I thought it would, but can’t be any worse than a regular nut.
So what did you do with your truck today?
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Well, I killed my master cylinder. Fired it up to drive it into town, and at the driveway it didn’t really stop very good, so I ended up pushing down the parking brake. Popped the hood and it looks like the bottom of the master cylinder is cracked. I just drove the Dodge instead. However, this evening, I feel like I might be getting sick. If I’m still good in the morning, then I will get a master cylinder sometime tomorrow.
Rdnck84_03
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Just snug 2 regular nuts up tight against each other, highly unlikely it will ever come loose. Probably not even when you want it too.
James
Update on the lights- I drove around for about 10 minutes earlier this week. I learned that the angle iron wasn't stiff enough to prevent vibrations from effecting those top heavy lights. As I drove down the road and hit bumps I could see the light bouncing up and down slightly, and it annoyed me enough to do something about it. I bought some square tube and have that all ready to mount when the paint dries. I think it will solve the problem. I will get pics and give a final report after I install tomorrow.
Austin86250
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Cant Write
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Or what about those single oblong nuts that have the triangles cast in them....?
Would one of those work or be too much of a pain vs the double nut?
My local Ace (17 miles) have the oblong (not round) ones for sale....
Today what did I do?
I left work early
Put the tail gate back on ye ol red long truck
Went to Home Depo for an hour
Put some wood in the back of ye ol red long truck
The tore the whole right side of my camper off to fix dry rot
I left work early
Put the tail gate back on ye ol red long truck
Went to Home Depo for an hour
Put some wood in the back of ye ol red long truck
The tore the whole right side of my camper off to fix dry rot
Rdnck84_03
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I can’t seem to find it, I also have an iPhone. Where’d you get that?
Austin86250
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what nero said, when your on the website hit the share icon and scroll all the way down to add to Home Screen
Yep, square tube worked better for the lights. The light buckets have a fixed length of threads to work with, and it isn't long enough to get to the other side of a 1 inch square tube, so I had to get creative with mounting the buckets to it. Ended up running a nut on both sides of my hole so I can tighten the top nut down to the nut inside the tube for left right adjustment and tightening. A bit more complicated than the angle iron. Another thing to think about is getting the mount bar situated in front of the radiator with the brace that runs in front of the rad. Have to feed it in from the side and work it into place, this limits your options for brace material.
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Replaced my master cylinder today. What a vast improvement. Seems that must have been the problem all along, this thing stops as good as it runs and starts! Brakes are definitely good enough for pulling trailers, EGTs are the limiting factor. So as far as repairs, getting the driveshaft balanced and the A/C system working better are all that’s left. Although A/C certainly isn’t needed this time of year.
EDIT: also needs new windshield and would like to get cruise control fixed, also need to get exhaust finished up.
First upgrade will be an intercooler, followed not in order by new body panels and paint, and Dana 60 swap. Plus bumpers and headache rack and lights and different mirrors and other minor stuff.
EDIT: also needs new windshield and would like to get cruise control fixed, also need to get exhaust finished up.
First upgrade will be an intercooler, followed not in order by new body panels and paint, and Dana 60 swap. Plus bumpers and headache rack and lights and different mirrors and other minor stuff.
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Fuel prices went from 3.93 to 4.71 here just yesterday!!!
