So what did you do with your truck today?

[Old Goat]

Dang, I always wear Ear Plugs no matter what I drive. Got into the habit when working for the State on the Highways running equipment. Saved my ears, be 80 in 3 weeks and still have pretty good hearing.

I call them BS protectors, especially having to go to a safety meeting, sensitivity training or other BS at work, or Wife yacking etc....
If all a cop has to do is try to look into my ears driving down the road, he hasn`t go much to do.
What`s next, ticket me for wearing Sun Glasses at night trying to protect my eyes from these stupid bright lights now days? Those things should be illegal.


Goat

 

[tbowker]

What`s next, ticket me for wearing Sun Glasses at night trying to protect my eyes from these stupid bright lights now days?

I was given a warning ticket the other morning on my way to work. The cop said my taillights were dim. I said that these are incandescent bulbs, not those new LED... did you notice how old this truck is? They're just as bright as the 3157 bulbs in my '99 GMC.

 

[KansasIDI]

I do have a BlueTooth DeWALT speaker that I listen to music on while driving, but not very often.

I have 20V DeWALT and 12V Milwaukee power tools, so this will probably start something… for hand tools I have primarily Tekton and Craftsman, as well as DeWALT, Knipex, Klein, Napa, PB Swiss, and a handful of others. I kinda want to get all the specialty tools for IDIs, which are made by OTC. I’ll probably stick with at least one IDI for a long while… and maybe get more. I ain’t going nowhere, at least not for a long long time.

 

[IDIBRONCO]

I’ll probably stick with at least one IDI for a long while… and maybe get more. I ain’t going nowhere, at least not for a long long time.

I wish there was a lot more people like you out there. For over 20 years now, young people have thought that you have to plug something in to get more power out of your engine. You know better!

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Dang, I always wear Ear Plugs no matter what I drive. Got into the habit when working for the State on the Highways running equipment. Saved my ears, be 80 in 3 weeks and still have pretty good hearing.

I call them BS protectors, especially having to go to a safety meeting, sensitivity training or other BS at work, or Wife yacking etc....

Last year, I started wearing ear plugs while running a chain saw. I still do when I'm by myself. When I'm with someone else, I have to wear ear muffs. They can't see the ear plugs so they just start talking when we're 30' apart like normal.

 

[hacked89]

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Got a trailer and will no longer be paying @chillman88 with bricknoses to borrow his. Appreciated the adventures together - this just means we can haul double the amount of trucks now.

 

[Nero]

Went and retrieved a friend's car, along with another to move the drive train into, for obvious reasons.
Towed 72 miles round trip no issues, except for a tesla not letting me merge, so I did the same when he tried to get in front of me too, turbos are awesome

Let the fun commence

 

[Cant Write]

@Nero ok spill the beans!!! What are the plans with the ALH? Make a commuter out of the two or you swapping something?

Never mind, my alligator mouth over rode my hummingbird brain!!

You already told us

 

[Cant Write]

I use to always listen to music when driving, but the older I get I enjoy gawking out the window and day dreaming.

As long as I have a comfy seat, AC, and Cruise Control I’m pretty damn good for 16 hours drive!!!

Oh and a CUPHOLDER

 

[Kdo58]

Got one side done today, add a leave springs and new bushings.

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[Rdnck84_03]

With a nice exhaust note there is no need for a radio.

James

 

[Jesus Freak]

Got one side done today, add a leave springs and new bushings.

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Are you doing the squatty thing?

 

[DrCharles]

Today was a fun day (well, not really)... I got a Banks boost gauge, and relocated it and the pyro to a 2-gauge pod which I screwed to the dash. So far so good. I need to find a piece of black ABS sheet to glue over the hole where the previous smaller unlit gauge was.

Started out to town, and 4 miles from home, one cap or snap-ring on the front U-joint (the new ones I'd just put in) came loose with considerable ugly noise and vibration...

Fortunately I was able to limp it home at 20 mph shaking all the way, and just as I pulled into the driveway, the shaft fell out of the yoke ears! Could have been a lot worse, if at highway speed...

The failure possibly could have been the Chinese snap ring itself, or maybe damage to the yoke ears from the last time the driveshaft took an unscheduled vacation. Anyway I'm going to get a new yoke. There is a large variation in prices depending on brand (Sonnax, Spicer, Neapco, PTI). The Sonnax piece looks really heavy-duty but it's $168 from the first place I looked! Any thoughts?

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[KansasIDI]

Well yesterday I drove my truck about 100 miles, after changing lifters the say before. Ticking is still the same. Must be some elusive exhaust leak. I had what I thought to be a crack in my drivers side manifold, but after replacing it I now see it was just a casting imperfection. Still ticks.

Anyway, last night I ordered one of these…

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This is my answer to the fuel selector valve. I was gonna do a transfer pump, that pulled fuel from the rear and put it in the front, but decided to just do this instead. I’d rather have a mechanical valve than another electric pump to worry about. I like the electric pump I use to feed the engine, but in my mind this is simpler.

I think I’ll relocate my fuel filter at some point, and add another one to the system.

I like keeping fuel system stuff simple, but I have to wonder… could a backup fuel system be conjured up?

 

[IDIBRONCO]

but I have to wonder… could a backup fuel system be conjured up?

I don't see why not. Except for the IP.