Forum: Building Your Own
04-01-2024, 03:31 PM
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List of broken stuff:
2 worn out shocks,...
List of broken stuff:
2 worn out shocks, both way undersized. One lost its lower rubber isolator, rattled to beat the band, and was cut out and replaced in AZ. Both were leaking after the...
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Forum: Building Your Own
04-01-2024, 03:13 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
03-24-2024, 10:11 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
03-11-2024, 07:11 PM
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AZ and the fix
Getting to our Arizona destination was great. A bit goofy speed wise with the pooched APPS, but liveable.
Next issue the HOA or homeowners' association.
Staying with family is great. This...
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Forum: Building Your Own
03-11-2024, 06:36 PM
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Sensor failure
The heart of the system that gets the accelerator pedal position information to the engine computer is an accelerator pedal position sensor (APPS).
These were mounted under the battery in the 2003...
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Forum: Building Your Own
03-05-2024, 10:07 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
02-24-2024, 04:00 AM
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3 way propane equipment
I first saw these portable propane 3 way chest freezers when I worked in the bush in the 1980s.
I bought my first used Unique freezer in 2011. It was already 10 years old. It was built in South...
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-26-2023, 03:22 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-26-2023, 03:21 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
10-22-2023, 08:53 AM
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Forum: Building Your Own
10-22-2023, 08:51 AM
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Forum: Building Your Own
10-06-2023, 08:35 PM
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Got the third gear to overdrive hunting issue...
Got the third gear to overdrive hunting issue solved. I bypassed the vacuum switch meant to drop the positive feed to the overdrive solenoid. No more hunting. It'll run to well over the highway...
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-29-2023, 06:47 PM
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Haven't done a long drive yet.
Impressed by...
Haven't done a long drive yet.
Impressed by instant starting, no gas fumes, quick warm-up, smooth torque curve, plentiful charging amperage, no leaking exhaust, and no stinking exhaust thanks to...
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-27-2023, 08:35 PM
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Test drive today with doghouse on.
Wow! ...
Test drive today with doghouse on.
Wow! Full throttle with 4.10 gears and a tight PATC transmission is a blast. Even at 9000 lbs.
This truck rocks. Perfect exhaust note.
Overdrive...
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-26-2023, 04:44 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-25-2023, 08:37 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-25-2023, 08:29 PM
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Ensuring max fresh air through the rad.
Note...
Ensuring max fresh air through the rad.
Note bumper holes are offset from center like engine is.
Making ducting to keep forcing the air through the radiator not around it.
The license plate...
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-24-2023, 09:08 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-22-2023, 09:36 PM
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First firing of motor in 18 months. It's a...
First firing of motor in 18 months. It's a little rough initially, but it is now running smoothly.
Still up on jackstands. Tires turn when it gets put in gear.
Funny overheating issue like an...
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-21-2023, 06:15 PM
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Motor sat for so long the oil pump lost its...
Motor sat for so long the oil pump lost its prime. Would not produce any oil pressure while I cranked it over. I pulled the fuel pump relay to be sure it wouldn't start dry.
Ended up draining...
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-21-2023, 06:04 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-19-2023, 07:56 PM
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Now to get a cold air intake working.
Pulled...
Now to get a cold air intake working.
Pulled the throttle body off and gave it a clean while it was out.
Found a plumbing coupler. Fits on throttle body and is made of some kind of rubbery...
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-17-2023, 06:12 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-17-2023, 06:00 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
09-16-2023, 10:46 AM
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