So what did you do with your truck today?

The_Josh_Bear said:

What kind of temps do you have out there?

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Yesterday morning was about 0, but the wind wasn't blowing so it wasn't all that bad. Today was about 42, but the wind blew hard and made it feel fairly cold.

Played in the snow.

I took mine to play in the snow today too! Drove up to Timberline lodge for a ski day since they got 3 feet of snow recently and the wind finally died down. Second trip up with the truck in snow and feeling pretty good about how it handles in snow with the new tires. Then when I got home I sealed up what I think is leaking rainwater into the back seat.

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Played in the snow.

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Youngins with smile on their face, does it get any better?

I drove it to town for a thermostat housing gasket and four gallons of Zerex G-05. But the weather forecast from last night was a lie... it's barely above freezing and a chill damp wind blows right through any clothing. So basically I didn't do anything to it today

Cussed at it...torque converter called it quits while going to work. Thank God I decided to leave 40 minutes early for really no reason at all


I did put the bumper and poorman alcoas (wheel covers) back on a few days ago

I suspect a seepage of coolant from the thermostat housing as it does seem to be damp right there (high up). Water pump less than a year old, new gasket (installed properly by me).

Drained about 5 gallons of coolant, removed the belt, alternator and fuel filter bracket to get to the stat. The hardest part of the job was cleaning the gasket off the block and the housing. Put it back together with a new gasket and a film of Permatex water pump/thermostat RTV. Coolant still in buckets. Since most of it's out already, I'll go to town tomorrow and get a dozen or so gallons of distilled water for a coolant flush/exchange. Already got 4 gal of Zerex G-05 the other day.

The real problem is that there may be another slow leak since it's coming off the back of the engine - hoping it's not an inaccessible core plug! Or worse yet, the head gaskets which are barely a year old and a couple thousand miles. Or another cracked head (also replaced then)

Pulled another clutch pedal assembly and dash from an 87-91 parts truck.

Nothing ever prepares you for how awful pulling these clutch pedal assemblies are.

SebastIDIan said:

Cussed at it...torque converter called it quits while going to work. Thank God I decided to leave 40 minutes early for really no reason at all


I did put the bumper and poorman alcoas (wheel covers) back on a few days ago

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I bet you're glad you're not in NY anymore then huh

chillman88 said:

I bet you're glad you're not in NY anymore then huh

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Hahaha december - april ya bet otherwise I do miss it

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Pulled another clutch pedal assembly and dash from an 87-91 parts truck.

Nothing ever prepares you for how awful pulling these clutch pedal assemblies are.

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What sucks about it? Never done it but will be.

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hacked89 said:

What sucks about it? Never done it but will be.

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The steering column removal and having space to actually remove it once it is unhooked is infuriating. The little screws on the dash come out to get the gauge cluster out so you can get your hands in there to unhook all of the electrical connections on the column to remove it which isn't too awful just time consuming. Then you get all that unhooked and the one 13mm bolt holding the steering shaft together under the hood is seized and hard to get a socket on, and you finally get it off and the two pieces of the steering shaft wont separate.

Meanwhile you undo the 7 nuts holding the assembly to the firewall, take off the clutch and brake pedal pushrods and electrical components and the whole thing is free but you can't get it out cause steering wheel column is still there in the way. God forbid you have wires going from the fuse box to anywhere while you are thrashing the steering column around trying to break it free.

I'd go soak the bolt and 2 piece area of your steering column in PB blaster now and find a way to hammer those two pieces apart when the time comes because you will have to be able to pull the steering column out to do this without destroying the entire interior and standing there staring at it trying to figure out how to move it is 50% of the job the rest is just sockets extensions and not losing all the parts / remembering to not smash the plastic connections on things as you work under there.

That sounds like a joy. Haha thanks for the tips brian.

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Yeah, it's not a bad job if you can get the steering column out but if you cant it's really hard to yank on the thing in the cab and not break stuff. I was just removing it from a parts truck so I wasn't that careful and broke the ignition box thing on the top of the steering column clean off. I did get this one out without getting the steering column off, but I also shove it the whole way over to the gear shift and cracked part of the dash shoving it over there.

Yup I would imagine if the column was in the way it would be a pain. When I pulled my last one I was parting the truck out so the column, dash, and everything came out first. Wasn't too bad after that but yeah rusty steering shafts are a real pain in the rear.