So what did you do with your truck today?

IDIBRONCO

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Better three evenings than someone finding you passed out! My dad passed out from heat exhaustion once, scared the crap out of us. One minute he was fine, next minute he was passed out on the concrete floor in the garage.
I've come close several times. The worst time was about three years back. i was so exhausted that I climbed in the last truck at the job site to leave in the evening and I literally couldn't remember where I was or how to get back to the shop. I got lucky. The first stop sign I came to was at a street that ran a couple of blocks from my house and then it all came back to me. That was a different job than I have now.
 

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Got the front/left Caliper, rotor, Pads, and wheel bearings all replaced today. It rained for the first half of the day, so the second side comes tomorrow.

side note, does anyone know what this thing is? it seems to be some sort of sensor that runs to the stock fuel filter mount. OEM water separator maybe? My rig has an aftermarket Racor unit, so I'm not entirely sure if the stock one is still in use.



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Trans oil flush ~16.3 quarts
ATF mercon
Diff oil change ~2.7 quarts
75w-140 full synthetic

Mount/installed trans temp gauge

Started wrapping the exhaust , trying to lower temperatures , turbo piping doesn’t help
 

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I just did a set up for a guy at work and he had a 97 psd we did a dual alternator the second was a higher amp alt I think a 220 amp and I did 2 remote mounted batterys in his tool box and he was running a 4k watt pure sine powerinverter and used his high idle switch to help keep the batteries up he dropped by a few days later the cheapo battery isolator went out but he said it worked great for his camper
Just in case guys did not know about this company. They have a 370AMP six phase hair pin style alternator that mounts in the factory single unit location. Just upgrade your charging cables.

https://www.mechman.com/alternators...series-alternator-for-early-powerstroke-ford/

I must admit I worked here at one time. He's a great friend mine.
 

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I drove back to Kearney, Nebraska. I went to Menard's and then Wal-Mart. No issues. On the way home, I was just a few miles north of the state line. Another vehicle was coming toward me, so I dimmed the lights. All of a sudden, there was NO HEADLIGHTS and I was at highway speed after dark! I said "Oh (four letter word)!" out loud. I was lucky enough that no one was behind me and I managed to keep it in my lane while I got stopped on the shoulder of the road. I took out my phone and looked around inside. The dimmer switch on the floor (1985 truck) was unplugged and sitting cockeyed on the carpet. I knew that it was loose, but not that loose. I took the kick panel off and got it plugged back in. PRESTO! Working headlights.:Thumbs Up I carefully sat the switch down on the carpet and continued on my way home. The switch worked fine that way as long as I was careful not to knock it over with my foot. I just seem to have all kinds of adventures lately. After I put my groceries away, I sat down and ordered a pait of the brightest headlight bulbs that LMC Truck sells for the bullnose trucks. That way, I'll have the most light I can have when I take it back to Colorado for another camping trip in a couple of weeks.
 

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