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Smokin
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I don't think there is anything wrong with Cris. She just didn't have a good MOANing.
hah.
Well I am officially scared! This Friday I have an appointment at a diesel shop, first time I will be taking the stroke to a shop. I always do all my own work, but its about 15 degrees outside right now and a few inches of snow, and I ain't that tough.
hah.
Well I am officially scared! This Friday I have an appointment at a diesel shop, first time I will be taking the stroke to a shop. I always do all my own work, but its about 15 degrees outside right now and a few inches of snow, and I ain't that tough.
Smokin
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Oil, filter, tranny flush, filter..and we're going to put her up on the lift and check out the front suspension. I have a bump clunk and upon further inspection I found a chewed up swaybar bushing.
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Post Fiend
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I agree with Travis there use your own oil because some of them really tend to get you with there stuff. I know how you feel on the cold, I finally put my GPR on yesterday since it was warm.
Tristan all I got to say is
Tristan all I got to say is
Smokin
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We'll take a look at the front, grease if that'll do the job. That bushing looks pretty bad.
No worries you guys, this guy came recommended. I talked to him on the phone, made it very obvious that I usually do all my own work and that I expect things to be done my way.
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Lisa....not sure if you have Autozone in Iowa or not, but Rotella Syn is $3 bucks a gallon cheaper then Walmart there! $19 a gallon at AZ.....$22 at Wallymart. Great time to convert the entire truck to Syn if you haven't already 
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Smokin
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We do have Autozone. I was going to stop in the one by my house too, apparently one of our Iowa FTE members works there part time.
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He has an '86 6.9 and and a 92 F350 running a Cummins.
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just sayin......
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I can do all this stuff myself, you know me better than that.. its just that here in Cedar Rapids I have no dry and warm place to do it and I dont want to go lay in the snow. Right now my thermometer on the back porch says its 7 degrees out right now. What I got quoted to have the work done is about what I'd pay for just the purchase of fluids, so what the hell...
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SPlit the order or just get two cases of oil and tranny fluid, you'll end up using it in the long run. THats how I looked at it.
Lisa sounds like you got a pretty smart feller there since he put a cummins in his 350.
Nice! I'm assuming it's not a 7.3 member? Haven't heard about any of us that close to ya.....
I have talked to Jeremy about this.....I definitely think Schaeffers is higher quality then Rotella, but I can only get it that cheap if I order $350 worth, and Rotella is sold locally. My closest rep is about a 4 1/2hr drive for Schaeffers
I have talked to Jeremy about this.....I definitely think Schaeffers is higher quality then Rotella, but I can only get it that cheap if I order $350 worth, and Rotella is sold locally. My closest rep is about a 4 1/2hr drive for Schaeffers