Manche757 Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 4 Bedrooms is not enough? You better get busy and make some babies.
rylee144 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Posted July 12, 2020 Bedrooms are small, garage is small and the driveway is on a huge hill. I have 2 kids and got snipped Thursday so no more kids here lol
rylee144 Posted July 18, 2020 Author Posted July 18, 2020 Got my coolant swapped out today. Cleaned up some oil from all the blow by. Got a new air filter, the other needs alot of cleaning. It was soaked with oil. New parts list after tinkering: Spark plugs Cap and rotor Wires Battery My battery is 5 years old. When I turn on anything in the cab I can see the voltage gauge drop. It runs at 10 most of the time. Thinking on swapping the temperature plug on the block. Not sure the gauge is correct. Fan isnt kicking on since I went to the 195° thermostat.
rylee144 Posted July 20, 2020 Author Posted July 20, 2020 It appears new coolant was very needed. I drove to the dump and now am waiting in line at idle, still at 210° and its 85 outside. Success!
Pete M Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 turbines for the win wrapping them in anything special?
rylee144 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Posted July 29, 2020 Prolly not, just the 31s. If tires is what you mean. On the hunt for the caps now. Found a dude in the midwest that had 8 or so caps for 30 bucks but won't ship
Pete M Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 won't ship caps!? but that's about as easy as shipping gets! go to post office, grab flat rate box, fill box, ship box. done.
rylee144 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Posted July 29, 2020 I agree but oh well. Some will turn up. They were everywhere when I didnt need them lol
rylee144 Posted July 29, 2020 Author Posted July 29, 2020 I have a post in the wanted section if some are spotted in junk yard. I think he has them pending now.
rylee144 Posted August 2, 2020 Author Posted August 2, 2020 Got my plugs, wires, cap and rotor in. Plugs were over due it seems. Handy trick for retrieving and starting plugs is a little piece of tubing. Then I noticed this little rubber grommet crumbled on the value cover.
rylee144 Posted August 6, 2020 Author Posted August 6, 2020 That rubber grommet crumbled inside the valve cover. I didnt want that chunk working it's way down so I pulled the cover and got a new gasket.
rylee144 Posted September 1, 2020 Author Posted September 1, 2020 Finally found some turbine caps. Even got an extra set. Prolly sell the extras later
rylee144 Posted September 12, 2020 Author Posted September 12, 2020 Building a truck on a budget sucks... the wife's budget lol. Another set back. Came out to a flat tire this morning on tires with 80% tred. Bought them used last year so no warranty. One tire 250 bucks. Good looking tire tho haha
rylee144 Posted September 13, 2020 Author Posted September 13, 2020 I wish I took a photo. A rock smashed between the treads and made a cut about 2 inches long. No idea where I would have picked that up at.
rylee144 Posted October 10, 2020 Author Posted October 10, 2020 Not much of an update. Silly how long things take with kiddos and honey do lists. Had some member advice help with a tricky bolt. Finally got it off with the right tool. Started grinding on the 8.8. The welds on the inside will be tricky. Got the steering components off and ready for new end links.
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