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Message: [QUOTE="Matt_P, post: 1158112, member: 277"] Well after my parents sold their house and moved north to their vacation home permanently, they decided it was time to get a truck. So with the budget I was given they have me the job of finding a good truck for them and making it as solid and reliable as possible. They live 8 hours from me so a service call will be a little bit of a drive. With a budget of around 17k I decided on a 6.0 for them. I know it may sound crazy considering I pulled the 6.0 out of my truck, but I still believe a 6.0 can be made into a reliable vehicle. They also really like the interior of my truck so I wanted to find a king ranch. After a couple failed attempts I finally found one after leaving a dealer that had just sold the one I was going to look at. This one I ended up with is an 04 king ranch with a completely rust free body and an interior in great shape. It has 172k miles on it but drives amazingly well and has plenty of power for a stock 6.0. Only issue is the egr valve sticks when its cold and has 4 bad glow plugs. Its a 2wd but for $9950 and the shape its in I could pass it up. Plus for that price it gave me plenty of money to improve upon the truck. I plan to start tear down this sunday so here are the plans: Suspension: 08 Chrome 20" 8 spoke wheels with almost new 33" Nitto terra grapplers (going to pick up saturday) 03 dana 60 front axle and everything else needed from donor truck here at the shop Manual 271 transfercase, tail section of transmission, driveshafts and manual linkage from 08 F250 parts truck at the shop as well zone 2.5" leveling kit with adjustable trac bar 4" rear blocks new sway bar links all new shocks all new spicer u joints Interior: swapping the rear captains chairs for my bench seat (parents prefer a bench) Possibly double din head unit cleaning and conditioning of leather weather tech floor mats Exterior: Full clay bar and wax Full 05 front end, chrome gille, bumper and headlights recon clear mirror lights possibly cab lights Low pro agri cover vinyl tonneau cover 20% tint on from windows and 8" brow on windshield Engine: Arp head studs OEM headgaskets Lifters Glowplugs Egr delete Updated STC fitting Updated stand pipes and dummy plugs injector o rings IPR screen kit Oil cooler Intake and exhaust manifold gaskets Turbo cleaning Sinister coolant filter (already installed) S&B intake Flo pro 4" exhaust with muffler All new fluids and filters There will probably be some other things as well as I go. Here are some pics for now [ATTACH=full]147979[/ATTACH][url=https://flic.kr/p/qYrrhY]Untitled[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/108611673@N04/]mattpopiel[/url], on Flickr [ATTACH=full]147980[/ATTACH][url=https://flic.kr/p/qYne58] [/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/108611673@N04/]mattpopiel[/url], on Flickr [ATTACH=full]147981[/ATTACH][url=https://flic.kr/p/qYne5t] [/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/108611673@N04/]mattpopiel[/url], on Flickr [ATTACH=full]147982[/ATTACH][url=https://flic.kr/p/qFXGmf] [/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/108611673@N04/]mattpopiel[/url], on Flickr New front end [ATTACH=full]147983[/ATTACH][url=https://flic.kr/p/qYrrGA] [/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/108611673@N04/]mattpopiel[/url], on Flickr [ATTACH=full]147984[/ATTACH][url=https://flic.kr/p/qG6oyH] [/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/108611673@N04/]mattpopiel[/url], on Flickr Other 4wd parts from the 08 [ATTACH=full]147985[/ATTACH][url=https://flic.kr/p/qWe1bW] [/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/108611673@N04/]mattpopiel[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]