The Alabama Turbo Diesel

[ThreeComanches]

Decided to replace the rear shocks today. I'll do the fronts next week.

 

Got a new one and an old one side by side. It wouldn't surprise me if the old ones were original or the second set it ever had.

 

[Salvagedcircuit]

8 minutes ago, ThreeComanches said:

Decided to replace the rear shocks today. I'll do the fronts next week.

 

Got a new one and an old one side by side. It wouldn't surprise me if the old ones were original or the second set it ever had.

 

Those are what nightmares are made of

Wow!

[ThreeComanches]

1 minute ago, Salvagedcircuit said:

Those are what nightmares are made of

Tell me about it. It was a bear to get them off and to get the new ones on.

[89 MJ]

Those are probably the worst shocks I’ve ever seen. And I’ve removed shocks that came out in two pieces haha

[The86manche]

On 1/15/2025 at 1:11 PM, eaglescout526 said:

Got a write up on this? I’d love to fix mine in the future in the event it fails. I remember sending a couple off to another member. Not sure what happened to that member. 

You know.. funny you mention that because it may have been me. Truthfully I don't remember who sent me one but I do remember having issues and someone sending me one that didn't end up working either. (Still have it somewhere) 

And I don't remember if I took photos or not. If I can dig out the other tach I can snap photos.

I didn't realize you can still get the little chips new so I pulled a v6 fiero tach and pulled the chip off that.

[eaglescout526]

1 hour ago, The86manche said:

You know.. funny you mention that because it may have been me. Truthfully I don't remember who sent me one but I do remember having issues and someone sending me one that didn't end up working either. (Still have it somewhere) 

And I don't remember if I took photos or not. If I can dig out the other tach I can snap photos.

I didn't realize you can still get the little chips new so I pulled a v6 fiero tach and pulled the chip off that.

lol. I don’t think it was you. I think i sent two to someone else. A V6 and a I4 tach so we could learn the difference between the two. 
 

But that’s good to know for the chip that’s on them. 

[ThreeComanches]

So with the rear shocks replaced, I figured I'd go ahead and do the fronts today. They were super crusty and I had to have a few extra set of hands to help out. (One to hold the second wrench and one to hold the light.)

 

I also went ahead and resealed the rear end cover and filled 'er up with new oil.

 

New ones are on and we're getting closer to the first test drive. I'm hoping the new brake lines to arrive sometime next week

 

[The86manche]

4 hours ago, eaglescout526 said:

lol. I don’t think it was you. I think i sent two to someone else. A V6 and a I4 tach so we could learn the difference between the two. 
 

But that’s good to know for the chip that’s on them. 

Ah, then it definitely was not me haha

 

And I don't understand too much of the chip off the top of my head but If I can get one I can do a little research to explain for a write up. Can't even remember the name of it! The wiper modules have them too I think.

And at that thought I have another reason to look into them..