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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 12:06 AM
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Good idea with the padlock.
Considering how lucky I got finding the carrier and spare tire, I thought it wise to ensure they don't disappear.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 01:12 AM
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Considering how lucky I got finding the carrier and spare tire, I thought it wise to ensure they don't disappear.
I'll have to do that on mine when the time comes.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 06:06 AM
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Checked the harness from front to rear, no feed wire. I'll have to run one with a relay.
Interesting, mine had a brown/white I think it was in the harness for the marker lights. I wonder if someone switched rear harnesses on yours? Look at the front of the harness where it connects to the dash/front harness, there should be a wire with no matching connector. You will need to clean it to see the color.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 05:23 PM
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Got the semi correct headliner installed today even though it's red. Had to remove the rear window to get it in.






 
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 05:28 PM
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Interesting, mine had a brown/white I think it was in the harness for the marker lights. I wonder if someone switched rear harnesses on yours? Look at the front of the harness where it connects to the dash/front harness, there should be a wire with no matching connector. You will need to clean it to see the color.
Considering the fact that the bed has been swapped out in the past you are probably correct.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 05:47 PM
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Exhaust shorter now.


 
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 05:50 PM
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And, the next step is to turn them away from the gas tank?
 
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 05:55 PM
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Looking good, and keeping it interesting!
 
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Old Sep 2, 2014 | 02:06 AM
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And, the next step is to turn them away from the gas tank?
Nah. Heat is energy and if I get the gas hot it should have more energy which means better gas mileage.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2014 | 02:16 AM
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Nah. Heat is energy and if I get the gas hot it should have more energy which means better gas mileage.
Heat is energy alright, all the way to the last bolt melting off the truck!
 
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 10:09 PM
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Got the PCV system fixed today along with pulling and chucking the kaput AIR pump. Installed overflow bottle for radiator and finished flushing the system. The fitting on the bottom of the air cleaner was quite a bit bigger in diameter than the fitting on the oil cap, so what to do? I took the rubber hose from the AIR pump and fit it to the air cleaner fitting (perfect fit). Then I used a bit of dish soap to slip the rubber hose from the oil cap into the bigger hose from the air cleaner. Redneck engineering at its finest.












 
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Good job, Chris!
 
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Old Sep 7, 2014 | 09:03 AM
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From looking at the pictures, someone has definitely been "rigging" things. The original heater return went to a strange shaped pipe with a special O-ring sealed threaded piece into the water pump. This got it up over the air pump.

Looks good, you are getting there!
 
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Old Sep 7, 2014 | 02:56 PM
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Took a short drive today to pick up my daughter from Grandma's hose and noticed coolant on the ground after I got home. All the weak spots in the cooling system decided to leak after the radiator was full and hot. Oh well, this is a good excuse to pull the radiator and support and steam clean the engine so I can fix it again.
 
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And get/make a different mount for the alternator, thereby ditching the air pump bracket?
 
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