So what did you do with your truck today?

Big Bart

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As my lady so elegantly captured on FaceTime, I changed my oil and walked away from it for a couple minutes and I have literally no idea how this happened but it was a surprise LOL
I always put a big piece of card board down when changing fluids. Seems like even with that it splashes, or I spill getting it out from under the truck, or into a container. There does not seem to be a spill proof way when it comes to fluids!

Friggin fluids!
 

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As my lady so elegantly captured on FaceTime, I changed my oil and walked away from it for a couple minutes and I have literally no idea how this happened but it was a surprise LOL
Then went to Oriellys with a full 5 gallon Home Depot bucket. Pour it into the big tray on top, it starts to come out between the tray and the oil tank hole. They have a screen on the oil tank hole to keep debris out of the tank. They don’t evidently clean it, so the 4.5 gallons of oil overwhelmed it because it was 90% clogged. It backed up like a plugged sink and flowed over the hole sleeve and all over the tank on its way to the floor. What a mess, friggin fluids! It was their bad but I felt bad and helped clean up the mess.
 

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Not much today after work,but I did get the bed pulled off, to get ready for the flatbed. Planning on a new rear fuel tank and gooseneck hitch while it's off then mount the flatbed. The Zf5 is sitting under the truck right now but not in yet. I had to cut the exhaust and trim the firewall a little bit. Should slide right in when I get around to it over the weekend. I am hoping to get this all wrapped up by the end of the month. I don't want to be crawling under the truck in the snow.
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Two requests, please.

Do you have a link to those steps?

And could you get us some good pics of exactly how they are installed?

Thank you. :)
 

Farmer Rock

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Two requests, please.

Do you have a link to those steps?

And could you get us some good pics of exactly how they are installed?

Thank you. :)
I took them of the parts truck, so I didn't buy them, but these look like the same oneshttps://www.carparts.com/details/Fo...gEo--I-eT4s1gY7l5QxoCaDsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
They clamp on the frame with set screws and bolt to the cab mounts. They are very sturdy. I like them so much better than the crappy aluminum diamond plate that came with my truck. I will snap some pictures in a bit.


Rock
 

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As my lady so elegantly captured on FaceTime, I changed my oil and walked away from it for a couple minutes and I have literally no idea how this happened but it was a surprise LOL

It looks like you missed.

He just needs to train that darn pickup truck to quit marking its territory in the garage!

That truck is twice as old as Laine is, you'd think it would know better by now. :joker:
 

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My truck doesnt just mark its territory, heck it looks like Im seal coating the parking lot and the boss doesnt send me a thank you card. LuLuBella leaks so much diesel fuel and oil it looks like a hazard in the driveway.
 

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He just needs to train that darn pickup truck to quit marking its territory in the garage!

That truck is twice as old as Laine is, you'd think it would know better by now. :joker:
It’s got about 16 years on me but the folks before me didn’t treat it very well so I’m assuming it’s a comfort thing LOL it’s not used to being serviced
 
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