TRD/ Magnuson 4.0 Supercharger Tips, Tricks, and Mods

They are powder coated. I’ve had them this way since 2013.

 

Hey, is that the red anodized oil cap from Amazon?

 

no, got it from clutchmasters when i got my throwout bearing

 

Got some more things added and all that’s left to do now is mount it back in the truck and then mount the transmission and tcase



not pictured is the dipstick tube. But I painted it black too.

 

And every bolt has been torqued to spec. Putting that heavy ass flywheel on was easier than I thought it would be. Put new oem studs and nuts for the headers. Dropped lower pan and it was extremely clean. Looking up at what I could see everything seemed good.

Would running seafoam through the oil be a good idea or help in anyway? Plan on changing the oil in 500 miles anyways.

Hopefully nothing leaks.

Also found a crack on the old engines upper oil pan from a bolt. Probably from sealant busting through. Would explain the oil lean on that side.

 

engine is in. transmission is in. still need to put oil in it, coolant in it, supercharger on, coolant hoses, fan and shroud, and supercharger belt. then it should be good to go. got everything done from 10-530 so not toto bad.

also, if you ever get a new engine, make sure the dowl pins on the trans and engine match up. cant put the two together if there is a dowl pin on the same hole on both the trans and engine. makes for a bad time.

 

I put a third gen trans in my truck and it was missing both dowl pins. I was able to use one from the old setup and the other was sized in the trans. So it only has one for now.

 

yeah mine has one now too. the one thats missing is technicaly still in the engine, just pressed in. so i pulled the one out of the transmission that pushed it in. the other dowl was lined up fine

 

Had a hard time trying to push two dowel pins against each other eh?

 

yeah. should have checked that. dunno why i didnt. getting the one out took a little heat and vice grips but it came out quickly. hopefully the one pressed all the way into the engine block doenst cause any issues

 

Just an oversight. These things happen. It's easy to miss it when there are a thousand other things to attend to in the middle of an engine swap. Gotta dot the T's and cross the I'd if it is to be successful.

 

R.I.P. throw-out bearing

 

Did you use a torch? How about a good old fashioned hammer? Some channel locks? I would had squirted some penetrating lubricant and then went to town on it.

 

Tried all of that. That lil' b!t¢h was not moving. I guess they were meant to be together.

 

that would bother my somewhat OCD nature.

Sometimes I hate dissimilar metals and what they do.

 

I was doing the job on my back in the driveway, so after some time the ocd took a step back.

 

Dude yeah. I've been there many times. You stop caring after a certain point and just want to get it done.

 

It’s alivei do think I got an exhaust leak. But I’ll fix that later

 

URD Headers and Fuel pump upgrade installed! The Header install was an absolute headache oh my god. I did turn my truck on with just the headers and the sounds was absolutely amazing. Definitely couldn't run like that but it sounds amazing. My buddy also busted my front O2 sensor during install so I get to buy a new one of those

 

Great to see you back online and on the road again brother. it looks fantastic!