So what did you do with your truck today?
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Grendel
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Started tearing apart the 2 passenger side doors. Front window regulator slipping and rear door's lock solenoid down for the count. Parts ordered just getting ready for the install.
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crash-harris
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I looked at those on ebay before. Talked to my friendly tire guy about them and he said they tend to start leaking over a short time. I really just want my steelies chrome dipped
I looked at those on ebay before. Talked to my friendly tire guy about them and he said they tend to start leaking over a short time. I really just want my steelies chrome dipped
whats a "short time"? i ask because amazon shows i ordered my first set for chip truck,6 years ago in 2010 and they haven't leaked yet.
they have caused leaks with eventually blowing out rubber valve stems.however i switched over to all steel ones and haven't had an issue since.
crash-harris
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That part never came up. I also have all steel stems, but I can reach them easily now. I just really want the shiny clean looking wheels without aluminum outers/steel inners. And I'll never put the simulators back on. They cut into the sidewall of one of my tires! Was just never a fan of hub caps of any sort.
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Made it look like a truck again. Hopefully almost done final assembly of drivetrain
onebadiditurbo
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I gutted all the insulation from under the hood and inner fender, probably shed 30lbs cause it was all saturated with dirt and oil etc.
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Mirrors on and finally adjusted how I want them.
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Added some rear speakers and made a box for them as well. Sounds way better.
Thought I had my picture from the ac pressure holding at 36psi while running on the low port now for over a month and not leaking anymore. Blows ice cold.
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Geeze. For $250 that thing don't look bad at all.
He actually bought it for a cab swap on his 81 F350 4x4 dump truck. Can't go wrong for 250 bucks! Probably sell unrelated parts & scrap the rest....... Heaviest (3200lb trailer + 4700lb truck) load I've hauled on this truck since completed and I'm a little disappointed with performance. Plenty of IH power however I couldn't use it as I constantly found myself backing off the throttle because exhaust temps skyrocketed with each little hill and tons of black smoke. Probably need to play with the fuel setting in the pump, maybe try turning back a 1/4 turn at a time. Maybe an intercooler???
what do you mean maybe? of course an intercooler.maybe a smoke puff limiter too.
like chip trucks setup; banks/intercooler/bull moose/spl = all the power i need and then some,most of the time.i hardly need WOT but if i do,it's good to know she burns clean and keeps her cool.
fyi; im heavier than your GCVWR,with an empty chip truck and no chipper!
(approx twice your combined there with a bed full of chips + chipper in tow)
edit; oh i forgot about your truck though lol.you didn't post the weight of your truck. what does she weigh?
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icanfixall
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Am still chasing a fuel leak at number 2 injector return line area. Have changed the o rings 2 times now. Last time I did that I changed the return line cap. Even cleaned up the casting flash on the cap. Still leaked. So I changed the hose between number 2 & 4 injector. Also changed the fuel filter. I think I need a pipe strap wrench to get it tight enough. So many damn places for leaks on this type filter. Both the top and bottom heads have leaked before. And looking at the bottom cap there are several places that can leaks. The water in fuel sender. The drain valve and some odd looking schrader valve looking thing.. Have no idea why that is on the bottom cap either. Then of course there is the famous fuel heater electrical connection. My plan is to plug that with a pipe plug soon. Going to be driving some grass and bags of dirt to daughters home tomorrow. She bribed me with lunch so I'm all in for that...
