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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 08:52 PM
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You've got front disc brakes right? Why not spend and extra couble bucks for whole new calipers? I need new ones as well.
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Yeah I do, they only have 41,000 on them. And are $50 each for a reman caliper. No thanks! mine looked and work great lol.
FWIW I consider it a bad idea to replace these type calipers without a solid reason. The way these must slide in the brackets I find worn in ones work better then reman ones. They shot peen them when they reman them, making the surface that must slide too rough. I've had to replace them twice in my personal trucks and both times they were a bit sticky for a few thousand miles until they broke in.
 
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I don't have a clue what you mean by that. Screw what out? lol
 
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Old Sep 3, 2013 | 11:23 PM
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Well, last month I noticed the engine block to firewall ground was disconnected. Ever since I hooked that back up my rear fuel tank sending unit has worked every time for a month now. Tomorrow I am going to fill that tank full and see how well it works. It has worked intermittently before and seemed very accurate. I guess I'll use that tank from now on so I have a more accurate gauge and don't wear out that fuel tank selector valve on the frame.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 05:40 PM
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I filled the rear tank up today full. Sending unit seems to work great! best free repair ever lol.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 05:57 PM
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I filled the rear tank up today full. Sending unit seems to work great! best free repair ever lol.
I wouldn't call it free... now you've got another tank to fill up! lol good find with the ground wire.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 06:08 PM
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I'm just gonna use this one for the main driving tank since it doesn't use the fuel tank selector valve, might as well since this sender seems to work faster and be more accurate, and I don't wear out the valve lol.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 06:22 PM
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You will also find the truck rides better with the weight of a full rear tank.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 06:26 PM
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Oh it does, rides great with a full tank in the back, as well as my crappy, hard as hell tires on the back will have more traction in wet conditions. Hell, I've even locked those rear tires up on dry pavement a few times these last few months on accident. Not trying very hard either.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 06:27 PM
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It would be nice to keep like, 15 gallons in the fron tank too with some sort of additive to keep it from going bad, that way if you ever run real low on gas or run out you have that spare tank.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 06:29 PM
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I plan on using the front tank for when I'm working on it and occasionally use while driving it to keep it working.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 03:00 PM
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The truck looked nice out there on 15th North Matt . It sounded even better when you stabbed the gas.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 06:35 PM
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Hahaha, thanks! I looked in my rear view mirror, saw you and started laughing lol.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 06:37 PM
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I wasn't sure if it was yours. I recognized the color scheme but couldn't remember if your tailgate had the dents in that aluminum trim. Pretty cool still. I also saw you heading the opposite direction on Auburn Way when I went that way. I was heading to my bank.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 07:07 PM
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Yeah I went down there looking for the old Goodwill but never found it. So I came back and went to Napa to try and buy some keyed alike locking gas caps but they only had one keyed alike cap. They were all like what the heck?


Speaking of which, do both of our rigs have the same horn?
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 07:14 PM
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Goodwill? I don't remember there ever being one that far north on Auburn Way. There is one south from there a ways but that's the only one I know of.

I'm not sure what you mean, my truck and our Van have a similar horn but the bug is totally different and weird sounding and the 2 mustangs are different.
 
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