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[Rawze]

Flushing water out today and filling it with red coolant. Also going to take it to speedco and have the oil/filters changed that was used for the initial startup.

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Here is rough breakdown of what i have spent...

This is what I have in it roughly ...

$3830 -- Overhaul Kit (I purchased this a while back, so I did not spend it this go around).

$3560 -- Head (Brand new, not reman).

$1695 -- 3 reman injectors ($565 ea.)

$1050 -- New Alternator (320 Amps, Not reman)

$470 -- New Oil Pump (shimmed the regulator with 10 dimes as well and it makes 48-50 PSI).

$304 -- Rod Bearings

$184 -- Main bearings

$180 -- Lower Radiator frame bracket (old one was rusted out).

$150 -- Oil pan gasket

$58 -- Exhaust manifold bolts

$??? -- O-ring for top of thermostat

$??? -- New Main Supply Hose for Radiator

$??? -- Some 3/8" Air line.

$??? -- A/C Belt tensioner

$??? -- Main Belt Tensioner

$??? -- New Belts

$??? -- New Coolant (Red)

$??? -- Oil used for startup ($7.50 / gal El-cheapo oil + 1 gallon of 80/90 gear lube)

$??? -- Oil change at Speedco after test driving it.

$???? -- 4 cans of R134a to re-charge the A/C with.

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It comes in at right around 12k or so. I did the job myself, including counter-boring my own block so there is no labor bill.

YES, this is/was a low-rent type of project. I see no point in replacing a bunch of extra stuff and running up the bill all at once. I will get it back on the road and slowly replace things as needed from here. I didn't even bother to re-paint anything or even pull/replace the oil cooler, etc. -- I just wanted to do the minimum job, but I did do it right.