. So the Silver Truck isn't going anywhere, it will be hanging around as a parts truck and will get to live on sitting in its resting spot at the top of my driveway. The brown one will get to keep it company at least for a little while as it waits to get the carburetor switched over etc. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />