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  1. RSchanz

    Whats this leaking now?

    Went to take the truck and camper on a trip this weekend and luckily stopped at the grocery before leaving town and saw a small puddle under the truck when I was leaving. I got under and looked and it appeared to be brake fluid or maybe clutch fluid leaking. Definitely not power steering fluid...
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    Replacing suspension

    I ended up going with the Bilstein 4600 shocks purchased from Rock Auto. Probably regardless of what shock you end up with I came up with a good technique for installing them that I didn't see or read anywhere else. I installed the bottom bolt first then used a ratchet strap to compress the...
  3. RSchanz

    Replacing suspension

    I'm planning on leaving the leafs in and just doing shocks. No springs on my truck so should be easy...
  4. RSchanz

    Replacing suspension

    Are your rear shocks these 4600? You had to cut the bolts to replace because they were stuck from age or because of a fitment issue? Noted. I found that rockauto had 4600 and said they fit, seems more trustworthy than 4wheelparts anyways.
  5. RSchanz

    Replacing suspension

    Ok cool thanks! At the moment it's just riding with some rusty super old maybe not even functioning shocks so anything will be better.
  6. RSchanz

    Replacing suspension

    Does anyone have good recommendations for suspension replacements/upgrades? Seems like these would work and they're a good deal https://www.4wheelparts.com/p/bilstein-4-5100-series-shocks-for-most-lifted-trucks-with-shock-boots-gas-charged-shockingbil5100/_/R-BBGL-SHOCKINGBIL5100
  7. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    In conclusion, I couldn't really follow the video step by step because of my isolator so instead of going to the isolator that I don't need anyways I went straight to the solenoid. Turns on and charges at about 14.4v. Thanks for the help. One day I'm going to go into this thing and get rid of...
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    Is it my alternator?

    One more wire question. I've got it all in there an really just need to connect the green wires. Just want to double check from anyone whose done this before: I only need to connect the large red charging wires and the green wires, right? All other wires are useless? For example the...
  9. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I watched this guys video above a couple times and read some things here and there and I'm sort of confused about what happens to the other wires running from the voltage regulator particularly the wire that runs to the tach sensor. Will it still work if I just cap this wire off? What am I...
  10. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    The alternator is off the truck. It was so rusty on the inside and when I took it apart this metal holding these springs in was broken also. Maybe that was part of the problem. Just going to swap for 3G following this video:
  11. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I just want to drop this here too because I was having electrical issues almost a year ago related to the regulator and alternator and @Nero you and I went back a forth a little about this isolator that someone installed. I'm pretty sure this is not a normal thing right? I want to do the 3G swap...
  12. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Wouldnt this not matter since I already jumped "F" (green/red) straight to battery positive and ground and got no charge? Guess now that I'm thinking about it I didn't accelerate the truck while touching the test wire but it should the volts should still jump up either way once the alternator...
  13. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Was just re-reading and re-watching swap videos. Seems very easy, only downside is that I'm just going to buy one on amazon or something and not go pick around a junk yard.
  14. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I removed F and used a test wire going straight to positive and got nothing then went to ground and still got nothing. Pretty certain it's the alternator at this point then, right? In the case that I don't have someone rebuild it are there any good aftermarket alternator recommendations?
  15. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    My neighborhood mechanic told me today that if the battery light on the dash doesn't turn on when I turn the key on it won't charge. He said he's seen people replace the batteries, regulator and alternator and it was just a 50cent bulb. Apparently it needs this in order to excite the regulator...
  16. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I'm getting into this today. I'm about 95% sure the alternator is bad but I'm also confused by some wiring so maybe I can get some clarification. The "two wire plastic connector" only has one wire going into it. The wire going here would be "F" on the wire diagram BeastMaster sent although the...
  17. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Thanks for the above. Headed out of town this weekend and jumping into this next week. Will report back!
  18. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    I wish it worked, haha. I went back and read the thread and it seemed like even after I replaced the voltage regulator the charging still wasn't very strong so I'm thinking that you're right in the fact that the alternator has shorted turns and is damaging the voltage regulator. I'm going to go...
  19. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Yeah when truck is on it doesn't increase above 12.2v and when accelerating it doesn't jump either.
  20. RSchanz

    Is it my alternator?

    Lately it seems like if I have a problem it's got to be electrical related. Truck wouldn't start the other day. I haven't been using it that much lately so I figured there must be some kind of short draining the batteries. Charged the batteries back up but it seemed like they wouldnt get much...
  21. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    Looks nice there! Love the two tone color on that thing too.
  22. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    Yeah around Jenner then north to Usal
  23. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    haha no! and to be honest I thought about that a couple times. I've actually never paid attention to where the intake is in the last 3+ years or cleaned the engine air filter....
  24. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    more photos
  25. RSchanz

    400 Miles and some off-road

    Just wanted to share some pics here of a trip I took this past (long) weekend. Without the help of you folks I wouldn't be able to do these things so thank you. The trip inspired me to: *Replace the shocks (maybe gain a couple inches of clearance) *Replace tie-rods and work on steering box

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