Ahh, that's so hard on the girls!! You and your wife too

 

It is/ will be. I don't know how to tell them yet.

P.s. The whiskey seems to be helping

 

So, Glenn..... sounds like the Ox is doing as we all hoped she would... Great to hear it! I just returned home a couple hours ago from my yearly fall camping/fishing trip. Spent 9 nights in the 5er. (Man we love that thing!) Went trout fishing 8 mornings in a row. The freezer in the 5er was full of trout on the trip home. Great times! The OBS has pulled the new 5er over 2500 miles since we bought it in June. It does very well with the new setup. (Plenty of powa for the job)

 

Sounds really good Brian! I am a little envious of the fishing! Glad to hear it's all going well for you guys.

 

Ya Brian, it's doing very good. Glad you enjoyed your trip and 5er. There might be a new 5er in my future. New used that is, lol. I'll be home tomorrow and finally get to the post office.

 

Post office? Better bring a wheel barrow!!!

 

haha, I've been telling Brian that I would get that exhaust brake info to him! My mail will not be pretty either!

 

Ahh yea I didn't think about that.
I'm not sure if I had that new exhaust that I would cut into that ...but I'm a dork like that.

 

Actually, I installed the brake when I did the new exhaust. Put it in between the downpipe and the new 5 inch. Evidently it hadnt been used in quite a while, cause it was all frozen. Took it all apart and Got it all freed up and so far its doing ok.The joint at the front of the brake is leaking, so I will cut the pipe and weld in a v-band kit to stop that. Then we will see how well it will work.

 

Do you have that control on the door? I could take that off, mail it to you and you mail me yours that doesn't have any holes in it. I'm going to the post office in the morning and will mail that info to you.

 

I know I'm extremely late, but I wanted to see how the truck came out. Glad y'all got it all finished up! I don't have time to read back through this whole thing, so how's it run? More importantly, how does it tow compared to the old truck and old setup?

 

Oh, by the way, I'M HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!! Very pleased with the way it ran. It was 90° today and it kept its cool. All in all, my temps were a little higher then the mule and mare ever were but EGT's were lower so I could stay in it longer. That made a big difference, don't have to kick it out of cruise as much and downshift as much. What a successful team effort! I still can't stop thinking about the kindness given to me!! THANKS


Good timing Travis, I posted this before I saw your post.

 

So it runs cooler... that upsets me.... It actually upsets me quite a bit and makes no dang sense... oh well. I'm glad its running right for you.

 

One thing on this topic of egts that I don't think was ever elaborated on was the condition of the motor. The ox has a much lower mileage motor and probably better compression numbers. I wonder how much of a difference that would make.

 

It makes a big difference, but I think Glenn's old motor was in good shape too. That it runs cooler with smaller nozzles tells me either the tunes were always off or it simply wanted even more air.

The truck I'm building for someone else right now will use stage 1s, but a much more responsive turbo for a ZF5. We'll see how that one goes.