This is when you know your turbo is on its last leg...

 

Better

 

I also used copper pipes to fab new coolant lines for the truck.

 

Made my own set of pliers to crimp the pipes

 

 

Aluminum radiator and mandrel bent aluminum tubing with silicone straight lengths and aluminum thermostat housing. The truck has about 100k miles on it since 2009 when I built it, and the body is really rusty from the upstate NY winters, so I will be doing a body off restoration once I get settled in the new house, we are heading to West Virginia next year.