What did you do with your truck/shop today

[Coby7]

Repaired a 2008 Buick Alure FOB (227333524 ).

 

Just finished a 2004 Silverado repair on a cluster with only 86186kms on the odometer, that's only like 54,ooo miles.

Failed mostly due to copper migration on the back plain. Customer complained that it would kill the battery in 3 days.

 

 

Typically I clean the spot with a sanding brush.

 

 

The I put cutex over the area to prevent it from happening again.

 

 

An other happy camper 

 

 

Then sold and programmed a FOB to a 2008 Suburban (15913427) 

 

 

All in a days work.

 

Edited October 25, 2018 by Coby7

[RyanbabZ71]

What is the difference with the BFG All Terrain T/A KO2's and KO2's DT?  I thought discount tire but its different tread.  It has a milage guarentee also (50K miles vs none on the regular).  Looks like I am going to be due for new tires.  The cold wet rain we have had has been sketchy at times.  Dont get me wrong i enjoy power sliding around corners but when I am not trying to do it can be quite interesting.  

[Daly]

Installed some lights in the garage finally. 

No more cave like ambience with the door closed. 

And put the truck away afterwards. Might have to get it out one more time if the winter beater doesn't pass inspection Monday.

[Jsdirt]

8 hours ago, RyanbabZ71 said:

What is the difference with the BFG All Terrain T/A KO2's and KO2's DT?  I thought discount tire but its different tread.  It has a milage guarentee also (50K miles vs none on the regular).  Looks like I am going to be due for new tires.  The cold wet rain we have had has been sketchy at times.  Dont get me wrong i enjoy power sliding around corners but when I am not trying to do it can be quite interesting.  

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All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires labeled "DT" utilize a different tread compound designed to improve wear in high-torque applications and improved chip and tear resistance in gravel. Tires featuring this compound carry a 50,000-Mile Treadwear Warranty and are NOT branded with the three-peak mountain snowflake symbol. They can be identified by the "DT" branding on the sidewall immediately following the service description, and are labeled on the Specs page and in search result

From Tire Rack ...

Edited October 28, 2018 by Jsdirt

[RyanbabZ71]

I did not catch that on their site. They have these in stock so I am going with them. Surprised I am close to 40k on my first set of KO2s most ever I got out of a BfG AT tire.

I told my wife I need new tires and she said well if your getting a new truck (my jaw hit the floor) is it worth it. Well it’ll be better resale if I buy and it will keep me alive and the truck straight lol. I am shocked she actually has come to the realization about a new truck. She threw me a curve ball.


Ryan B.

[Jsdirt]

Wow, that's pretty impressive. I had a set on my '94 K1500, but I sold it with about 15-20k on the tires - they were holding up surprisingly well then, too. I think that might have been the first set I had ever seen with the "KO" suffix - bought them around winter of '06. Always a good plan to have as new a tire as you can afford on any vehicle. Tires are alot cheaper than bent 21st Century beer-can metal, and scuffed eco-paint, for sure.

 

 

Did an oil change on a '18 Mustang GT yesterday. The 5.0 Coyote has a plastic oil pan & tool-free drain plug. Waiting to see plastic engine blocks come out next. My light wouldn't stick to the aluminum hood, either.

 

Also threw the '94 S10 plow truck up to change the oil for the first time in 3-4 years, lol. Removed what was left of the sway bar that had it's lower control arm mount rust out, and let the bar go straight through the inner sidewall while I was plowing last year. Threw some grease in the steering components. The ball joints are all hanging by a thread, so no point in wasting grease on them. I'll have to torch them out, and weld new ones in when the time comes, HAHAHA! It's BAD.

 

Today I took a rust shower under a '02 Ram 1500. Ripped off the bed and tossed it in the scrap pile, and cobbled to together and exhaust system for it, along with some new o2's. Also yanked the starter to try and find out what was rubbing against the flywheel, making a racket that could be heard a mile down the road, lol. Ended up begin the thin dust shield, that of course is between the block and tranny. No way in hell I'm taking that thing out of there - would be a 2 day job on the Y-pipe alone, cutting, melting, welding, fabricating the rusty mess up in there. My brother got it for $500 for his step son. It's ROUGH. Going to be quite the battle getting this turd road ready in this state. I'll have to see tomorrow if he took any pics while I was working - we shoveled 30 pounds of rust off the floor afterwards .. and I still have chunks of it in my eye now. 

 

And the final pic is what's left of the 1000 HP strong CV axles after my buddy started running full boost through that new Texas Speed 427 in his '10 Camaro. This also wiped out his differential .. and the 6-speed transmission grenaded either before or after all of this. That car puts out more torque at 2,800 RPM than a Hellcat does with the pedal to the rug!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 28, 2018 by Jsdirt

[Coby7]

Did an other Hummer H2 cluster ( 2004 ), a 2007 Impala FOB ( GM#15859331 ). 

 

Edited October 28, 2018 by Coby7

[SnakeEyeSS]

Love my little Kobalt air pump. 

 

Kobalt Air pump at Lowes

 

Just aired up 18 tires. All three cars, two spares, and a set of snow tires, my three year old cars were 35 psi low on the spares. Stupid donuts, it takes a while to air them up but it was only warm after all of that. Tire shine on all 12 tires that are on the cars, the bottle I have now is close to 8 years old, went overboard on a b1g1 a long time ago. 

 

Cleaned some crap out of my tool box. Don't think I'll use the extra 10mm plug wires left over from the custom kit I had to make for my firebird found an old soldering iron, and fixed my old battery charger I thought was busted, buttons and circuit board were just dislocated from a drop. 

Edited October 29, 2018 by SnakeEyeSS

[Chevyguy85]

Thursday had the 6 tires put on.  Arrived at dealer ten minutes before they opened at 0730, I left at almost 1300.  Truck sat finished for over 45 minutes that I noticed because no one knew wth was going on.  The guy who has been taking care of me in that department for probably a decade + was fired on Wednesday.  They got it figured out finally and I went to lunch with the parts guy.

 

Sat/Sun/Mon continued and finally finished install of new air system in the truck.  Buddy wants to do everything a specific way, and being an electrician by trade, it also has to be electrically perfect.  So it takes 3-5x longer, but at least I know my truck isn't going to catch fire while I'm driving down the road.  Pressure switch is 110-145 psi so those dual compressors probably take less than 2 minutes to fill that 4 gallon tank up.  Haven't found enough open road or empty space to see how long I can blast the horns until the tank runs out.  If it runs out, the compressors might be enough to keep air in the tank even under use, time will tell.  Also put the newer bigger 2 rear cab/body mounts in.

 

Monday night I vacuumed out the metal bits and shavings from all the drilling we did in the tool box.  Vacuumed out underneath the tool box since that hasn't been cleaned properly in quite some time.  All the pistol/rifle brass and the wheel weights kept clogging up my small shop vac.  The yard waste debris didn't help any either.  Found a 25' air hose that was already set up and tossed that in the tool box since I have an air source now with the new tank.  I think that tool box has to be at least 15 years old, holding up real well.  Also put 22 gallons in on the way home from work.

 

Sometime this week I need to call a local drive line shop and see when I can get my truck to them to see if they can figure out this what's causing this shake.  The new tires helped significantly but now I'm back to where I started.  If it doesn't get any worse I think it will be tolerable enough to take my trip to VA for turkey week. 

Edited October 30, 2018 by Chevyguy85

[Jsdirt]

Sounds like you got a similar setup to mine. Mine is just for running air tools and airing up tires, and the air bags. Viair compressors. I also have a 5 gallon tank I plug into the auxiliary air port for the air tools. Doubles the volume, plus some.

 

 

[Coby7]

Just finished a 2004 Tahoe cluster for a backyard mechanic. After I repaired the cluster he went home with a list of things to do like broken ground on fuel sending unit, oil pressure sending unit and evap solenoid failure.  He was impressed that I knew all that just by looking at the cluster....

Edited October 30, 2018 by Coby7

[Chris]

I’m walking sema right now


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[Chevyguy85]

Sounds like you got a similar setup to mine. Mine is just for running air tools and airing up tires, and the air bags. Viair compressors. I also have a 5 gallon tank I plug into the auxiliary air port for the air tools. Doubles the volume, plus some.
 

 

Yeah mine is a bit more compact. I also don't have a cover on my bed so even though it won't hurt the system I like having it inside the toolbox. I bought the compressors with an 8 gallon tank but that would have taken up way too much space in the toolbox and I didn't like the mounting options under the truck.

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[Jsdirt]

Nice setup there! Looks much nicer / neater than mine. I like the black pumps, too - look great.

 

Definitely a good idea to keep them out of the weather. These aren't designed to be out in the rain. I'm sure a few times wouldn't hurt things, but after a couple years, things would more than likely start failing. That said, Viair is about as good as it gets as far as automotive compressors go - Great choice. 

[Chevyguy85]

My only concern is heat, but then the Omega setup that was in there lasted 9 years and that pump was only rated at 25%.  These new ones are 100%, but only at 73 degrees or something like that.  Like I said my buddy is OCD when it comes to electrical stuff like this.  Wire loom, zip ties, relays, grounding blocks, shrink tubing, soldering wires together before putting them into the crimp connection or terminals.  If I remember I'll take some pictures of the relays he setup for all the extra lights we put on and the wiring for the horn setup.  The only thing I need to do is eventually figure out what I want to do with the filters, right now they're just sitting on top of the tarp I keep in the toolbox.  Only the horns are exposed to the elements right behind and under the rear passenger.