EBPS, need help,
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EBPS, need help,
Hey guys,
Long story short. Started on this yesturday, was going to finish tonight, only to come home and find my house was B&E'ed while the wife and I were at work. The A holes didn't take anything, just destroied two doors to my house. They had my hand guns in their hands, but dropped them and ran when they opened my closet and saw county sherif uniforms hanging there. So I had a late start at replacing the tubing line and sensor for the EBPS. I was following Guzzles write up. Any who, the question now. How the F does that tubing line go back in.... I have tried for like an hour tonight with no luck. Any help or pointers would be great.
fyi, the tubing line is like $50 dollars and the sensor is like $137 both from the dealer.
Long story short. Started on this yesturday, was going to finish tonight, only to come home and find my house was B&E'ed while the wife and I were at work. The A holes didn't take anything, just destroied two doors to my house. They had my hand guns in their hands, but dropped them and ran when they opened my closet and saw county sherif uniforms hanging there. So I had a late start at replacing the tubing line and sensor for the EBPS. I was following Guzzles write up. Any who, the question now. How the F does that tubing line go back in.... I have tried for like an hour tonight with no luck. Any help or pointers would be great.
fyi, the tubing line is like $50 dollars and the sensor is like $137 both from the dealer.
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Its a pain, but a way I made it easier was to remove the bracket the EBPS and start the line there and start at the bottom, then remount the bracket, and tighten everything up. After the line is on, install the sensor.
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I understand where your coming from. After you've done it once, you'll pay more attention to which end goes on bottom. If you hook up the tube to the bottom first (just thread it on a few turns), just look for the top of the tube to be within a couple of inches of the sensor location on top. When you get up top you'll discover you can move the line freely and line up and tighten the top. Then just snug up the bottom and you're done.
PS. If you spray a bunch of PB blaster and brake cleaner and let it drain down under the truck, don't lay in the puddle when you hook up or tighten the lower part of the tube. Tends to burn the back.
PS. If you spray a bunch of PB blaster and brake cleaner and let it drain down under the truck, don't lay in the puddle when you hook up or tighten the lower part of the tube. Tends to burn the back.
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10-4, thanks for the advice all. A buddy of mine did his tube last night, so I must have a learning difficulty as I'm two days into mine now.....going to give it a good try this afternoon......and am going to try inserting the tube up from the bottom.....K, I'll let you know how it turns out.
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I understand where your coming from. After you've done it once, you'll pay more attention to which end goes on bottom. If you hook up the tube to the bottom first (just thread it on a few turns), just look for the top of the tube to be within a couple of inches of the sensor location on top. When you get up top you'll discover you can move the line freely and line up and tighten the top. Then just snug up the bottom and you're done.
PS. If you spray a bunch of PB blaster and brake cleaner and let it drain down under the truck, don't lay in the puddle when you hook up or tighten the lower part of the tube. Tends to burn the back.
PS. If you spray a bunch of PB blaster and brake cleaner and let it drain down under the truck, don't lay in the puddle when you hook up or tighten the lower part of the tube. Tends to burn the back.
I chose to clean my overly clogged tube...PAIN IN THE A$$
. Next time I'm forkin' out the $50 and treating myself!
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I was actually able to get the tube hooked up today.....wiggle wiggle wiggle and then it just fell in....I only replaced my tube because it twisted off at the manifold...plus it had pin holes in it.
Thanks for everyone's advice....I'm so glad I don't have to mess with that thing again for a while.
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Ben. Now you just need to hang a couple of uniforms by the front door to scare them off sooner. Sorry to hear about it. I know that's got to be a pain to deal with.
Dan. I didn't think it was that bad. The hardest part for me was getting the two wrenches and my arms up to the bottom of the tube. It went quicker than I thought it would. Put a piece of tape or something on one end so you remember which end goes up.
Dan. I didn't think it was that bad. The hardest part for me was getting the two wrenches and my arms up to the bottom of the tube. It went quicker than I thought it would. Put a piece of tape or something on one end so you remember which end goes up.