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[ChevyKev]

Glad to hear you got it running, what was the problem??? No problem on helping, it was a good time

A wiring connector wasn't connected - who did that???? :whistle:

I guess the real question was who didn't do that?

And it took a bit of time to purge the air from the fuel and HP oil lines.

Didn't go to Salcha, but looked at it here since it was above 0. The antifreeze is a quick fix - replace the water pump housing.

The oil leak has been found and is strange - it needs the rings to seat and it should be fine. It is blowing oil out of the oil check tube! So somehow compression is getting past the rings. I know the gaps were all positioned 120 degrees apart, and I know the bore and the rings matched. I'm thinking the super lubricant he used on the cyllinder walls isn't allowing the rings to seat properly, so once that wears a bit and the rings seat it should be good... hopefully.

The exhaust leak is a matter of loosening up the connectors and re-clamping the exhaust tubes between the header and the turbo on the drivers side.

Meanwhile, I started working on my plow Blazer. The tranny was completely shot - chunks of metal were laying in the bottem of the pan. I have the trans out and t-case separated. Now I simply need to bolt up the replacement trans and bolt it back in place.
Once that is done I need to:
... trace an oil leak
... mount plow and pump and install wiring
... replace body lift with correct parts
... a few other odds and ends

Hopefully by this weekend:
the plow blazer will be functioning
the Ford will be fixed
and I can start looking at brake issues with the Blazer.