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+++ Today was a Good Day! What Did You Do To Your Rig? +++
After sorting out my 2wd lo mod last week & fitting my Riffraff F650 lower dash, I thought I'd give the truck some mechanical love today. Fitted some EBC Yellowstuff pads up front, found the inner pad on the passenger side was stuck & the friction material was becoming detached, explains why the truck was pulling very slightly to the left under braking, cleaned & reassembled, now stops straight.
Drained some coolant & changed the upper radiator hose for the one that enables you to change the serpentine belt without removing it, then fitted a new green belt. Checked all levels & greased a few nipples & it's good to go, oil and filters not due for a few K yet.
Mods Edit: With Rob's blessing to convert this thread, I've been wanting to have a "What have you done to your rig" technical conversation thread like we have in other forums where we can BS about the latest maintenance, mods, problems, or passing topics of convo about our trucks.
We already have a general chat thread, so as a rule of thumb, please keep this about your truck.
Hope this works!
Stewart
Last edited by Stewart_H; Oct 5, 2018 at 12:46 PM.
Reason: Edit thread title and alter to make discussion thread
Having that upper hose that doesn't intersect the serpentine is such a relief. Not sure why they even make 2 hoses.
My guess is that they did the other one first then had to re-engineer things for dual alternators, but carried on with both. Although there's already the recess on the alternator bracket for the hose & a retaining zip tie.
Welded up and bolted brackets to ladder rack, so i can haul the 6ft n 8ft on the . also, made a cargo extender years ago but it wouldnt flop over when i installed ther ack lol. The corners hit, so cut them off and 45* them with new metal Brackets need paint Clears now
Changed oil, coolant and fuel filters. Ordered OUO traction bar kit and also ordered rebuild kits (u joints, carrier bearing, etc.) for front and rear driveshafts.
It wasn’t today but the other day I installed my Hydra chip, getting to be an expert at pulling the pcm. Makes quite a difference and loving it so far.
While resurrecting this truck there seems to be money to be spent at every corner. But hey at least I am having fun again, not stressing about something expensive breaking on the 6.4.
