I think he means the search didn't work because the site blocked the name.

My parts are clean because it came from a dealership where they do it on purpose to sell. It was a Montana truck originally.

I think I'm going to try that stuff I posted and see if it works. Just need to get the color pattern of my truck interior.

Thanks guys.

Dave

 

ha yeah, sorry i wasn't clear!

 

bbender, and ndfastang you have a pm

 

Mike,
I got the message and it looks simple. Serious redneck accent but the stuff looks like it might just work. Thanks!

Today, I changed the rear diff oil and the transfer case fluid both with Royal Purple synthetic. I'll do the front tomorrow and swap out the fuel filter as well. I changed all the exterior light bulbs today as well since some were going out and 2 were out already. I went brighter white because I need to see with all these antelope running across the roads at night. My transfer case had 1 gallon of fluid in it!!!! I don't know how. The fill plug was never removed and it looks like the last owner took the 4x4 actuator solenoid off to fill it up that high. I guess more is better in some minds.

Dave

 

Try this. http://www.aussiesaddle.com/<wbr>Products/Saddle/maintenance_<wbr>products.html I use it and think it is the best. It will take you a couple of hours to apply, but the results are phenomenal. For routine conditioning, I use a CRC product called "Tannery Leather Conditioner" (not the cleaner / conditioner). It is an aerosol that you just spray on and buff off. Smells like new leather too.

 

A friend has the same truck. His leather looks just like yours. I would never try to 'dye' it if I were you. You really have to be careful what you put on it because its an uncoated natural leather and it will darken with most treatments. I know of one thing I would use on it. It will darken it, but only temporarily. Its Obenauf's Leather Care. I would use the liquid on that leather. I use this product on old dry military leather gear that I do not want to darken.
You can see that this holster has not been darkened permanently and I can tell you that Obenauf's saved it because it had started to dry and crack. It also does not cause deterioration of stitching.
Whatever you decide to use, make sure of what will happen when you put it on that leather by trying it on a small sample out of sight before doing the whole job.

 

Keep an eye on the transfer case fluid level. If there's a leak from the transmission joining point, it can migrate [xmsn] fluid into the transfer case. If so, you want to get the seller to fix it if/while there's any waranty.

 

I considered the possibility of that and figured I'd let it go a week or so (when it is not in the teens and blowing hard outside) then I'll drain and check it again. the red versus the purple should be easily distinguishable. Thanks

 

sidebar; digging into this further i can get the sound to go away when putting the truck in 4wd.. looks like i have IWE/vacuum issues based on what i read. sounds like its pretty common with these trucks, so put that on your things to look out for list.

 

Well, that's good to know. The dealership I picked it up from said a code indicated to them that it was the manifold. I don't know if it's really that way or not but for now, it gives me justification to mod so the wife feels secure driving it

I saw the IWE sticky and looked at my vac switch under the hood. Guess I need to read it all.

Thanks

 

interesting, i have another FTE member's Auto Enginuity scan tool at the moment, and i have zero codes. you happen to know what the code was?

 

No, I heard them as he said them but never wrote them down. I plan to get a reader/scan tool again so I can check it myself. I used AE with my dually. Cool product but I don't have a laptop and don't plan to get another. Plus it had lots of features I'll never use.

 

pretty amazing tool. i'm thankful to be able to use it for free (especially when i had the 6.0l!), it has been passed around the Michigan FTE chapter quite a bit haha.

 

Nice. There's nothing like that here.

 

ndfastang; why in heck do you have that 'cow catcher' on the front of that truck? Are you planning on pushing cars off the road? You could save a quick 100 lbs getting rid of that thing.