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600 miles? Pshaw.... These rigs love nothing more than to have somebody set the cruise control and keep their grubby little fingers and toes to themselves. I can show the result of this practice on my 3.73 gearing (longbed fuel tank with H/H):
My tired ol' horror story: I was on vacation and the engine started banging, running rough, smoking on startup, and overall just scaring the bajeezuz out of me that it was going to blow up. I drove about 1000 miles with it doing this and made it home just fine...getting 18.5 MPG while it was hurting. Here is a vid I took while trying to figure out what was wrong (still 400 miles from home). It turned out to be my fault - one of my injectors worked its way loose after I upped my injectors. Turn of the wrench took care of business.
Different Modes - YouTube
Side note: I saw a beautiful rig on CL yesterday where the guy wanted $7000 for the truck. He lowered the price because the truck was making a particular noise when he accelerated. If I lived closer and had the time, I would have picked that bad boy up. I recognized the symptoms right away... and it's a free fix.
Now... if he was a member on FTE, he could have asked what the noise is, fixed it himself, and asked for thousands more out of the truck. I'm just sayin'.
Welcome Big Dub!
My tired ol' horror story: I was on vacation and the engine started banging, running rough, smoking on startup, and overall just scaring the bajeezuz out of me that it was going to blow up. I drove about 1000 miles with it doing this and made it home just fine...getting 18.5 MPG while it was hurting. Here is a vid I took while trying to figure out what was wrong (still 400 miles from home). It turned out to be my fault - one of my injectors worked its way loose after I upped my injectors. Turn of the wrench took care of business.
Different Modes - YouTube
Side note: I saw a beautiful rig on CL yesterday where the guy wanted $7000 for the truck. He lowered the price because the truck was making a particular noise when he accelerated. If I lived closer and had the time, I would have picked that bad boy up. I recognized the symptoms right away... and it's a free fix.
Now... if he was a member on FTE, he could have asked what the noise is, fixed it himself, and asked for thousands more out of the truck. I'm just sayin'.
Welcome Big Dub!
Thanks so much for the welcome. I very much enjoy reading your posts and gain knowledge from each thread you contribute to....
I may have misspoken at some point, but I have no doubt whatsoever about the reliability of these trucks in general, which is why I am going to purchase one. My worry is that the particular truck that I buy may not be up to par. Thats why I asked about the AE in the original post. The 600 mile number was strictly a response to a question about what I plan to do with the truck.
As I recall, the picture of you trip odometer is on a single tank of fuel, correct? If so I'll be begging you for fuel economy advice in the near future....
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Just for the heck of it I babied my truck all last week to and from work just to see what kind of mileage I could achieve in stop and go traffic.
I managed 16.7 mpg.
I think the 4.10's have a slight advantage in traffic getting 8k rolling.
I managed 16.7 mpg.
I think the 4.10's have a slight advantage in traffic getting 8k rolling.
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Big Dub, I filled up Thursday with 615 miles on the trip meter. It isn't hard to do, you just need to keep fresh fluids and make sure there are no leaks, the drive it like you have an egg under the accelerator. I routinely get 575 plus miles, but I am doing my darnedest to try and get as many miles from a tank as I can. Just knowing, that if some idiot is trying to play with me, I can and just might hit the skinny pedal hard and see how far in front of him I can get as quickly as I can. The option is there, I just don't use it very much. Fuel conservation is important when you drive 85 miles round trip everyday and the fuel costs 4.00 a gallon. I know you can drive a more fuel efficient vehicle, but some of those can let you down a lot sooner than this old girl I am driving.
Last two tanks, hand calculated with city and highway driving mixed, I was able to get 17.1 and 16.6 mpg. The 16.6 involved towing a cattle trailer for one evening.
With this tank, I am going to see if I can keep it high enough mileage wise to get to the 19 average. We shall see.
Last two tanks, hand calculated with city and highway driving mixed, I was able to get 17.1 and 16.6 mpg. The 16.6 involved towing a cattle trailer for one evening.
With this tank, I am going to see if I can keep it high enough mileage wise to get to the 19 average. We shall see.
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The one killer "mod"? The truck needs to be 100%, not 99% (not just engine, but transmission, brakes, driveline, etc...). The slightest flaw in the system (or a headwind) shows up instantly with two numbers I monitor when AE is active - Mass Fuel Desired and speed. Think of MFD as the real number for fuel sent to the injectors, and the resulting speed is how far you go on that fuel. MFD is higher than normal on the flat with no wind? No need to wait for the fuel gauge to start spinning like a fan or take a hit at the pump... you'll know something's up right now. Of course you would have had to monitor that number under normal conditions to know the difference.
If you buy a scan gauge, make MFD one of your permanent readings. This is to be one of my topics in the AE class.
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That's my motivation. I have a treacherous road to travel in the winter - 100 miles round trip. It's not so bad in the summer, so I use my economy car that time of year. In winter? I face deer, elk, bighorn sheep, falling rocks, slick (and steep) roads, limited visibility, the Columbia River I can fall into, not-so-experienced drivers, etc.... I want some iron with lion-like power and traction between those and the bag of blood and bone that is me.
That is beautiful. I'm jealous all I have are steel mills, city traffic or corn fields to look at for 200 miles in any direction.
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Dont forget the Borman which is a PITA.
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My choices as to where to live are wide open... I chose here. I'll refrain from showing too many summer photos... that's the main reason I moved here.
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Tugly,
That is absolutely beautiful. I did a motorcycle trip from the Article Circle to Key West last summer and didn't see anything more scenic than that, different to be sure, but not better. Looks like I'll be heading the Northwest someday. Tough to wake up to each day I'd imagine...
That is absolutely beautiful. I did a motorcycle trip from the Article Circle to Key West last summer and didn't see anything more scenic than that, different to be sure, but not better. Looks like I'll be heading the Northwest someday. Tough to wake up to each day I'd imagine...
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People are frequently agog when they visit here... even from the other side of the state (the wet side... you know, the one famous for rain). In these photos above and below (south-facing), the desert is on the left side of the river and the alpines are just starting on the right side of the river. It's like the river is a fence for the forest. In case you're the curious sort [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_Floods], I live about an hour or so from Dry Falls. One of those OMG places, like the Grand Canyon.
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Well, your link and a lil further research just proved to me once again how ignorant I am to the wonders of this country. One would think that at some point in my 18+ years of education I would have been taught/recalled the history of the great floods described. Or at least the existence of Dry Falls....
Very cool information indeed
Very cool information indeed
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I went through school in Washington, but I didn't learn about this either. I learned about it by driving through and being dumbstruck. "Duh... how'd this get here?" Dry Falls is also where I learned duck quacks echo (vulgar story). Mythbusters confirmed it.
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