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Excellent thread! I returned recently from another overseas trip and found my washer fluid pump inoperative upon start-up. This is everything needed to fix the problem in one place! Thanks everyone for staying on topic and great info! And thanks Ri2616 for reporting the problem solved! 🙂👍

PM me, I have a spare in storage...

These models are equipped with a relay that cuts power to this and other electric systems after 40 minutes (time?) to prevent draining the battery. Might be an issue with this...

Thanks! Not too cold here yet, been hovering between 20-35F a little snow on the ground this morning though. Finally picked up the engine at the shop yesterday, so I’ll be R&R’ing it starting today...

Just returned from another winter stint in Antarctica, this time at Palmer Station on Anvers Island. Now back in Anchorage and ready to install the rebuilt 5.0 I left at a shop 2 1/2 years ago! New Comp Cam 35-351-8 and 1631-16 roller rockers, shaved heads, eutectic pistons, springs, lifters...

Back from another Winter in Antarctica! Again, going to try and get the new engine that was going to go in the Ex in last Spring installed!

When I return from Antarctica next November and drop in the new engine, I was planning on adding a Mag-Hytec extra-capacity pan, temp gauge and new torque converter.

Hard to believe but the tranny is still going strong 215k later. Of course I service it regularly. Fluid is still cherry red. Funny thing is I happened to be carrying the tranny from the 98 Mounty with me in the trailer, not as a spare but because it was part of the move. The border guys laughed...

I’m wondering about the fuel pump, it’s never been replaced but will be when I install the new engine this fall. I pulled a plug on the trip and it looked fine, not bone white like a lean burn... I run a clean K&N air filter at all times too. Definitely a 98, gt40p heads and it was a complete...

Amen brother, this was my fourth trip up with a grossly overload trailer. I like the hood vents My Garmin tells me my average moving speed was 47.5 MPH. On the flat she would comfortably do 65-70. Going downhill was always more of a concern than going up because of the packed snow and ice...

Thanks for the info on bolts, ARP Lube and plug wires, I’ll look into it. Already know the OBX headers are going to need a bit of grinding, as we test fit them to the heads at the machine shop. I was considering the hood venting and thinking out loud here; Bernoulli tells me venting this area...

You’re probably correct as the capacity may be the same but it’s definitely a bit deeper compared to the pressed steel one on the ‘temporary’ 98 Mounty engine I’m running now. Did the oil intercooler setup come stock on 97’s? I’d send a photo of the aluminum oil pan but it’s at the shop building...

Sounds like the radiator upgrade is a “must do” to add to my list when I get back! Where did you find it? My Ex came with a trailer tow package that included an in-line water-cooled oil filter base, an extra capacity aluminum oil pan and an external tranny cooler.

Okay, I have an update after pulling an 8,100lb trailer up the AlCan to Fairbanks from Oregon via Spokane: First, let me say I wouldn’t ever recommend pulling a trailer this heavy with a stock Ex! I was most certainly over the CVWR by a few thousand pounds, something the Canadian Border folks...

Boy, can I say something about this issue. I’ve towed three trailers up the AlCan with mine. The long tow generates a lot of heat in that corner of the engine compartment and seems to kill these. Each time I’ve ended up with a cracked exhaust manifold. Every time I replaced it, it was with a...