I have some dash lights out. Half the speedometer and half the tachometer aren't lit. Now, one of my turn signal lights went out. Can those be replaced? If so, how does the dash come off? I took one off a few years ago and broke some of the clips, but I don't remember what I did and hate to make the same mistake twice.

Anyone know anything about aftermarket aux tank pumps? When I fill that tank up, the pump works great for about 20 gallons, then, as the tank level drops, it starts pumping super slow. I'd be better off to get a siphon hose.

After I replaced my plastic CAC tube with holes in it, and the boots, I'm still getting a little oil below the front boot. Could it be anything else other than the intercooler? I assume those can leak oil too. When I saw the cracks in the tube I figured that was the source, but maybe the intercooler is cracked too? There does seem to be a little less oil than before, but I've cleaned it off a couple of times and it still comes back. Tiny drops.

My son's truck gave me a death wobble a couple of times the other day. Not from warped rotors, something wrong with the front end, but I didn't see anything obvious. His has a 5" lift. Happened when I was going about 50mph both times. First time, I hit a bump on the freeway. Second was a dip in the road on a lefthand curve. Very violent shaking. What should I be looking for?

Ordered a top tank for my radiator and it came in today. Looks good. $30 with shipping incl. I know that taking the old one off is easy from removing the one at the PickuPart place, will see if I can get all those tabs bent back over good without removing it from the truck. Or (the Bonehead), I screw it up or crack the new one.

 

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Thank you, sir. I think I must have pushed down on that other dash to break the clips. So it just comes straight out, cool.

The pump mfg told me to check a screen inside the tank by pulling the pump. That just didn't seem to explain the good flow initially.

I'm thinking I got a bad turbo. That's prolly the fluttering sound I hear. Do you know whether the turbo off an Eseries is the same as this Fseries? I got that ambulance I blew up that should have a good turbo on it - although there are a PITA to get off of Eseries. Prolly worth the trouble as much as turbos cost.

I'll check out those ball joints and tie rods.

Don't know that I have more time than you, lol, but I am a cheap sob. That and my history with tranny lines, which for me have been more work than it'll be just bending all those tank tabs, replacing the tank, and then bending them back, without removing the radiator. If if was the lower tank, I'd definitely be replacing the radiator.

 

I will add AFTER checking what was previously mentioned and and everything looks tight you may find with a 5" lift you have taken to much caster out of the front end causing instability. There are several way's to put the caster needed back in but what I did was to add a dual steering stabilizer shock set-up. My front end was and is like new but had the "hint" of the death wobble while cornering and hitting a bump. The dual set-up erased any thought of it happening again. I also then removed my new single stock stabilizer shock.

 

Good point Tom. I overlooked he had that much lift.

 

Haha, I figured you overlooked it and that's why I mentioned it. Another nice thing about these boards is not only learning but to add to someone's well thought out response.

 

Thanks, guys. This truck has the dual shock system but I wonder if it's operating properly. It as a wrecked salvage we bought with the aftermarket "Badlander" costomizations and one of those shocks was missing or mangled (I forget, my son replaced it. There's no evidence he's Bonehead Jr., but he's very inexperienced).

I'll check it out too, but it might be after the holidays.

FTE is the best!

 

Well, being cheap fails again. Just finished replacing that top tank and have a bad leak. It's dark now, so I can't confirm if it's coming out around that tank or if I cracked the bottom tank tapping those aluminum flanges down. I guess it also could be that I punctured the radiator - had a struggle getting the shroud back on. So, I guess I'm buying a radiator, and messing with those dang lines that I did all this to avoid. *)&)#&)^)&#$

The last time I messed with them a couple of years ago, I recall that the tool I bought from the auto parts store didn't work. So I borrowed a different type from the local radiator shop - I recall it being a small round disk - but couldn't get them off with it either. What tool do y'all use?