What did you do to your Gen 1 today?
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Planning to drill the handle, shape it, then coat it in plasti-dip. I am making its brother over the weekend which grabs the bolt heads on the pulley behind it for easier removal than a big screwdriver
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Finished fabrication today. Will plasti dip some other day...
Both tools completed. Fun to do, and cost me.......
$NOTHING$
Both tools completed. Fun to do, and cost me.......
$NOTHING$
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Sure is nice to see this in writing....
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My daughter and I took a foliage ride in the white crew cab, with our pups, Uma and Mitzy.
We cruised the backroads, did some super light wheeling down some one lane roads through the woods and took a small hike to check out the fall colors from the top of Prospect Rock.
We cruised the backroads, did some super light wheeling down some one lane roads through the woods and took a small hike to check out the fall colors from the top of Prospect Rock.
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My daughter and I took a foliage ride in the white crew cab, with our pups, Uma and Mitzy.
We cruised the backroads, did some super light wheeling down some one lane roads through the woods and took a small hike to check out the fall colors from the top of Prospect Rock.
We cruised the backroads, did some super light wheeling down some one lane roads through the woods and took a small hike to check out the fall colors from the top of Prospect Rock.
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Problems with a sitting truck...
Got the new trans put in the truck this last week, and installed a Derale deep cooling pan. Anyone have any input on how important it is to have the in-line bypass installed with the auxiliary fan cooler from the factory? The truck never had a valve, and I'm curious whether that needs to change, so that I get the longest life out of the new trans.
Beyond that, It seems I've sprung a coolant leak under the thermostat housing. I'm hoping for the best but expecting the worst... I may be doing a head gasket here shortly. No coolant in the oil, and negative combustion leak tests, so if anything it's an external leak.
Beyond that, It seems I've sprung a coolant leak under the thermostat housing. I'm hoping for the best but expecting the worst... I may be doing a head gasket here shortly. No coolant in the oil, and negative combustion leak tests, so if anything it's an external leak.
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From what I can see, I'd guess it's just the thermostat housing. I usually put a very light coating of RTV on the housing and both sides of the lifting bracket.
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I agree. First couple of times into the t-stat, I put in third party stuff and relied on the "seal" provided. Last time in I put in a genuine Cummins stat and sealed it with "blue". No leaks and stable temps since.
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Cummins stats just seem to last so much longer than the aftermarket
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