Magnum finished finally-pics

I started the day after Christmas and worked pretty much steady every day. I took the head off to try to track down an antifreeze-
in -oil problem, among other things. Man, that took a lot of hours! Finally got it back together and washed and waxed even. I won"t know if it took care of the problem until spring, although I have a "good feeling" about it.
Good things:
Major oil leak in timing cover area fixed
Starts better cold now that inj pump is timed correctly. (it was off by one gear tooth)
New seat in cab
Hood lifts easier (new lift cylinder)
inside of engine looks good

not-so-good:
expensive brake component didn"t entirely fix slow brakes
still leaks hy-tran from an undisclosed location under cab (tranny rebuilt last year, ~$6000)
Steering hyd cylinders leak a bit.
temp sending unit wire needs replacing-it"s grounding somewhere.

It"s an ongoing process, same as my old tractors, just way more costly and complicated!
But "aint it purdy?
Paul

Here"s part of the reason it took so long. Look at all the "junk" on top of that head! This pic was taken after it was going together- and was taking forever! Maybe it doesn"t look like much, but it"s a lot of stuff to R&R. You can"t even see the aftercooler that has 18 little cap screws, some of which are 4" under the injector lines, between the valve cover and aftercooler. I"m not complaining, I"m just amazed sometimes at how much time some things can take.
Paul

Yeah and it"s 504 cu inches too. Here"s a pic of it all "naked". I don"t mind working on it, but I hope I don"t have to take it apart again real soon. ;>)
Paul